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Omar Abdullah (Urdu, ) (; born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician and the scion of one of the state's most prominent political families, the Abdullah family,〔"(the third-generation Abdullah family member following the footsteps of the family peers )". ''The Hindu''. 5 January 2009.〕〔(Omar Abdullah not just another political scion ) ''CNN-IBN, 5 Jan 2009.〕〔 who became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on 5 January 2009.〔(Omar Abdullah takes oath as youngest J&K chief minister ) ''NDTV, Monday, 5 January 2009 2:01 PM.〕〔(Omar Abdullah to be sworn in as J&K CM today ) ''Times of India, 5 Jan 2009.〕 He is currently Member of the Legislative Assembly from Beerwah constituency of Budgam district. He was a member of 14th Lok Sabha, representing Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was a Union Minister of State for External affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's NDA government, from 23 July 2001 to 23 December 2002. He resigned from NDA government in October 2002 to concentrate on party work. Omar joined politics in 1998, as a Lok Sabha member, a feat he repeated in subsequent three elections and also remained a Union minister; he took on the mantle of National Conference from his father in 2002, though he lost his own seat of Ganderbal during the 2002 state assembly elections, and so did his party, the political mandate; four years later, he contested once again from the same seat and won in the 2008 Kashmir Elections.〔 ==Personal life== Omar Abdullah was born on 10 March 1970 in Rochford, Essex, United Kingdom. He is the son of Farooq Abdullah, a qualified surgeon and grandson of Sheikh Abdullah, all three of whom have been Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir.〔(Omar Abdullah ) www.the-south-asian.com, November, 2001〕 His mother Mollie, an Englishwoman and a nurse by profession, was not in favor of him joining politics.〔(NEWSMAKER: Omar Abdullah ) ''Business Standard'', New Delhi, 2 January 2009.〕 He studied at the Burn Hall School located at Sonwar Bagh, Srinagar and then at Lawrence School, Sanawar. He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He married Payal Nath,〔(Omar Abdullah sworn in as J&K CM ) ''Times of India'', 5 Jan 2009.〕 but on September 2011, he confirmed that he and his wife are separated.〔〔〔 His younger sister, Sara Pilot, is married to Sachin Pilot, son of Rajesh Pilot. He had a role in director Apoorva Lakhia’s film, Mission Istanbul (2008), based on international terrorism, playing himself.〔(Apoorva gets lookalikes! ) Times of India, ''Times of India'', 25 July 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Omar Abdullah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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