Parshottam Rupala

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Parshottam Rupala
Chief Minister
Keshubhai Patel
Suresh Mehta
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
1991–2002
Preceded byDileepbhai Sanghani
Succeeded byParesh Dhanani
ConstituencyAmreli
Personal details
Born (1954-10-01) 1 October 1954 (age 69)
Amreli, Bombay State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSavitaben Rupala (m. 1979)
ChildrenOne daughter and one son
Alma materB. Sc. (Saurashtra University)
B. Ed. (Gujarat University)
OccupationPolitician, Agriculturist
Websitewww.parshottamrupala.com
Source: [1]

Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala (born 1 October 1954) is an Indian politician and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Second Modi ministry.[1] He is a member of Rajya Sabha,[2] representing the Indian state of Gujarat and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Amreli and formerly served as a minister in Government of Gujarat.

Early life

Rupala was born to Hariben Khodabhai and Khodabhai Madhabhai, on 1 October 1954.[3] Rupala earned his B.Sc. and B.Ed. He studied at Saurashtra University and Gujarat University in 1976–1977.

Before entering politics, he served as School Principal at Hamapur in Medium School from 1977 to 1983.[4] He was the chief officer of the Amreli municipality from November 1983 to March 1987.

Career

Rupala was the president of the

Bhartiya Janta Party
in 1992.

He was Chairman of a youth hostel from February 2002 to 2004. He served as trustee of Kadva Patidar trust, in Amreli, Chairman of Madad Trust and President of the Gujarat electricity board union.

He served 3 consecutive terms as a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly ending in 2002.[5]

He was a Cabinet Minister in Narmada for Irrigation and Water Supply from 19 March 1995 to 20 October 1995 and again from 4 November 1995 to 18 September 1996; for Agriculture from 9 October 2001 to 21 December 2002. He chaired the Public Accounts Committee of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from March 1997 to December 1997.

He was the Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (G.I.D.C.) from June 1998 to October 2001.

He was elected a Rajya Sabha Member (2008-2009) where he served on the Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Member (Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010), on the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member ( July 2010 -), on the Committee for the Ministry of Shipping Member (Sept. 2010 -) and on the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Member, Committee on Agriculture (Aug. 2012 -).

He was again elected to

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.[7] In July 2021, he became Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.[8]

Personal life

Rupala married Savitaben in 1979. They have a daughter and one son.

References

  1. ^ "Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Detailed Profile - Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala - Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India".
  4. ^ Administrator. "Parshottam Rupala's life sketch".
  5. ^ Administrator. "Polytical History Of Parshottam Rupala".
  6. ^ "BJP's Parshottam Rupala Elected To Rajya Sabha From Gujarat". NDTV.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. Live Mint
    , 31 May 2019
  8. ^ "Parshottam Rupala gets Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying". India Today. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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