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In addition to serving as a union minister, Omar Abdullah entered politics in 1998 and was elected to the Lok Sabha three more times.
Before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Omar Abdullah made it clear that the National Conference will contest every seat in the Kashmir area and that he was unlikely to work with other political parties to share seats within the INDIA alliance.
Who is Omar Abdullah new J&K CM, biography, age, family, father, mother, wife, children, education and net worth
On March 10, 1970, in Rochford, Essex, United Kingdom, Omar Abdullah was born. He is the only child of Farooq Abdullah, a doctor, and the grandson of Sheikh Abdullah. Each of these three men has served as Jammu and Kashmir’s chief minister.
Mollie, his mother, is an Englishwoman who works as a nurse and has stated that she did not support him going into politics. After attending the Burn Hall School in Sonwar Bagh, Srinagar, he subsequently attended Lawrence School in Sanawar.
He attended the Sydenham College of Commerce
Abdullah does not own a house, car, or any business and nis declared net worth totals 54.45 lakh rupees, with 95,000 rupees in cash. The bulk of his wealth is in fixed deposits across various banks, including HDFC Bank, SBI Delhi, HDFC Srinagar, and J&K Bank, totalling nearly 23.50 lakh rupees and he possesses jewellery valued at 30 lakh rupees.
and Economics and did B.Com. Prior to entering politics, he worked for ITC Limited and The Oberoi Group until he was 29 years old. He did his MBA studies at the University of Strathclyde.
He married Delhi-born woman Payal Nath. She is the daughter of Ram Nath, a former army officer. Omar announced his divorce from his wife in September 2011 and has two children, sons Zamir and Zahir.
Born: 9 March 1970 (age 54 years), Rochford, United Kingdom
Party: Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Parents: Farooq Abdullah, Mollie Abdullah
Omar Abdullah career
Since 2024, Omar Abdullah has been the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory. He has been the vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference since 2009 and was the chief minister from 2009 to 2014. Abdullah served as a member of the Lok Sabha for Srinagar from 1998 to 2009.
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After forming a government in alliance with the Congress party on January 5, 2009, he served as the state’s eleventh and youngest chief minister as well as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha.
He served as a representative for Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Srinagar seat, in the 14th Lok Sabha. From July 23, 2001, until December 23, 2002, he served as the federal minister of state for external affairs in the NDA administration of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In October 2002, he left the NDA government to focus on his work with the party.
In 2002, he succeeded his father as National Conference leader, but both his party and he lost the seat of Ganderbal in the state assembly elections.
In October 2024, Omar Abdullah, the son of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, will succeed him as Chief Minister of the Union Territory. He had also stated the day before the poll results that his party is willing to work with Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP to establish the regional administration if needed.