Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti Sayed | |
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Mufti in 2022 | |
| President of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office January 2009 | |
| 9th Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| In office 4 April 2016 – 19 June 2018 | |
| Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra Satyapal Malik |
| Preceded by | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2014–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
| Succeeded by | Hasnain Masoodi |
| Constituency | Anantnag |
| In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Muhammad Naik |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
| LoP in Jammu & Kashmir Assembly | |
| Chief Minister | Farooq Abdullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1959 Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Javed Iqbal Shah |
| Children | Iltija Mufti, Irtiqa Mufti |
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| Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
Mehbooba Bur Mufti Sayed (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP), who served as the 9th chief minister of the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She is the first female chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019, Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
Mufti was the first woman to hold the office of chief minister in the Jammu and Kashmir. She formed a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir jointly with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She resigned in June 2018 after the BJP withdrew from the coalition.
Mufti was the president of the PDP and was a member of the Indian parliament, representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha before she was sworn in as the chief minister of the Jammu and Kashmir. She also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–09) and has also been a Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.