Thawar Chand Gehlot

Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who is the current and 13th Governor of Karnataka, being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh.[3][4] He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on July 11, 2021.[5] He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.[6]

Thawar Chand Gehlot
13th Governor of Karnataka[1]
Assumed office
11 July 2021
Chief Minister
Deputy CM
Preceded byVajubhai Vala
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office
26 May 2014  8 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byMallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded byVirendra Kumar Khatik
27th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office
11 June 2019  6 July 2021
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2012  7 July 2021
Succeeded byL. Murugan
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996–2009
Preceded byPhool Chand Verma
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyShajapur, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Thaawar Chand Gehlot

(1948-05-18) 18 May 1948
Rupeta, Nagda, Central India Agency, Dominion of India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance
SpouseAnita Gehlot
Children4
Residence(s)Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India[2]
Alma materVikram University
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Early life

Gehlot was born in a Dalit family in the village of Rupeta in Nagda in the Central India Agency of the Dominion of India, which is in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a senior member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He had assumed ministerial berth a number of times in the union government.[7]

He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.[8]

Career

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament representing the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences.[9] He formerly represented Shajapur in the lower house of Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009.[10] He served as the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerement, in Modi's 2nd cabinet. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was also the general secretary of the party.[11]

Further on July 6, 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot was appointed as the 13th Governor of Karnataka.

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