Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi
Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi | |
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| میاں الطاف احمد لاروی | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hasnain Masoodi (as Anantnag) |
| Constituency | Anantnag-Rajouri |
| Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1987–2018 | |
| Constituency | Kangan |
| Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare Department & Health and Medical Education Department | |
| In office 1996–2002 | |
| Governor | K. V. Krishna Rao Girish Chandra Saxena |
| Cabinet Minister of Forestry Department, Ecology & Environment | |
| In office 2008–2014 | |
| Governor | N. N. Vohra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
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| Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a Member of the Lok Sabha from 2024, representing Anantnag-Rajouri constituency as a Member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party. He was a five time MLA from Kangan Assembly constituency in Ganderbal district.
He is the younger son of Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi, a politician and a caliph of the Islamic Sufi order (Naqshbandi, Majadadi, Larvi) in Jammu and Kashmir. Mian Altaf is the grandson of saint Mian Nizam ud Din, the founding president of Gujjar-Jat Conference, a socio-political body established in 1932. Mian Altaf was born in 1957 in Baba Nagri, Wangath, Kangan Ganderbal, Kashmir.