constituency religion birth_place party office birth_date term residence article_title name
kargil islam tsangrah , kargil , ladakh jknc mla 15 august 1957 1996 till present tsangrah qamar ali akhoon
 qamar ali akhoon
qamar ali akhoon

qamar ali akhoon is an indian politician from jammu and kashmir .
he is a senior member of the jammu and kashmir national conference .
in 1996 , he was elected from kargil district 's kargil assembly constituency of j & k. qamar ali akhoon was born in a religious family '' ` akhoonpa ' `` in village tsangrah which is about 48 km from kargil town on 15 august 1957 .
he received his primary education from tsangrah and did his matriculation from sankoo high school in the year 1973 .
he lost his parents when he was in primary school , thereafter his elder brother talib hussain took the responsibility on his shoulders to support his family and to educate qamar ali and his younger brother dr. mohammad jaffar .
a renowned religious scholar of suru valley late agha syed haider rizvi assisted in sending him to srinagar for higher studies , after completing his graduation qamar ali akhoon pursued llb -lrb- honors -rrb- instead of applying for a job .
later he joined politics .
he is one of the most senior jknc leader from the district .
on june 11 , 2014 he was appointed as the advisor to the chief minister j&k , in the capacity of a cabinet minister and a sitting legislature representing 49-kargil constituency .
earlier he has served as the minister for consumer affairs & public distribution and transport under mr omar abdullah and minister of state for works and power during the farooq abdullah regime , and he was the first chief executive councillor of ladakh autonomous hill development council kargil as well .
