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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{puffery|date=October 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Javid Ahmad Dar.jpg
| office              = [[Second Omar Abdullah ministry|Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| predecessor         = 
| successor           = 
| lieutenant_governor = [[Manoj Sinha]]
| 1blankname          = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata           = [[Omar Abdullah]]
| subterm             = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice           = 
| term_start          = 16 October 2024
| term_end            = 
| 2blankname          = [[Second Omar Abdullah ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 2namedata           = *Agriculture Production, 
*Rural Development 
*Panchayati Raj
*Cooperative
*Election
| office1             = Member of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1       = [[Rafiabad Assembly constituency|Rafiabad]]
| term_start1         = 8 October 2024
| term_end1           = 
| profession          = Politician
| predecessor1        = [[Yawar Ahmad Mir]]
| party               = [[File:Flag of Jammu and Kashmir (1936-1953).svg|20px]][[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
}}

'''Javid Ahmad Dar''' is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] from [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]], representing [[Rafiabad Assembly constituency]] as member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Rafiabad Election Result 2024 LIVE Update: Assembly Winner, Leading, MLA, Margin, Candidates |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/rafiabad-election-result-2024-live-update-9077393.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rafiabad Constituency Election Results 2024: Rafiabad Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/jammu-kashmir/constituency-show/rafiabad |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

On 16 October 2024, Dar was sworn in as the cabinet minister in the newly formed Government of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jammu-and-kashmir-assembly/omar-abdullah-sworn-in-as-first-cm-of-ut-jammu-and-kashmir/article68759594.ece | title=Omar Abdullah sworn in as new CM of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir; Surinder Kumar Choudhary to be his deputy | newspaper=The Hindu | last1=Ashiq | first1=Peerzada }}</ref> On 18 October 2024, following an order issued by [[Manoj Sinha|Lieutenant Governor Sinha]] to allocate portfolios to [[Second Omar Abdullah ministry|council of ministers]] on the advice of chief minister, Dar was given the charge of Agriculture Production, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Cooperative, and Election.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-10-18 |title=J&K L-G allocates portfolios; who gets what in newly inducted Omar Abdullah-led cabinet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/jk-l-g-allocates-portfolios-who-gets-what-in-newly-inducted-omar-abdullah-led-cabinet/article68767814.ece |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Dar was born in [[Ladoora]], a village in the [[Rafiabad, India|Rafiabad]] region of Jammu and Kashmir. He is married and resides with his family in Ladoora.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Geelani |first=Syed Rizwan |date=2024-10-16 |title=Javed Ahmad Dar: From commerce graduate to 2-time cabinet minister |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/javed-ahmad-dar-from-commerce-graduate-to-2-time-cabinet-minister/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Educational background ==
After passing his Class 12th examination, Dar moved to Pune to pursue higher education at [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Pune University]], where he completed his Bachelor's in Commerce in 1997. The following year, he enrolled for a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) program. However, after completing two semesters, he had to return home due to the sudden death of his father in 1998.<ref name=":1"/>

== Political career ==

Dar's political career began in 2002 after the death of his father, Muhammad Yousuf Dar, a veteran politician and close associate of [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. Initially, Javid joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and contested his first assembly election the same year, though he did not win. After spending six years with the PDP, he made a strategic shift to the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] in 2008. Supported by [[Farooq Abdullah]], he contested and won the Rafiabad assembly seat, defeating his PDP opponent, Dilawar Mir. Following this victory, Dar was appointed Minister of State, overseeing the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department. Although he lost his seat in the 2014 elections amid a strong PDP wave, he made a remarkable comeback in 2024, securing the Rafiabad constituency with a significant margin of 9202 votes.<ref name=":1" /> His return to the assembly was marked by his swearing-in as a cabinet minister for Agriculture Production, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Cooperative, and Election at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar.<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==
* [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
* [[Rafiabad Assembly constituency|Rafiabad]]

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[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]
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[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:People from Baramulla district]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians]]
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