List of Kashmiri People - Politicians

Politicians

  • Abdul Ghani Lone (1932–2002), lawyer, politician and founder of the People's Conference
  • Abdul Qayyum Khan Former Chief minister NWFP Pakistan
  • Agha Shorish Kashmiri scholar, writer, debater, and leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, figure of the freedom movement of undivided India
  • Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (1907–1972), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1953–1963)
  • Bilal Nazki (1947- ), Chief Justice in India
  • Birbal also Maheshdas Bhat (1528–1586), was the Grand Vizier (Wazīr-e Azam) of the Mughal court in the administration of Emperor Akbar
  • Birbal Dhar leader in the Kashmiri resistance to Afghan rule in the early 19th century
  • Deepa Kaul (1944- ), former minister, social worker and human rights defender
  • Farooq Abdullah (1936- ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1982–1984, 1986–1990, 1996–2002), son of Sheikh Abdullah
  • Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, educator, reformer, a founder of the University of Kashmir
  • Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1964–1965), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1965–1971)
  • Ghulam Mohammad Shah (1920–2009)), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984–1986)
  • Ghulam Nabi Azad (1949- ), former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Hashim Qureshi, (1953-), Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party
  • Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Ishaq Dar Ex Federal Minister Pakistan
  • Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), first Prime Minister of independent India
  • Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922–1999), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1963–1964)
  • Khawaja Muhammad Asif MNA Sailkot PML-N
  • Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968), freedom fighter, Prominent lawyer, participated in INA trials, former governor, chief minister of several Indian states, cabinet minister under Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Maulana Mazhar Ali Azhar (1895–1974) one of founders, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, political figure in the history of Sub-Continent
  • Mehbooba Mufti (1959- ), female politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha
  • Mehtab Ahmed Khan Ex Chief Minister NWFP Pakistan
  • Maqbool Butt (1938–1984), co-founder of the JKLF Party
  • Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq (d. 1990), chairman of the Aawami Action Committee
  • Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, (1929- ), former governor of Bihar and of Madhya Pradesh, State Railway Minister
  • Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), Indian independence activist, president of the Indian National Congress
  • Muhammad Farooq Rehmani (1938-), Chairman of the Peoples Freedom League, former Convener of the Hurriyat Conference
  • Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (1936- ), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002–2005)
  • Muzaffar Baig (1946- ), Deputy Chief Minister, Finance Minister, Law Minister, Tourism Minister of Jammu & Kashmir (2002–2008)
  • Nazir Ahmed (1958- ), member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
  • Nawaz Sharif (1949- ), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Omar Abdullah (1970- ), Current Chief Minister Jammu And Kashmir, member of the 14th Lok Sabha, son of Farooq Abdullah
  • Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991), Prime Minister of India, son of Indira Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Ram Chandra Kak (1893–1983), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–47 and an eminent archaeologist
  • Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mostafavi Moosavi Khomeini (1902–1989 ) First Supreme Leader of Iran, His Grandfather was from Kashmir
  • Rahul Gandhi General Secretary of Indian National Congress & Chairperson of Indian Youth Congress (INC), Member of Indian Lok Sabha from Amethi, Son of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
  • Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore (d. 1999), former Prime Minister and Speaker of Azad Kashmir
  • Saif-ud-din Soz (1937- ), long-time member of the Parliament of India, former Union Minister of Environment & Forests, former Minister of Water Resources, President JKPCC
  • Saifuddin Kitchlew (1888–1963), freedom fighter and politician
  • Sadiq Ali (1952- ), politician, poet, writer, and environmentalist
  • Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (1915–2003), founder and first President of Azad Kashmir
  • Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (1934- ), politician, former prime minister and former president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
  • Sardar Sayab Khalid (1940- ), former Speaker of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
  • Shehbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Pakistan.
  • Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad Ex Federal Information Minister Pakistan
  • Shabir Shah (1953- ), Founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party. Known as Nelson Mandela of Indian Administered Kashmir
  • Syed Mir Qasim, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971–1975)
  • Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929- ) Prominent figure in Jammu & Kashmir, Member Jamait-e-Islami, Founder and Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat J&K, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference
  • Sheila Kaul (1915- ), former Indian governor and cabinet minister, social reformer, and educationist
  • Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1948–1953), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1975–1977, 1977–1982)
  • Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) Indian diplomat and politician

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