Ghulam Nabi Azad: Having roots in Bhalessa

Ghulam Nabi Azad (INC)

Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare Born in March 7, 1949 at Soti
Bhalessa (Doda)
The 'crisis manager' of Cong, Ghulam Nabi Azad was recently in action to mollify an
agitated Karunanidhi. These ‘organiational skills' made him a good candidate for the
Parliamentary Affairs portfolio in the previous Govt. Known to be close to Gandhi
family, he has been the AICC general secretary for a record nine times and member of
the powerful Congress Working Committee for 18 years. Has been given the charge of
Health and Family Welfare ministry, a key infrastructure post, that will play role in
Congress' pitch to voters in the times to come.

Name Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

Father's Name Shri Rahamatullah
Mother's Name Shrimati Basa Begum
Date of Birth 07/03/1949
Birth Place Village Soti, Bhadarwah, Distt. Doda (Jammu & Kashmir)
Maritial Status Married On 27 March 1980
Spouse Name Shrimati Shameem Dev Azad
No. of Children one Daughter One Son
State Name Jammu & Kashmir
Party Name Indian National Congress
House No. 9, Hyderpora Byepass, Distt. Badgam,
Permanent Address
Srinagar,Jammu & Kashmir.
5, South Avenue Lane, New Delhi
Present Address
Telephone : Tel. 23792052, 23792944
Email id azadg@sansad.nic.in
Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (Zoology) Educated at Government Degree College
Bhadarwah, G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, S.P.

Profession
Positions Held
Freedom Fighter
Books Published
Social and Cultural
Activities, Literary, Artistic
and Scientific
Accomplishments and other
Special Interests
Sports, Clubs, Favourite
Pastimes and Recreation
College, Srinagar and Kashmir University, Srinagar
Political and Social Worker
1980-82 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1980-84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha (from Washim,
Maharashtra) 1982 Chairman, Youth Services Committee,
IX Asian Games Member, Special Organising Committee,
IX Asian Games 1982-83 Union Deputy Minister in the
Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs 1983-84
Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting 1985-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (from
Washim, Maharashtra) 31 Dec.1984-11 May 1986 Union
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
May 1986 - Oct. 1986 Union Minister of State in the
Ministry of Home Affairs Oct. 1986 - Sept. 1987 Union
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food and Civil
Supplies April 1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha June 1991 -
Jan. 1993 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Jan.
1993 - May 1996 Union Minister of Civil Aviation and
Tourism Dec. 1995 - May 1996 Union Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs, Civil Aviation and Tourism Nov.
1996 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 1998 Member, Standing
Committee on Energy July 1998- May 2004 Member,
Rajghat Samadhi Committee Dec. 1999 - Feb. 2004
Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and
Culture May 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Joint
Parliamentary Committee on the Functioning of Wakf
Boards Nov. 2002 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha May 2004-
Oct. 2005 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and
Minister of Urban Development Chairman, Rajghat
Samadhi Committee Nov. 2005-July 2008 Chief Minister,
Jammu and Kashmir April 2006-Feb. 2009 Member,
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Feb. 2009
Elected to Rajya Sabha 22 May 2009 onwards Minister of
Health and Family Welfare
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Organising camps, symposia and seminars on the teachings
of Mahatma Gandhi
Gardening, meeting people and cultural activities,
secularism and national integration
 Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan,
Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,
Thailand, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Sweden,
Switzerland, U.K., Russia, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Bahamas,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico, U.S.A., Australia, Luxembourg,
Countries Visited
Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Mauritius, South Africa,
Tanzania, Kenya, Romania, Indonesia, Vietnam, Poland,
Argentina, Brazil, North Korea, South Korea, Iran,
Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and
Turkey
An outstanding N.C.C. Cadet in Government Degree
College, Bhadarwah, G.G.M. Science College and S.P.
College, Srinagar; courted arrest more than a dozen times
and jailed during the Janata Government (1977-79) in
different parts of the country; Chairman, First International
Youth Conference, Delhi, 1982; Member, (i) Delegation to
the 11th World Youth and Students' Festival, Havana
(Cuba), 1978, (ii) Central Haj Committee, 1980-82,(iii)
Governing Council, Rajaji International Institute of Public
Affairs and Administration, 1980-82, (iv) Jammu and
Kashmir Bhoodan Committee, (v) Parliamentary
Delegation to Mexico and Greece and (vi) Indian
Parliamentary Group; Leader, (i) Indian Delegation of
Sarvodaya to Sri Lanka to visit one thousand Gandhian
model villages, 1973, (ii) Youth Congress Delegation to
Other Information Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Russia, 1980-
82, (iii) Young M.P.s' Delegation to Iraq, 1981, (iv) Indian
Goodwill Haj Delegation to Saudi Arabia, 1987, (v) Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to Sweden, 1991 as
Parliamentary Affairs Minister, (vi) Indian Parliamentary
Delegation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting held
in New Delhi, 1992 as Parliamentary Affairs Minister and
(vii) a number of Congress Party and Ministry of Civil
Aviation Delegations to more than three dozen countries,
1991-96; Convener, (i) Central Campaign Committee of
A.I.C.C. for 1998 Parliamentary Elections and (ii)
Committee for Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India's
Independence of A.I.C.C. ; has held many positions in the
Indian National Congress; Member, Congress Working
Committee (CWC) since 1987; General Secretary, All
India Congress Committee since 1999