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Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Mirwaiz Umer Farooq
Acting Chairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference

Mirwaiz Maulvi Umar Farooq is a popular political figure in Kashmir. Leader and acting chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mr. Farooq joined politics at a young age of 17 in 1990, after his father Mr. Mirwaiz Maulana Farooq, was assassinated.

Mirwaiz is the term for the traditional leader of Muslims in Kashmir. He inherited the title as the 12th Mirwaiz and was the founder chairman of the Hurriyat in 1993. Before he began an active career in Kashmir politics, he nurtured the ambition to become a software engineer. He holds a master's degree in Islamic studies.

Mirwaiz is known to be one of the more traditional among the Kashmiri separatist leaders. He has attempted to bridge the gap between his faction and that of hardliner separatist organisation of Syed Ali Shah Geelani. This effort was a precursor to his visit to Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Islamabad in June this year.

His Pakistan visit saw a major change in his approach to the Kashmir issue. He announced that the United Nations should not be involved in solving the Kashmir issue. Till January this year, he had maintained his belief in an UN sponsored resolution of the problem.

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