Javed Ahmed Rana

Javed Ahmed Rana (born 1963) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir.

Rana is from Kalaban village, Mendhar tehsil, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir.

He is the son of Babu Faiz Ahmed and is the younger brother of the prominent former IPS officer and vice chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri, Masud Choudhary.

[7] In 2024 Assembly election, he was nominated again by the JKNC to contest from Mendhar and won with a margin of 14,906 votes.

[8] On 18 October 2024, following an order issued by Lieutenant Governor Sinha to allocate portfolios to council of ministers on the advice of chief minister, Rana was given the charge of Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment, and Tribal Affairs.