Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi (born ) is an Indian politician and the former member of

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 ...

. He represented Dooru assembly constituency of

Anantnag district Anantnag district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a m ...

in 2014. He was appointed to the state ministry in 2016 and subsequently served minister for Hajj and Auqaf until he resigned from the ministry in December 2017 in an attempt to appointed his nephew Tassaduq Hussain Mufti to the post. He also served minister for Kashmir Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Public Health Engineering Department, and Irrigation & Flood Control Department. Prior to his resignation, he served minister for Power Development Department and Department of Industry & Commerce.

Biography

He was born to Syed Shah Andrabi around 1959 in

Doru Shahabad Dooru Shahabad is a town and the headquarters of the Dooru tehsil in the Anantnag District, Anantnag district of the Indian States and territories of India, union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is also ...

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. He graduated from an uncertain collage. Later in 1980, he obtained

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degree in Commerce from the

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Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrabi, Farooq Ahmad 1959 births Living people Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians People from Anantnag district University of Kashmir alumni Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018