Mansukhbhai Vasava

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Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
Member of the India Parliament
for Bharuch
In office
1998 - Incumbent (5 terms)
Preceded by Chandubhai Deshmukh
Personal details
Born (1957-06-01) 1 June 1957 (age 66)
Narmada, Gujarat
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Saraswatiben Vasava
Children 1 son and 2 daughters
Residence Narmada
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Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava (born 1 June 1957) is an Indian Politician Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi. He first got elected to 12th Lok Sabha in a by-election held on 25 November 1998 from the Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat, once a stronghold of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel.[2] He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the same constituency (renamed as Bharuch in 2008); five times in a row. He also served in the Government of Gujarat in 1994 as a Deputy Minister. He holds a master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahemadabad and was graduated(B.A.) from South Gujarat University.

Notes

  1. http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=501
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