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Omar Abdullah
Omar Abdullah (born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the chief minister of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He had previously served as the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014, and is the current vice president of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, a position he has held since 2009 and also previously served as its president. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009, representing the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, and was a union minister of State for External Affairs. The son of former Jammu and Kashmir State chief minister Farooq Abdullah, he joined politics in 1998 after being elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha, a feat he repeated in subsequent three elections. He was the union Minister of State for External Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's NDA government, from 23 July 2001 to 23 December 2002. He resigned from NDA government in Oc ...
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President (corporate Title)
A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group. The relationship between a president and a chief executive officer varies, depending on the structure of the specific organization. In a similar vein to a chief operating officer, the title of corporate president as a separate Job, position (as opposed to being combined with a "Corporate title#Senior management, C-suite" designation, such as "president and chief executive officer" or "president and chief operating officer") is also loosely Definition, defined; the president is usually the legally Legal recognition, recognized highest rank of Corporate title, corporate officer, ranking above the various Vice president#In business, vice presidents (including senior vice president and executive vice president), but on its own generally considered Hierarchy, subordinate, in practice, to the CEO. The powers of a president vary widely across organizations and such powers come fr ...
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Member Of Legislative Assembly (India)
A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of States of India, State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of India, parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only ...
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Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir union territory and Ladakh. Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the Jammu and Kashmir (princely state), princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation renamed itself to National Conference in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947. Prior to that, in 1941, a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference and revived the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, old Muslim Conference. The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, revived Muslim Conference supported the accession of the princely state to Pakistan and led the movement for Azad Kashmir. Since 1947, the National Conference was in power in Jammu and Kashmir in one form or another till 2 ...
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Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west. The largest settlement is Southend-on-Sea, and the county town is Chelmsford. The county has an area of and a population of 1,832,751. After Southend-on-Sea (182,305), the largest settlements are Colchester (130,245), Basildon (115,955) and Chelmsford (110,625). The south of the county is very densely populated, and the remainder, besides Colchester and Chelmsford, is largely rural. For local government purposes Essex comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas: Thurrock Council, Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea City Council, Southend-on-Sea. The districts of Chelmsford, Colchester and Southend have city status. The county H ...
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Rochford
Rochford is a town and civil parish in the Rochford (district), Rochford District in Essex, England, north of Southend-on-Sea, from London and from Chelmsford. At the 2011 census, the Civil parishes in England, civil parish had a population of 8,471. History The town is the main settlement in the Rochford district, and takes its name from Rochefort, Old English for "Ford (crossing), Ford of the Hunting Dogs". The town runs into suburban developments in the parishes of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was notable for containing the Lawless Court up until the 19th century. Peculiar People In 1837, James Banyard (14 November 1800 – 1863) (a reformed drunk and Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain), Wesleyan preacher) and William Bridges (preacher), William Bridges (1802–1874) took a lease on the old workhouse at Rochford, which became the first chapel of the Peculiar People, a name taken from Deuteronomy 14:2 and 1 Peter 2:9. The Peculiar People practise ...
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Abdul Rahim Rather (born 1944)
Abdul Rahim Rather (born 1944) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is currently serving as the speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. He is a seven time MLA representing the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party from Charar-i-Sharief Assembly constituency in Budgam district. He has served as a speaker and held several important ministries including finance in the previous National Conference governments. Early life and education Rather was born in Badipora village of Chadoora, Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. His father Ghulam Qadir Rather was a farmer. He completed his post graduation in political science in 1968 at University of Kashmir and later did L.L.B. in 1971 at Aligarh Muslim University. His son runs a software company. Career Rather first won the 1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election from  Charar-i-Sharief Assembly constituency as a candidate of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. He was later elected for ...
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Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami
Ghulam Mohammad Mir was an Indian politician who served as a member of Lok Sabha, the lower-house of Indian Parliament. He represented the Srinagar constituency in the 11th Lok Sabha for 1996-1998 term. He was affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He has been described as "a Shia-leader from Budgam Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,This gives the population of Budgam adga ...". References 20th-century Indian Muslims Kashmiri politicians Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir Living people Year of birth missing (living people) India MPs 1996–1997 Politicians from Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1962–1967 Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1967–1972 Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1972–1977 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference polit ...
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Srinagar (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. Assembly segments Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments Assembly Segments Members of Parliament ^ by poll Election results 2024 General election 2019 Srinagar Lok Sabha seat had 11,06,729 total electorate count in 2009, and that count typically goes up by 35-40% over 10 years in India. Due to the security situation in the valley, there was only 13% voter turn-out in Srinagar seat in May 2019. On the other hand, Udhampur enjoyed voter turn-out of 66% because of the better law and order situation in Jammu area. In 70 polling booths of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, not a single vote was cast due to the fear of violence. 2017 by-election General elections 2014 General elections 2009 General elections 2004 See also * Ladakh Lok Sabha constitue ...
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Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories (both chosen by direct elections). Between 1952 and January 25, 2020, two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India. History The first instance of member of parliament equivalent in India dates back to 9 December 1946, the day Constituent Assembly of India was formed with the purpose of drafting a cons ...
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Qazi Mohammad Afzal
Qazi Mohammad Afzal was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2008. He gained prominence for his victory over Omar Abdullah, the president of the National Conference (NC), in the Ganderbal Assembly constituency during the 2002 assembly elections. He was appointed as a cabinet minister in the PDP-Congress coalition government led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. He served as the Forest Minister from 2002 to 2008, contributing to governance and policy-making in the state. During his tenure as Forest Minister, Afzal was at the center of a controversial decision. In 2008, he issued the Amarnath land order, which led to protests in the Valley and intensified tensions between the Jammu and Kashmir regions. He resigned from the cabinet in September 2007 after being accused of corruption and subsequently losing the forest portfolio. He had also served as the Cabinet Minister hand ...
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Shafi Ahmad Wani
Shafi Ahmad Wani is an Indian politician from Jammu & Kashmir. He is a Member of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 2024, representing Beerwah Assembly constituency as a Member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party. Previously he was elected in the 2008 Assembly election from the same constituency as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Electoral performance See also * 2024 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly election * Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha, is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Prior to 2019, the State of Jammu and Kashmir had a bicameral legislature with a ... References Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians Living people Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029 Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians People from B ...
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Beerwah Assembly Constituency
Beerwah Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Beerwah is also part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results Assembly Election 2024 Assembly Election 2014 Assembly Election 2008 Assembly Election 2002 Assembly Election 1996 Assembly Election 1987 Assembly Election 1983 Assembly Election 1977 Assembly Election 1972 Assembly Election 1967 See also * List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Following is the list of the constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Ja ... References {{coord, 34.015, 74.591, ...
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