Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti Sayed
Mufti in 2022
President of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2009
9th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 4 April 2016 – 19 June 2018
Governor	Narinder Nath Vohra Satyapal Malik
Preceded by	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Succeeded by	Governors 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
Vice-chair of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2020
Chair	Farooq Abdullah
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-22) 22 May 1959 (age 65) Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Political party	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
Spouse	Javed Iqbal Shah[1]
Children	2
Parent	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (father)
Alma mater	University of Kashmir

Mehbooba 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 Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was 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.^[2]

Mufti s the first woman to hold the office of Chief Minister in the J&K.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 J&K. She also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–09)^[5] and has also been a Leader of Opposition in J&K Legislative Assembly.