Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi

Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi
Minister of Hajj and Auqaf
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
2016–2017
GovernorNarinder Nath Vohra
Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti
Succeeded byTassaduq Hussain Mufti
Member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2018
GovernorNarinder Nath Vohra
Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti
Succeeded byGhulam Ahmad Mir
ConstituencyDooru
Personal details
Born1959 (age 66–67)
Parent
  • Syed Shah Andrabi (father)
EducationBA
Alma materUniversity of Kashmir

Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi (born c. 1959[1]) is an Indian politician and the former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. He represented Dooru assembly constituency of Anantnag district in 2014. He was appointed to the state ministry in 2016 and subsequently served as minister for Hajj and Auqaf until he resigned from the ministry in December 2017 in an attempt to appoint his nephew Tassaduq Hussain Mufti to the post.[2]

He also served as minister for Kashmir Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Public Health Engineering Department, and Irrigation & Flood Control Department. Prior to his resignation, he served minister for Power Development Department and Department of Industry & Commerce.[3][4]

Biography

He was born to Syed Shah Andrabi around 1959 in Doru Shahabad, Jammu and Kashmir. He graduated from an uncertain collage. Later in 1980, he obtained Bachelor's of Arts degree in Commerce from the University of Kashmir.[1]

Electoral performance

Election Constituency Party Result Votes % Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote % Ref
2014 Dooru JKPDP Won 37.58% Ghulam Ahmad Mir INC 37.24% [5]
2008 Dooru JKPDP Lost 22.69% Ghulam Ahmad Mir INC 36.19% [6]
2002 Dooru JKPDP Lost 10.15% Ghulam Ahmad Mir INC 66.19% [7]

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