Ved Prakash Goyal

Ved Prakash Goyal (1926 – 17 December 2008) was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in India from 2001 to 2003. He was the treasurer of Bharatiya Janata Party for a long time. He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Piyush Vedprakash Goyal, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles in the Government of India is the son of Ved Prakash Goyal.

Ved Prakash Goyal
Ministry of Shipping
In office
2001–2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born1926 (1926)
Karnal, Punjab, British India
(present-day Haryana, India)
Died17 December 2008(2008-12-17) (aged 81–82)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Children2, including Piyush Goyal
Alma materB.Tech IIT-BHU

Early life

He was born in 1926 in Karnal in British Punjab and passed B.Sc. (Engg.). He was educated at Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Lahore and at Banaras Hindu University.[1]

Personal life

He died from complications of brain tumor at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai on 17 December 2008.[2]

References
  1. "Ved Prakash Goyal Biography". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
  2. "Former Union Minister Goyal passes away". Press Trust of India. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
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