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-'''Farooq Abdullah''' (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and chairman of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]. He has served as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]  on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. He is the son of the 1st elected [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]], and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [[Omar Abdullah]].
+'''Farooq Abdullah''' (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and President of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]. He has served as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]  on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. He is the son of the 1st elected [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]], and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [[Omar Abdullah]].
 [[File:Pranab Mukherjee being greeted by the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah.jpg|thumb|238x238px|Farooq Abdullah stands between Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] and President of India [[Pranab Mukherjee|Mukherjee]] with Vice President of India [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari|Ansari]] on far left at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Presidential Palace]] in New Delhi, India in 2013.]]
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 ===Chief Minister, 1982–1984===
-Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] in August 1981. His main qualification was that he was the son and heir of Sheikh Abdullah. After his father's death in 1982, Farooq Abdullah became the chief minister of the state. In 1984, a faction of the National conference led by his brother-in-law [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]] broke away, leading to the collapse of his government and his dismissal. Shah subsequently became the Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.
+Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] in August 1981. His main qualification was that he was the son of Sheikh Abdullah. After his father's death in 1982, Farooq Abdullah became the chief minister of the state. In 1984, a faction of the National conference led by his brother-in-law [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]] broke away, leading to the collapse of his government and his dismissal. Shah subsequently became the Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.
 ===1984–1996===
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 === Subsequent political career===
-[[File:Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge).jpg|left|thumb|285x285px|Farooq Abdullah with Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], and President of Afghanistan [[Hamid Karzai]] at [[World Sustainable Development Forum]] in 2011.]]
 In the 2002 [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly elections]], Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election and a coalition government headed by [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] took office.
 Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and  re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 |publisher=164.100.47.5 |access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> Abdullah joined the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government as a [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Cabinet Minister]] of New and Renewable Energy.
-[[File:The Minister for Foreign Affairs of UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayad Al-Nahayan meeting the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, in New Delhi on June 12, 2009.jpg|left|thumb|283x283px|Farooq Abdullah with prince [[Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan|Abdullah Bin Zayad Al Nahayan]], foreign minister of the [[United Arab Emirates]] in 2009.]]
 [[File:The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Princess Astrid of Belgium, in a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on November 25, 2013.jpg|thumb|284x284px|Farooq Abdullah meets with [[Princess Astrid of Belgium]] in 2013 in New Delhi.]]
 [[File:Farooq Abdullah with the Mongolian President, Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, in Ulaanbaatar. Dr. Abdullah is in Mongolia to attend the oath taking ceremony of Elbegdorj.jpg|thumb|Farooq Abdullah with the President of Mongolia [[Tsakhia Elbegdorj]] during his oath taking ceremony in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in 2013.]]