Ghulam Nabi Lone

Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura
Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura
	Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura
General Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 August 2018
Leader	Mehbooba Mufti
Constituency	Charari Sharief
Cabinet Minister for Revenue, Govt of J&K
	In office; 30 April 2018 – 19 June 2018
Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Govt of J&K
	In office; 5 April 2016 – 30 April 2018
Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Govt of J&K
	In office; 1 March 2015 – 7 January 2016
Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
	In office; July 2007 – January 2009
Preceded by	Abdul Rashid Dar
Succeeded by	Amrit Malhotra
Personal details
Spouse	Married
Residence(s)	Chadoora, Budgam, J&K
Education	BA LLB
Alma mater	University of Kashmir

Ghulam Nabi Lone (Hanjura) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister of Jammu and Kashmir, belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. An Advocate^[1]^[2]^[3] by profession, Lone was part of the 12th Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Charari Sharief constituency.

Hanjura is currently serving as JKPDP's General Secretary. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir under Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and later Mehbooba Mufti with Agriculture Production and Revenue as portfolios.

Political career

After contesting multiple elections, Lone was nominated as the member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, and in 2007 was nominated as the Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.^[4]^[5]

Lone won the 2014 Legislative Assembly elections from Chrari Shareef constituency and was inducted into the Second Mufti Mohammad Sayeed ministry and later in the Mehbooba Mufti ministry as a cabinet minister.

On 27 August 2018 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's President Mehbooba Mufti appointed Lone as the General Secretary of the party.^[6]