Mirza Mehboob Beg (born 4 September 1949) is a veteran Indian politician from

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, belonging to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and currently serving as its General Secretary(Organisation). Beg has been elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council and the

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various times . He has also served as the Cabinet Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education .

Early life

Mehboob Beg was born in Sarnal, Anantnag district. He is the son of

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, widely known as Fakhr-e-Kashmir (Pride of Jammu and Kashmir), who had served as the first

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. Mehboob Beg studied

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from Srinagar Medical College and resides at Srinagar.

Career

Beg contested his first Legislative Assembly election from

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in 1983 and won it with a clear majority, becoming an MLA for the first time. In 1984 he was inducted as a

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for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare. He received a letter of appreciation from

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for his work as Health Minister. He is known for creating jobs in South Kashmir. He then contested 1996 and 2002 assembly elections, and in the 2002 election received 71% of the total votes polled . He served as the Provincial President of

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for Kashmir during 2003–2009 . He received the Best Leader award from Jammu and Kashmir Police in 2006. He got elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council in March 2009. In May 2009 Beg won the Parliamentary Elections from

and got elected to the

. His victory stunned political observers as he pulled off a victory in the parliamentary polls despite the fact that the seat was a PDP Bastion, with NC having only 1 MLA in South Kashmir . Many Political Experts believe only he could have pulled-off a victory in the Parliamentary Polls as 12 out of the 16 assembly seats in the Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency were held by the opposition, PDP, despite this Bég pulled off a famous win . It was widely reported that he was to be given

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in 2009 . He served as a member of various parliamentary committees and was the Vice President of Indo-Botswana Parliamentary Friendship. Beg has received Bharat Gaurav Award in the field of politics. He also received Best Legislator award . He is a well known face in the Indian media. He also served as the

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of the Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association. On 16 November 2014 Bég withdrew his candidature for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections from Anantnag constituency and announced his support for PDP Patron

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. In 2015 he joined PDP and was appointed as the Chief Spokesperson of the party . In 2021, he became the

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(Organisation) of the Party . He is the President of FAKHR-E-Kashmir Mirza Mohammad Afzal Beg Memorial Trust .On 2nd September,2023 he was inducted in the Campaign Committee of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance(INDIA Alliance). .

References

External links

Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile
in Lok Sahba website {{DEFAULTSORT:Beg, Mirza Mehboob India MPs 2009–2014 1949 births Living people Kashmiri people People from Jammu and Kashmir People from Srinagar People from Anantnag district Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1983–1986 Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008