Ghulam Nabi Azad, an Indian politician from Indian National Congress presently serves as the Chief Minister of the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir. Until October 27, he was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad is the 3rd Congress Chief Minister after Mr. G.M. Sadiq and Syed Mir Qasim. He married a well-known Kashmiri singer, Shameem Dev Azad in the year 1980 and the couple has a son and a daughter.

On 7the March 1949, Ghulam Nabi Azad was born at Village Soti in Doda district. In 1972, from Kashmir University he had his M.Sc in Zoology. After that he plunged into politics in 1973. He remained Block Secretary of Congress Committee, Blessa, from 1973 to 75. Azad was nominated, in 1975, as President of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. In the year 1977 he was attributed as President of Congress Committee, Doda district. In that very same year, he was nominated as General Secretary of All India Youth Congress. He persisted as the President of All India Muslim Youth Conference from 1978 to 81, besides this in the year 1986, he was designated as Member of Congress Working Committee and nominated as General Secretary of AICC in 1987.

In 1982, Azad was seated for the first time as Union Deputy Minister for Company Affairs and Law. Later in this Ministry he took over the office as Minister of State. From Washim Constituency in 1985, he was all over again elected as Member Parliament and was inducted in Union Cabinet as Minister of State for Home Affairs. Later he was given Food and Civil Supplies portfolio. Azad was elected as Rajya Sabha Member in the year 1990. He was inducted as Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in 1991 with Narismha Rao Ministry and later given Tourism and Civil Aviation portfolio. Azad was made President of JKPCC during the Assembly elections in 2002. Congress under him bagged 21 seats and thus became the second largest party in the Assembly.

Mr. Azad was Union Minister for Urban Development and Law & Parliamentary Affairs in present Dr. Manmohan Singh UPA Government till he resigned to take over as Chief Minister of J&K State.. Azad is a senior member of the Union council of ministers.