Muzaffar Hussain Baig | |
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Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
In office 1 September 2014 –23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sharifuddin Shariq |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Akbar Lone |
Constituency | Baramulla |
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state | |
In office 2 November 2005 –11 July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Mangat Ram Sharma |
Succeeded by | Tara Chand |
Constituency | Baramulla |
Chief-Patron of JKPDP | |
In office December 11 2018 –November 14 2020 | |
President | Mehbooba Mufti |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Wahdina,Jammu and Kashmir,British India | 8 May 1946
Other political affiliations | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (Founding Member) |
Spouse | Safina Baig |
Children | Daima Dalyah |
Alma mater | Harvard Law School |
Occupation | Advocate General,Politician |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
As of 20 June,2021 Source: |
Muzaffar Hussain Baig is an Indian politician from Kashmir. He was the former Deputy Chief Minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. On Republic Day of 2020 he received India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan. [1] [2]
Baig was the founding member of Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and was named as Patron of the party post-Mufti's death in 2016.
He was born in Wahidna,a small hilly village in Baramulla district of the Kashmir Valley. He received his master's degree from Harvard Law School.
He started his political career in 1996 with the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference where he held the position of Vice-Chairman. In 2002,he fought the Legislative Assembly election with the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party and won from Baramulla constituency. He was reelected in 2008.[ citation needed ] He held the position of Law Minister and Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the state cabinet for the period 2002–2006. Until 2006 he was Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. [3]
He served as Chief Spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party. He also worked in law firms in the United States and New Delhi in India. Baig served as Advocate General of the state of Jammu and Kashmir [4] from 1987 to 1989.
Baig was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 from Baramulla.
Due to differences between him and Mehbooba Mufti,that grew after the abrogation of Article 370,It was being allegedly said that Baig joined Sajjad Lone's Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference, [5] [6] Peoples Conference disowns senior leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig. Party general secretary Imran Ansari said Baig never joined JKPC.
In 2020,Baig was conferred the Padma Bhushan award,the third-highest civilian honor of India. [4] [7]
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