Ghulam Mohammad Saroori
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G.M. Saroori speaking on "PM’s New 15 Point Programme Welfare of Minorities", at the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, in Kishtwar, Doda, Jammu & Kashmir on 2 September 2006 | |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 11 July 2009 – 26 August 2010 | |
| Governor | N. N. Vohra |
| Chief Minister | Omar Abdullah |
| Ministry and Departments |
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| Preceded by | Omar Abdullah |
| Succeeded by | Omar Abdullah |
| Minister of State, Government of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 1 January 2008 – 11 July 2008 | |
| Governor | S. K. Sinha N. N. Vohra |
| Chief Minister | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
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| MLA of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Qazi Jalaluddin |
| Succeeded by | Payare Lal Sharma |
| Constituency | Inderwal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1955 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (until 2022; 2025–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Progressive Azad Party (2022–2025) Independent |
| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Best Legislators Award 2014—15 |
Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, also known as G. M. Saroori, is an Indian politician and a former legislator of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, who represented the Inderwal constituency of Kishtwar district from 2002 to 2018 until the coalition government was ended in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Saroori was affiliated with the Indian National Congress until August 2022, during which he also served as its vice-president. He later briefly joined the Democratic Azad Party following its formation in September 2022, but rejoined the Congress on 28 June 2025. In 2008, he was appointed a Minister of State for Tourism, Forest, School Education, Social Welfare and Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, and later served as the Minister for Mechanical Engineering and Roads & Buildings from 2009 to 2010.