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{{Short description|Kashmiri politician (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nazir Ahmad Khan
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gurez]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] 
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = Graduate, [[Government Degree College, Sopore]]
| father = Late Hamidullah Khan
| office = Minister for [[Animal Husbandry]]
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 2014
| governor = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| office1 = [[Deputy Speaker]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2015
| term_end1 = 2018
| office2 = Member [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Gurez (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gurez]]
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2015
| governor2 = Narinder Nath Vohra
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| office3 = Member [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency3 = [[Gurez (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gurez]]
| term_start3 = 2002
| term_end3 = 2008
| governor3 = [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
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'''Nazir Ahmad Khan''' also known as ''Nazir Gurezi'' (born 31 December 1966) is an Indian politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]]. He was born in Badwan, [[Gurez]], [[Bandipora]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Affidavits filed by Nazir Ahmad Khan |url=https://ceojk.nic.in/AFFIDAVITS/S09/SE/9/NazirAhmadKhan/NazirAhmadKhan_SC4.htm |website=ceojk.nic.in |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref> He is the leader of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] Party, and has been elected 4 times as the MLA from [[Gurez Assembly constituency]] between 2002 and 2024.

He was serving as the Deputy Speaker of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |title=NC's Gurezi unanimously elected J-K Assembly Deputy Speaker |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nc-s-gurezi-unanimously-elected-j-k-assembly-deputy-speaker-115040901274_1.html |access-date=9 April 2015 |work=Business Standard India}}</ref> before it was dissolved in 2018 and the state of Jammu & Kashmir ceased to exist on 6 August 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dy Speaker accorded farewell |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/jammu/dy-speaker-accorded-farewell |website=Greater Kashmir |date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

He has also served as the Minister for Jammu and Kashmir Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department from 2008 - 2014, and is the only minister who has represented Gurez in any council of ministers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bait |first=Lazy |title=Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi, Political Career, and Legacy |url=https://www.filmystars.in/nazir-ahmad-khan-gurezi-biography/ |website=Filmy Stars }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Early life==

Nazir Ahmad Khan was born to Hamidullah Khan on 31 December 1966. He did his schooling at the Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School Gurez and then completed his graduation from Govt. Degree College as a sophomore. Being a graduate, he entered politics at a very young age{{When|date=May 2023}} and contested the 1996 Assembly and 1999 parliamentary elections where he lost both. Nazir Gurezi, who left the post of Secretary General in [[Janata Dal]], joined NC. In 2002, he was elected to the Assembly on [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CEO |first=JK |date=2002 |title=Assembly Constituency-wise Results at a Glance |url=https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/const_res_glance.pdf |website=ceojk.nic.in}}</ref>

Khan won the Gurez seat for the second time in the 2008 Assembly elections after defeating his closest challenger Faqir Mohammad Khan with victory margin of 732 votes. Out of 15,390 votes in Gurez, 11,392 were polled in 2008 with polling percentage at 74.02.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mushtaq |first1=Tasavur |title=NC's Gurezi completes hat-trick from Gurez |url=https://kashmirlife.net/ncs-gurezi-completes-hat-trick-from-gurez-70492/ |work=Kashmir Life |date=23 December 2014}}</ref>

In 2024 elections, he defeated his closest challenger Faqir Mohammad Khan of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] with victory margin of 1,132 votes.

== Electoral performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref
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|[[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]||[[Gurez Assembly constituency|Gurez]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}||{{Won}}||46.64%||Faqeer Mohammad Khan||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||40.34%||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bandipora|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|access-date=10 October 2024|date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072117/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]||[[Gurez Assembly constituency|Gurez]]||{{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}||{{Won}}||48.29%||Faqeer Mohammad Khan||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||47.26%||<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613150235/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-date=2019-06-13 |access-date= |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|[[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008]]||[[Gurez Assembly constituency|Gurez]]||{{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}||{{Won}}||51.06%||Faqeer Ahmad Khan||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||44.64%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/10-Detailed%20Results.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225073739/https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/10-Detailed%20Results.pdf|archive-date=25 December 2024|access-date=25 December 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>
|-
|[[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]]||[[Gurez Assembly constituency|Gurez]]||{{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}||{{Won}}||53.45%||Faqeer Mohammad Khan ||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||41.90%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatRep_JK_02.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127192246/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatRep_JK_02.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>
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==Detention==

On the intervening night of 4 and 5 August 2019, Nazir Ahmad Khan was placed under [[preventive detention]] by the Indian Government under Section 107 of the CRPC. This came as a backdrop to the government's decision of scrapping [[Article 370 of the Constitution of India]], which gave the state of Jammu & Kashmir semi-autonomous powers.{{Clarify|reason=the heck you talking about boi
In layman's terms: the casual reader wouldn't really understand what this policy is, so a quick summary of it would be nice|date=May 2023}} After the 104 days of detention, Gurezi was released by [[Govt of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=J&K administration releases 4 politicians from house arrest |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jk-administration-releases-4-politicians-from-house-arrest/article30584029.ece |work=The Hindu |date=17 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014]]
[[Category:Kashmiri politicians]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008]]
[[Category:People from Bandipore district]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Deputy speakers of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]

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