Editing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (section)

{{Short description|6th chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1932–2016)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
| image               = Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg
| caption             = Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in 2015
| office              = 6th [[List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir]]
| deputy              = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
| term_start          = 1 March 2015
| term_end            = 7 January 2016
| governor            = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
| predecessor         = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| successor           = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
| governor1           = [[Girish Chandra Saxena]] <br /> [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
| term_start1         = 2 November 2002
| term_end1           = 2 November 2005
| predecessor1        = ''Governor's rule''
| successor1          = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| office2             = [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| primeminister2      = [[V. P. Singh]]
| term_start2         = 2 December 1989
| term_end2           = 10 November 1990
| predecessor2        = [[Sardar Buta Singh]]
| successor2          = [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Tourism]]
| primeminister3      = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| term_start3         = 12 May 1986
| term_end3           = 14 July 1987
| predecessor3        = [[HKL Bhagat]]
| successor3          = [[Jagdish Tytler]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|01|12}}
| birth_place         = [[Bijbehara]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu & Kashmir]], [[British India]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|01|07|1936|01|12}}
| death_place         = [[New Delhi]], India
| office4             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency4       = [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]]
| predecessor4        = [[Maqbool Dar|Mohammad Maqbool Dar]]
| successor4          = Ali Mohammed Naik
| termstart4          = {{Start date|1998||}}
| termend4            = {{End date|1999||}}
| constituency5       = [[Muzaffarnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarnagar]]
| termstart5          = {{Start date|1989||}}
| termend5            = {{End date|1991||}}
| predecessor5        = [[Dharamvir Singh Tyagi]]
| successor5          = [[Naresh Kumar Baliyan]]
| party               = [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]]
| otherparty          = [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] {{small|(1950–1965)}}<br />[[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1965–1987, 1991–1999)}}<br />[[Janata Dal]] {{small|(1987–1991)}}
| nationality         = [[India|Indian]]
| children            = 4 (including [[Mehbooba Mufti]], [[Tassaduq Hussain Mufti]], Mehmooda Sayeed, and [[Rubaiya Sayeed]])<ref name="dnamufti"/>
| alma_mater          = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]]
| imagesize           = 
}}

'''Mufti Mohammad Sayeed''' (12 January 1936{{snd}}7 January 2016; Urdu: مفتی محمد سید) was an Indian politician who served as the [[List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] twice from November 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2015 until his death on January 7, 2016. He held various positions, including [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|minister of Tourism]] in [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet]] and [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|minister of Home Affairs]] in [[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh's cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news |date=24 December 2014 |title=Mufti Mohammad Sayeed: Another chance in a chequered career |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/mufti-mohammad-sayeed-the-other-in-j-k-politics-114122300829_1.html |access-date=23 June 2015 |newspaper=Business Standard}}</ref> Sayeed began his political career in the wing of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] led by [[G. M. Sadiq]], which later merged with the [[Indian National Congress]]. In 1987, he transitioned to the [[Janata Dal]] and subsequently founded the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP), a regional political party that remains influential in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], currently led by his daughter, [[Mehbooba Mufti]].