Kalraj Mishra
Kalraj Mishra (born 1 July 1941) is an Indian politician, serving as the governor of Rajasthan. He is the former governor of Himachal Pradesh and cabinet minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Being affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he was a member of Parliament from Deoria constituency in Uttar Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.
Kalraj Mishra | |
|---|---|
| 21st Governor of Rajasthan | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Bhajan Lal Sharma |
| Preceded by | Kalyan Singh |
| 19th Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 22 July 2019 – 8 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Acharya Devvrat |
| Succeeded by | Bandaru Dattatreya |
| Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | K. H. Muniyappa |
| Succeeded by | Giriraj Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal |
| Succeeded by | Ramapati Ram Tripathi |
| Constituency | Deoria |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Vidya Sagar Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Ashutosh Tandon |
| Constituency | Lucknow East |
| Minister of Public Works Department Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 21 March 1997 – 17 August 2000 | |
| Chief Minister | Mayawati Kalyan Singh Ram Prakash Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Om Prakash Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 21 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Rajnath Singh |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 3 April 1978 – 2 April 1984 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 7 July 1986 – 7 June 2001 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 17 August 2000 – 24 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Om Prakash Singh |
| Succeeded by | Vinay Katiyar |
| In office 1991–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Kalyan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Rajnath Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1941 Malikpur, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Satyawati Mishra (m. 1963) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
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He was a member of Rajya Sabha and a MLA from Lucknow East assembly constituency. He was also President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the BJP.
He was appointed the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
Personal life edit
Mishra was born on 1 July 1941 as the fourth son in a middle-class family in Malikpur, Ghazipur. His father, Ramagya Mishra, was a teacher.[1] He obtained his M.A. degree from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi. He married Satyawati Mishra on 7 May 1963, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.[2]
Political career edit
In 1955, Mishra became a swayamsevak of RSS and in 1963 became RSS purnkalik pracharak. In 1977, he was vice–president of Janata Yuva Morcha (Youth organisation of Janata Party), with Subramanian Swamy as its president.[3] In 1979, he was elected as President of Janata Yuva Morcha.[4] He was the first elected National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
He was a three term member of Rajya Sabha in 1978, 2001 and 2006. He entered politics and held many party positions at state and national level. He was a Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh holding the portfolios of Public Works, Medical Education and Tourism during March 1997 – August 2000 period.
Mishra started a campaign wherein all state highways would be made crater free. He played an important role in the formation of Uttarakhand. By his efforts and organisational capability he was able to make a good & competent organisation.
First time ever Mishra contested Vidhan Sabha election in 2012 as a BJP candidate from Lucknow East assembly constituency and won the seat for BJP. He initiated many developmental projects. In 2014 Mishra became MP from Deoria constituency & later appointed Cabinet Minister in the Modi government. He was the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from 26 May 2014 to 2 September 2017. On 15 July 2019 he was appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh replacing Acharya Devvrat who was transferred to Gujarat as Governor.[5]
Governorship edit
In July 2019, he was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh replacing Acharya Devvrat.[6][7] In September 2019, he was appointed the Governor of Rajasthan.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Kalraj Mishra". Kalraj Mishra.
- ^ . Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Janata MP Subramaniam Swamy believed to have decided to quit Janata Yuva Morcha". India Today. 15 September 1978. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Governor, Rajasthan". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Singh, Akhilesh (4 September 2017). "Cabinet rejig: Uma, Rudy skip swearing-in ceremony". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ PTI (15 July 2019). "Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat shifted to Gujarat". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Kalraj Mishra Appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat Shifted to Gujarat". News18. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ PTI (1 September 2019). "Kalraj Mishra is new governor of Rajasthan, Arif Mohd Khan gets Kerala". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
External links edit
- Personal website