Omar Abdullah
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Omar Abdullah

Personal data
Date of birth10 March 1970(age 40)
Place of birthRochford, Essex, United Kingdom
Political partyJammu and Kashmir National Conference
SpousePayal Nath
ChildrenZahir and Zamir (sons)
ResidenceSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Alma materSydenham College of Commerce and Economics
ReligionIslam
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Assumed office05 January 2009
Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byPresident's Rule
Minister of State for External Affairs
In office23 July 2001 - 23 December 2002
Prime ministerAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byDigvijay Singh
Preceded byU V Krishnam Raju

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Omar Abdullah ( , ), born 10 March 1970 in United Kingdom, is an Indian Kashmiri politician and the scion of Kashmir's 'first family', the Abdullah family who became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on January 5, 2009.

Prior to this he was a member of 14th Lok Sabha, representing Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was a Union Minister of State for External affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's NDA government, from July 23, 2001 to December 23, 2002. He resigned from NDA government in October 2002 to concentrate on party work. Prime Minister tried to convince him to continue his work. However, on 23 December 2002 his resignation was accepted by President A P J Abdul Kalam.

He is the grandson of Sheikh Abdullah, who formed Kashmir’s first political party, the Muslim Conference in 1932, which was later rechristen as National Conference. He remained the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir 1948-1953, and also Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir two times, 1975 and 1977. After his death in 1982, his son Farooq Abdullah dominated the political arena for many years and remained the Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir thrice in 1982, 1986 and 1996. Farooq’s son Omar joined politics in 1998, as a Lok Sabha member, a feat he repeated in subsequent three elections and also remained a Union minister; he took on the mantle of National Congress from his father in 2002, though he lost his own seat of Ganderbal during the 2002 state assembly elections, and so did his party, the political mandate; four years later, he fought once again from the very seat and won in the 2008 Kashmir Elections.

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Suspect in Baltimore hotel shooting is slain - WTOP Tweet this news
WTOP--Police say Dominic Anderson and -Omar Abdullah- beat Woodland into critical condition. Police had pledged that Woodland would be charged after he was released ... - Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:15:41 GMT+00:00
Omar Abdullah govt abusing state apparatus to suppress people: PDP - Daily News & Analysis Tweet this news
Daily News & Analysis--Place: Jammu | Agency: PTI The opposition PDP today accused the -Omar Abdullah--led government of abusing the state apparatus, saying "calm created at ... - Date : Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:19:56 GMT+00:00
Omar gets praise from opposition PDP legislator - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister -Omar Abdullah- Monday received a pat on the back from an unexpected quarter for continuing ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:17:58 GMT+00:00
NC has let down voters - Express Buzz Tweet this news
Express Buzz--In a week's time, the -Omar Abdullah- government will be completing two years in office. With the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister's job being the most ... - Date : Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:37:29 GMT+00:00
Army apologises to Omar for shootout statement - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--Jammu, Dec 2 (IANS) The Indian Army has apologised to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister -Omar Abdullah- for a statement that a shootout had occurred in ... - Date : Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:46:48 GMT+00:00
NC, Cong leaders in public spat in JK - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--National Conference leader Mustafa Kamal, who represents Hazratbal in Assembly and is the uncle of Chief Minister -Omar Abdullah-, has come out against the ... - Date : Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:08:52 GMT+00:00
NC-Congress coordination panel meet postponed - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--But sources in the National Conference said that -Omar Abdullah- has pulled out of the coordination panel and that his father, Union New and Renewable Energy ... - Date : Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:49:00 GMT+00:00
158 houses ready for flood-hit Leh families: Abdullah - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--Jammu, Nov 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister -Omar Abdullah- Saturday said 158 two-bedroom houses have been constructed for families displaced by the ... - Date : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:52:11 GMT+00:00
Signage, Imaging expo kicks off in Abu Dhabi - Trade Arabia Tweet this news
Trade Arabia--Mohamed -Omar Abdullah-, undersecretary of the Department of Economic Development (DED) Abu Dhabi, inaugurated the three-day event which features over 100 ... - Date : Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:00:23 GMT+00:00
Links among JK militants,Naxals,Left-leaning academicians: Omar - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--PTI Jammu and Kashmir chief minister -Omar Abdullah- said on Friday that there were "visible and invisible links" among the militants in his state, ... - Date : Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:10:51 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
President's Rule		Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
January 5, 2009 -		Succeeded by
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