Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami, popularly known as EPS (born 12 May 1954), is an Indian politician who served as the seventh chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021. He has been the general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 28 March 2023. Previously, he has served in various leadership roles in the AIADMK since 2016. Born in 1954 in Salem district in the erstwhile Madras State, Palaniswami was engaged in agriculture before joining electoral politics in 1974. He has represented Edappadi since 2011 as Member of the…
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Udhayanidhi Stalin
Udhayanidhi Stalin (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian politician and former actor who has been the 19th incumbent Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly since May 2026. He also served as the third Deputy Chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 2024 to 2026. Udhayanidhi is the son of M. K. Stalin, the ninth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the third and the youngest to hold the position of deputy chief minister of the state. Udhayanidhi served as the Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development from December 2022 to May 2026.…
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Champai Soren
Champai Soren [1] (born 1 November 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2 February 2024 to 3 July 2024, [2] following the arrest of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on allegations of money laundering. [3] [4] [5] He served as a cabinet minister under Hemant Soren both before and after his tenure as Chief Minister. [6] [7] Early life and education Soren was born in Jilinggora village in Seraikela Kharsawan district. [8] He is a tribal leader and his father Simal Soren…
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M. K. Stalin
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin [1] (born 1 March 1953) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the eighth chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2026. [2] He became president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on 28 August 2018, after serving as the party's working president from January 2017 to August 2018. Stalin is the third son of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi. He completed his education at Presidency College, Madras, in 1973. He began his political career in the late 1960s and was elected to the DMK's general…
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Hemant Soren
Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician currently officiating as the fifth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. As the president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), he has led the state government during three distinct periods: from 2013 to 2014, 2019 to early 2024, and resuming in July 2024. Following a coalition victory in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections, he retained his position as the state's premier. In the state assembly, Soren has been the elected representative for the Barhait constituency since 2014, having…
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Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad Yadav [2] (born 11 June 1948 [1] ) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997, with a brief interruption in 1995, and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founding president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), a prominent political party in Bihar. [3] [4] [5] He is also a former member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha [6] and Rajya Sabha. His political rise in the 1990s marked a significant shift in Bihar's social and political landscape. He entered politics at Patna…
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Samrat Choudhary
Samrat Choudhary [2] (born 16 November 1968) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 24th Chief Minister of Bihar since 15 April 2026. [3] He has been a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Tarapur Assembly constituency since 2025 and previously served as deputy chief minister of Bihar in the Nitish Kumar government from 2024 to 2026. Choudhary is the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member to serve as Chief Minister of Bihar. He was previously associated with Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United). [4] Choudhary was also…
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Tejashwi Yadav
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer. [2] [3] [4] He has previously served for two terms as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and current leader of opposition in lower house. [5] He is the youngest son of former Chief Ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. Early life and education Mr. Yadav was born in Gopalganj, Bihar to Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav, both former chief ministers of Bihar. [6] [7] [8] He is the youngest of the nine siblings and has seven sisters and a…
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Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. The national president of the Janata Dal (United), he was the longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, serving briefly in 2000, from 2005 to 2014, and again from 2015 to 2026. [1] [2] [3] Kumar first entered politics as a member of the Janata Dal, becoming an MLA in 1985. A socialist, Kumar founded the Samata Party in 1994 along with George Fernandes. In 1996, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, and served as a Union…
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Mohan Charan Majhi
Mohan Charan Majhi (IPA: [mohɔnɔ t͡ʃɔɾɔɳɔ mad͡ʒʱi] ⓘ ; born 6 January 1972) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha from May 2024. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also represented the same constituency from 2000 to 2009 and from 2019 to 2024. He served as the chief whip of the BJP in the Odisha assembly from 2019 to 2024. In the year 1997, he entered politics as a Sarpanch . Early and…
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Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (Odia: ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ, pronounced [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician, writer and former union minister. who was 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. He is serving currently as leader of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He also served as Union Minister in Second Vajpayee ministry And Third Vajpayee ministry.He is son of former union minister and former chief minister Biju Patnaik. He is the founding chairperson of the Biju Janata Dal, serving since 1997, and has…
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Supriya Sule
Supriya Sadanand Sule ( née Pawar ; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and currently a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Baramati since 2009, leader of the party in Lok Sabha since 2014 and the Working National President of Nationalist Congress Party since 2023. She is awarded with Sansad Ratna awards in 2025 for her excellence performance in parliamentary duties. [1] Previously, she served as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra from 2006 to 2009. In 2011,…
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Sharad Pawar
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar [1] (born 12 December 1940) [2] is an Indian politician who has served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha since 2014. Prior to 2014 he served as a member of Lok Sabha, as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He has served four terms as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra including (1990–1991): Following the 1990 assembly elections, he continued his leadership as Chief Minister, and held cabinet positions in the Union Council of Ministers, including the Minister of Defence under P. V. Narasimha Rao government…
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Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Bal Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra [4] [6] [7] [8] from 2019 to 2022 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council since 2020, the president of Maha Vikas Aghadi since 2019 and the president of Shivsena since 2022. He was also the leader ( pramukh ) of Shivsena from 2013 to 2022, working President from 2003 to 2013 and the editor-in-chief of…
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Ajit Pawar
Ajit Anantrao Pawar [1] (22 July 1959 – 28 January 2026) was an Indian politician who served as Maharashtra's longest-serving deputy chief minister for more than eight years, between 2010 and his death in 2026, for six terms. [3] [4] He held the office under various governments, including the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray, and Eknath Shinde. [5] He also served as the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023 and represented Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in 1991. [6] Early…
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Eknath Shinde
Eknath Shinde (born 9 February 1964) [2] is an Indian politician who has served as the 10th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra alongside Sunetra Pawar [3] under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He is the chairman of Shiv Sena [4] since February 2023 and was the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 to 5 December 2024. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly constituency [5] of Thane, Maharashtra, since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009. Shinde rose to…
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Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Sarita Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving his third term as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024. [4] He previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, alongside Ajit Pawar (from 2023) in the Eknath Shinde government from 2022 to 2024. From 2019 to 2022, he also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He became Chief Minister at the age of 44, making him the second-youngest in Maharashtra's history after Sharad…
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Bhupendra Patel
Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel (born 15 July 1962) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat since September 2021. He is also serving as leader of the house in legislative assembly. [2] He represents the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017. He is a member of the BJP and started his political career working in municipal bodies of Ahmedabad. Early life Bhupendrabhai Patel was born on 15 July 1962 to Gujarati parents in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. [3] Bhupendrabhai Patel has…
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Himanta Biswa Sarma
Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and the current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015 and soon was made convenor of NEDA. [1] He is a six time Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jalukbari, having been elected since 2001. [2] [3] Early life and education Sarma was born on 1 February 1969 in Jorhat, Assam. The family, including six siblings, later shifted to Ulubari,…
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Revanth Reddy
Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and current Chief Minister of Telangana. [3] He is also the minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, General Administration, Law & Order. [4] As a member of the Indian National Congress, he is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kodangal. He previously represented Malkajgiri as a Member of Parliament. Appointed president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee in July 2021, he led his party to victory in the 2023…
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