Editing Farooq Abdullah (section)

{{Short description|Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (born 1937)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Farooq Abdullah
| native_name         = 
| image               = Farooq Abdullah addressing at the presentation ceremony of the Cash Prizes to the best performing Regional Rural Banks and Certificates for extending loans for SPV home lighting systems during 2009-10, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg
| imagesize           = 
| smallimage          = 
| caption             = Abdullah in [[New Delhi]], 2011
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1937|10|21|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1         = 30 November 2002
| term_end1           = 29 November 2008
| constituency1       = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| term_start2         = April 2009
| term_end2           = May 2009
| constituency2       = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| office3             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3       = [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir]]
| term_start3         = 16 April 2017
| predecessor3        = [[Tariq Hameed Karra]]
| term_start4         = 13 May 2009
| term_end4           = 12 May 2014
| predecessor4        = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| successor4          = [[Tariq Hameed Karra]]
| constituency4       = [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir]]
| term_start5         = 6 January 1980
| term_end5           = 5 January 1983
| predecessor5        = [[Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah]]
| successor5          = [[Abdul Rashid Kabuli]]
| constituency5       = [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir]]
| office6             = 4th [[List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir]]
| term_start6         = 9 October 1996
| term_end6           = 18 October 2002
| governor6           = [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]<br />[[Girish Chandra Saxena]]
| predecessor6        = [[President's rule]]
| successor6          = [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| term_start7         = 7 November 1986
| term_end7           = 18 January 1990
| governor7           = [[Jagmohan Malhotra]]<br />[[K. V. Krishna Rao]]
| predecessor7        = [[Governor's rule]]
| successor7          = [[Governor's rule]]
| governor8           = [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]<br />[[Jagmohan Malhotra]]
| term_start8         = 8 September 1982
| term_end8           = 2 July 1984
| predecessor8        = [[Sheikh Abdullah]]
| successor8          = [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]]
| office9             = [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (India)|Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India]]
| primeminister9      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start9         = 28 May 2009
| term_end9           = 26 May 2014
| predecessor9        = [[Vilas Muttemwar]]
| successor9          = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| office10            = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
| term_start10        = 2009
| term_end10          = 
| vicepresident10     = Omar Abdullah
| predecessor10       = Omar Abdullah
| term11              = 1981 – 2002
| predecessor11       = Sheikh Abdullah
| successor11         = Omar Abdullah
| nationality         = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party               = [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
| relations           = [[Sheikh Mustafa Kamal]] (brother)
| spouse              = {{marriage|Mollie Abdullah<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2654 |title = Members : Lok Sabha}}</ref>|1968}}
| children            = {{hlist|[[Omar Abdullah|Omar]]|Safia|Hinna|Sara}}
| residence           = {{ubl|40, Gupkar Road, [[Srinagar]]|AB-9, Tilak Marg, [[Delhi]]}}
| alma_mater          = [[Tyndale Biscoe School]]<br>[[Sawai Man Singh Medical College]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]]
| signature           = 
| termend3            = 4 June 2024
| successor3          = [[Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi]]
| parents             = {{ubl|[[Sheikh Abdullah]]|[[Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah]]}}
}}
'''Farooq Abdullah''' (born 21 October 1937)  is an Indian politician who serves as current president of the [[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 till 2002, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. His father [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was the 1st elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, while his son [[Omar Abdullah]] is the current chief minister. 
[[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|Dr. Farooq Abdullah stands between [[Prime Minister of India|PM]] [[Manmohan Singh]] and [[President of India|PoI]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]] with [[Vice President of India|VP]] [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] on far left at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] in New Delhi, 2013]]