Editing Ghulam Nabi Azad (section)

{{short description|Indian politician (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Ghulam Nabi Azad
| honorific-suffix    = [[Padma Bhushan]]
| office              = [[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha|Leader of the Opposition]] in [[Rajya Sabha]]
| native_name         = 
| image               = Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG
| image_size          = 
| caption             = Official portrait, 2014
| 1blankname          = Chairman
| 1namedata           = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]<br>[[Venkaiah Naidu]]
| 2blankname          = Deputy Leader
| 2namedata           = [[Anand Sharma]]
| predecessor         = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| successor           = [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
| office6             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start6         = 1980
| term_end6           = 1989
| predecessor6        = [[Vasantrao Naik]]
| successor6          = [[Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh]]
| constituency6       = [[Washim (Lok Sabha constituency)|Washim, Maharashtra]]
| office3             = 7th [[List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir]]
| governor3           = [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]<br />[[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
| predecessor3        = [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| party               = [[Democratic Progressive Azad Party]]
| office1             = [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| predecessor1        = [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
| primeminister1      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor1          = [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| successor3          = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| office7             = Chairperson of [[Democratic Progressive Azad Party]] 
| predecessor7        = ''position established'' 
| term_start7         = 26 September 2022
| office8             = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| primeminister8     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term8               = 23 May 2004 – 1 November 2005
| predecessor8        = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| successor8          = [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]
| term9               = 18 January 1996 – 16 May 1996
| primeminister9      = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| predecessor9        = [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
| successor9          = [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| term10              = 21 June 1991 – 18 January 1993
| predecessor10       = [[Satya Prakash Malaviya]]
| successor10         = [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
| primeminister10     = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| birth_name          = Ghulam Nabi Bhatt
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1949|03|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Bhalessa]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (1973–2022)
| spouse              = {{Marriage|[[Shameema Dev Azad]]|1980}}
| children            = Saddam Nabi Azad (son)<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is Ghulam Nabi Azad?|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-ghulam-nabi-azad/|access-date=18 June 2020|date=2012-10-31}}</ref><br />Sofiya Nabi Azad (daughter)<ref>{{cite news|title=My dad will do well, says Azad's daughter|website=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 November 2005 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/my-dad-will-do-well-says-azads-daughter/article27503417.ece|access-date=18 Jun 2020}}</ref>
| alma_mater          = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Government Degree Colleges in India|Government Degree Colleges, Bhadarwah]]|[[Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College|G.G.M. Science College]]|[[University of Jammu]]|[[University of Kashmir]]}}
| term_start          = {{Start date|2014|06|08|df=yes}}
| term_end            = {{End date|2021|02|15|df=yes}}<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/who-could-replace-azad-as-leader-of-opposition-in-rs-list-of-probables-101612862440112-amp.html After Ghulam Nabi Azad, who could be the next Leader of Opposition?] Hindustan Times</ref>
| office4             = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency4       = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]](state)
| term_start4         = {{Start date|2009|02|11|df=yes}}
| term_end4           = {{End date|2021|02|15|df=yes}}
| predecessor4        = [[Saifuddin Soz]]
| successor4          = 
| term_start5         = {{Start date|1996|11|30|df=yes}}
| term_end5           = {{End date|2006|01|29|df=yes}}
| constituency5       = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| term6               = 3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
| term_start1         = {{Start date|2009|05|22|df=yes}}
| term_end1           = {{End date|2014|05|26|df=yes}}
| term_start3         = {{Start date|2005|11|02|df=yes}}
| term_end3           = {{End date|2008|07|11|df=yes}}
| awards              = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2022)
}}

'''Ghulam Nabi Azad''' (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in [[Rajya Sabha]] between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September 2022, Azad announced his own political party as [[Democratic Progressive Azad Party]]. He is the chief patron cum founder of Democratic Progressive Azad Party.

Azad served as [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/ghulam-nabi-azad.html|title=Ghulam Nabi Azad Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history}}</ref> He has served as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the [[Manmohan Singh]] government until 27 October 2005, when he was appointed the [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]. On 26 August 2022, Azad resigned from [[Indian National Congress]] and mulled creating a new party at the national level.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2022 |title=Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress, resigns from all party positions |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ghulam-nabi-azad-quits-congress/articleshow/93793181.cms |website=THE TIMES OF INDIA}}</ref>

He also led the party successfully in the [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir]]. He was bestowed with the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian award, in 2022 by the Indian Government in the field of Public Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-26|title=Padma Awards 2022: Complete list of recipients|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/padma-awards-2022-complete-list-of-recepient-11643162439142.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>