| Mohammad Shafi Abbasi Qureshi | |
| Order: | 11th |
| Office: | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
| Term Start: | 24 June 1993 |
| Term End: | 21 April 1998 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Digvijaya Singh |
| Predecessor: | M. A. Khan |
| Successor: | Bhai Mahavir |
| Office1: | Governor of Uttar Pradesh |
| Term Start1: | 3 May 1996 |
| Term End1: | 19 July 1996 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Vacant |
| Predecessor1: | Motilal Vora |
| Successor1: | Romesh Bhandari |
| Order2: | 16th |
| Office2: | Governor of Bihar |
| Term Start2: | 19 March 1991 |
| Term End2: | 13 August 1993 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Successor2: | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |
| Office3: | 5th Minister of Tourism |
| Primeminister3: | Charan Singh |
| Term Start3: | 30 July 1979 |
| Term End3: | 14 January 1980 |
| Predecessor3: | Purushottam Kaushik |
| Successor3: | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Office4: | Deputy Minister of Railways |
| Term Start4: | 10 October 1974 |
| Term End4: | March 1977 |
| Primeminister4: | Indira Gandhi |
| Office5: | Deputy Minister of Steel & Heavy Industries |
| Term Start5: | 15 May 1969 |
| Term End5: | 2 May 1971 |
| Primeminister5: | Indira Gandhi |
| Office6: | Deputy Minister of Commerce |
| Term Start6: | 28 January 1966 |
| Term End6: | 14 February 1969 |
| Primeminister6: | Indira Gandhi |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
Mohammad Shafi Abbasi Qureshi (24 November 1928 – 28 August 2016) was an Indian politician and statesman from Kashmir and the founder of the Congress Party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He was born on 24 November 1928 in Kashmir to contractor Haji Mohammad Amin Abbasi who was the first transporter of Union Council Birote, near Kohala Bridge District Abbottabad, Pakistan before 1947. He studied in Tyndale Biscoe School.[1] [2] He has served in various capacities in his long and very active political career. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir in 1965 and later elected to Lok Sabha from Anantnag in 1971 and 1977 elections.[3] He was the Union Deputy Minister of Commerce from 28 January 1966 to 14 February 1969, Union Deputy Minister for Steel & Heavy Engineering from 15 February 1969 to 2 May 1971, Union Deputy Minister for Railways from 10 October 1974 to March 1977, Minister of Tourism & Civil Aviation (31 July 1979). He held the post of Governor of Bihar on 19 March 1991 to 13 August 1993 and was sworn in as Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 24 June '93, sworn in as Governor of Uttar Pradesh on 3 May 1996 to 19 July 1996.
He was the secretary of the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University in the year 1953.
He was the Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities from 3 September 2007 with the rank of Cabinet Minister until Wajahat Habibullah took over.
He died on 28 August 2016 in Delhi's Batra hospital. Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Governor N. N. Vohra condoled his death.[4]