Shah Faesal
Shah Faesal | |
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Shah Faisal with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh | |
| Deputy secretary in ministry of culture | |
| Assumed office 11 August 2022 | |
| Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement | |
| In office 21 March 2019 – 9 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Javaid Mustafa Mir |
| Managing Director (J&K State Power Development Corporation) | |
| In office 18 October 2016 – 9 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kifayat Rizvi |
| Succeeded by | Hirdesh Kumar |
| Director School Education (Kashmir) | |
| In office 22 August 2015 – 18 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Showkat Ahmad Beigh |
| Succeeded by | Ajaz Ahmad Bhat |
| Deputy Commissioner (Bandipora) | |
| In office 8 February 2014 – 22 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Yousuf Zargar |
| Succeeded by | Sajad Hussain Ganai |
| Assistant Commissioner, Revenue (Pulwama) | |
| In office 16 August 2012 – 8 February 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nasir Ahmad Lone |
| Succeeded by | Syed Sajad Qadiri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1983 Sogam Lolab, Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Iram Rashid |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Ghulam Rasool Shah Mubeena Shah |
| Residence(s) | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Alma mater |
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| Profession | Bureaucrat, Doctor, |
Shah Faesal (born 17 May 1983) is an Indian bureaucrat currently posted as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture (India) In 2010, Faesal secured Rank 1 and became the first Kashmiri to top the Indian Civil Services Examination. He tendered his resignation from the Indian bureaucracy in protest on 9 January 2019, citing "unabated killings" in Kashmir among other things, which, reportedly, was "never accepted" by the central government and he even withdrew the same later.
On 4 February 2019, Shah Faesal began his momentary political life by giving a public speech in his hometown of Kupwara. Shortly after, on 16 March 2019, he announced his own political party, the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM). He left politics on 10 August 2020 and quit the JKPM.
He was reinstated in the Indian Administrative Service in April 2022 by the Modi government. In August 2022, he was posted as Deputy Secretary in Union Ministry for Tourism.