Mubarak Gul
Indian politician
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Mubarak Ahmad Gul (born 1951), also known as Mubarak Gul, is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a six time member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and seven time legislator.In 2024, he won from Eidgah Assembly constituency.
Mubarak Gul | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 28 February 2013 – 18 March 2015 | |
| Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra |
| Chief Minister | Omar Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Akbar Lone |
| Succeeded by | Kavinder Gupta |
| Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Constituency | Eidgah |
| In office 2008–2014 | |
| Constituency | Eidgah |
| In office 2002–2008 | |
| Constituency | Eidgah |
| In office 1996–2002 | |
| Constituency | Eidgah |
| In office 1983–1986 | |
| Constituency | Eidgah |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Constituency | Eidgah |
| Member of J&K Legislative Council (MLC) | |
| In office 1987–1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
| Education | BA |
| Alma mater | University of Kashmir[1] |
Representing Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, he also served speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly from 2013 to 2015 and was advisor to the then chief minister Omar Abdullah.[2] He was also appointed Pro-tem Speaker of J&K Legislative Assembly in 2024.
Early life and education
Gul is from Shah Mohallah, Nawabazar, Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Haji Ghulam Mohammad Nihami,a freedom fighter during the Quit Kashmir Movement started by Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah. He completed his B.A.in 1978 at a college affiliated with Kashmir University.[3]
Career
Gul started his political career as a councillor in 1976 and was also the president of Rural Development Society, Jammu and Kashmir Youth Federation, in addition to serving as the president of youth wing of National Conference. After electing to the assembly in 1983, the party declined to give him mandate, but was later selected to the upper house by the NC party, the ruling party of that time.[4]
He was first elected to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in 1983, and then in 1996, 2002, and 2008. He contested his last election in 2014 assembly polls and won from Eidgah constituency.[5][6]
On 28 February 2013, Gul replaced Akbar Lone as the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, as Lone was taken into the cabinet by CM Omar Abdullah.[7]
Electoral performance
| Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Eidgah | JKNC | Won | 33.50% | Ghulam Nabi Bhat | Independent | 26.19% | [8] | ||
| 2014 | Eidgah | JKNC | Won | 41.38% | Ali Mohammad Wani | JKPDP | 37.66% | [9] | ||
| 2008 | Eidgah | JKNC | Won | 35.97% | Asifa Tariq Qara | JKPDP | 22.42% | [10] | ||
| 2002 | Eidgah | JKNC | Won | 60.62% | Mohammed Ashraf Bakashi | Independent | 22.35% | [11] | ||
| 1996 | Eidgah | JKNC | Won | 78.12% | Farooq Ahmad | JD | 9.85% | [12] | ||
| 1983 | Eidgah | JKNC | Won | 93.87% | Ghulam Mohammed Misgar | INC | 3.28% | [13] | ||