Siddaramaiah
Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), [6] [9] also referred to by his nickname Siddu , [1] is an Indian politician, lawyer, former lecturer and statesman who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2013 to 2018 and 2023 to 2026. [10] He had completed his first term being only the second person to complete a full five year term. He currently serves as a member of the Congress Working Committee. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is formerly the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency…
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D. K. Shivakumar
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), commonly known as D. K. Shiva Kumar is an Indian politician, businessman and statesman who is serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka since 3 June 2026. A Leader of the Indian National Congress, he formerly served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Shivakumar has represented the Kanakapura Assembly constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008. Prior to this, he represented the Sathanur Assembly constituency…
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Bhupesh Baghel
Bhupesh Baghel (born 23 August 1960), also known as Kaka , is an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023 and also served as leader of the house in legislative assembly. [1] He has been the president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019. [2] [3] He has represented the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2008 and again since 2013. He was the cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003.…
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Mallikarjun Kharge
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge (Kannada: [malːikaːrd͡ʒun kʰɐrɡe]; born 21 July 1942) is an Indian politician and lawyer from the Indian state of Karnataka serving as the 61st President of the Indian National Congress since 2022 and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2020. He has been re-elected for Rajya Sabha in June 2026. [1] [2] He began his career in state politics, serving as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Gurmitkal Assembly constituency from 1972…
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Sachin Pilot
Captain Sachin Rajesh Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has been serving as Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Tonk since 2018. He has previously served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Corporate Affairs and Communication and IT in the Government of India [1] under Manmohan Singh. [2] [3] Additionally he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2020 under Ashok Gehlot. Pilot became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament at…
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Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor (Malayalam pronunciation: [ʃɐʃi t̪ɐɾuːr]; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, civil servant, author, public intellectual, diplomat, and bureaucrat. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ran for the office of Secretary-General in 2006, coming second. Early life and education Shashi Tharoor was born on 9 March 1956 [1] in London, England as Shashi Krishnan Chandrashekaran Tharoor to…
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Om Birla
Om Birla (born 23 November 1962; Hindi pronunciation: [oːm bɪɾ.lɑː],[oːm bɪɽ.lɑː]) [3] is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He is currently serving as the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha since first being elected to that office in June 2019. He was re-elected for a second term on 26 June 2024. He serves as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kota constituency in Rajasthan since 2014. [4] In 2024, he became the first person in twenty years to be re-elected as an MP to the lower house, after serving as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and also one of…
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Chirag Paswan
Chirag Paswan (born 31 October 1982) [1] is an Indian politician and former actor who is serving as the 19th Minister of Food Processing Industries since June 2024. He is the 1st president of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) since 2021, 2nd president of the Lok Janshakti Party from 2019 to 2021 and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency since 2024. [2] He is the son of late Member of Parliament and Union Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan. [3] [4] Early life and acting career He was born to Ram Vilas Paswan, former Union…
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Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 28th Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and 7th Minister of Minority Affairs since 2024. He was the Cabinet Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2023 to June 2024 and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Arunachal West since 2014 and from 2004 to 2009. Earlier, he served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2019, Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021, Minister of State…
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Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (born 1 January 1971; Hindi pronunciation: [d͡ʒjoːt̪ɪɾaːd̪ɪt̪jə maːd̪ʱəʋ.ɾaːʋ sɪn̪d̪ʱɪjaː]) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 43rd Minister of Communications and 10th Minister of Development of North Eastern Region since 2024. He was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 till his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. [1] He was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh from 2002 until his defeat in the 2019…
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Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan (born 26 June 1969) is an Indian politician who served as the 9th Minister of Education from 2021 until his resignation in 2026. He previously served as Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas from 2014 to 2021, Minister of Steel from 2019 to 2021, and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship from 2017 to 2024. Pradhan is currently a member of the Indian parliament representing the Sambalpur constituency in the Lok Sabha as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Previously, he has also served as a member of Rajya Sabha…
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Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and an entrepreneur who is serving as the 39th Minister of Railways, 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting and 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He previously served as the Minister of Railways and Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and is the incumbent Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019. Early life and…
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Piyush Goyal
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 13th Minister of Commerce and Industry since 2019, also being the longest serving minister for the same. He also served as Minister of Textiles and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Formerly a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the former Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. Goyal was elected as member of 18th Lok Sabha…
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (also spelt Chauhan ; Hindi pronunciation: [ʃɪʋ.ɾaːd͡ʒ sɪŋɡʱ t͡ʃɔːɦaːn̪]; born 5 March 1959) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 32nd Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and 23rd Minister of Rural Development since 2024. [2] Chouhan served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2005 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2023, and was a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Budhni from 2006 to 2024, and earlier from 1990 to 1991. [3] He is the longest-serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. [4]…
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J. P. Nadda
Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and served as the 10th national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2020 to 2026. He is also the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024. [1] [2] [3] Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 [4] [5] Previously, he was an MLA from Bilaspur from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and…
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Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (/nitin ɡʌdkʌˈri/ ⓘ ; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways since 2014. [2] [3] He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, currently in his tenure for over twelve years, and is the only person to serve under a single portfolio for three consecutive terms. [4] A senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he served as the President of BJP party from 2009 to 2013. [5] He currently represents the Nagpur constituency in the Lok Sabha…
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Rajnath Singh
Rajnath Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [ɾɑːd͡ʒnɑːt̪ʰ sɪŋɡʱ] ⓘ ; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving as the 29th Minister of Defence since 2019 and as the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He is a Member of Parliament from Lucknow since 2014. He previously served as the 25th Union Minister of Home Affairs in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after Indian independence to hold the office. [1] [2] [3] He was President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and…
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S. Jaishankar
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian politician and retired diplomat who currently serves as the Minister of External Affairs of India since 2019. He is the longest-serving minister for external affairs to hold the portfolio exclusively. [1] [2] A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. He previously served as the foreign secretary of India from 2015 to 2018. In January 2019, he was conferred with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest…
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Akhilesh Yadav
Akhilesh Yadav (pronunciation ⓘ ; born 1 July 1973) [1] is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party, who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. [2] Having assumed the chief minister's office at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office till date. [3] He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kannauj in the 18th Lok Sabha, where he is the parliamentary party leader of Samajwadi Party. [4] Earlier, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the…
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Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist and politician who is serving as the 30th Minister of Finance and 32nd Minister of Corporate Affairs since 2019. She previously served as the Minister of Defence from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, from Karnataka in July 2016. Born in a Tamil family in 1959 at Madurai, Sitharaman obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College in 1980, and a…
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