Santosh Gangwar

Santosh Gangwar
11th Governor of Jharkhand
Assumed office
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Preceded byC. P. Radhakrishnan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
In office
3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byBhupender Yadav
Minister of State for Finance
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJayant Sinha
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles
In office
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKavuri Samba Siva Rao
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014 – 3 June 2024
Preceded byPraveen Singh Aron
Succeeded byChhatrapal Singh Gangwar
In office
1989–2009
Preceded byBegum Abida Ahmed
Succeeded byPraveen Singh Aron
ConstituencyBareilly
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byVijay Kumar Malhotra
Succeeded byJaswant Singh
Personal details
Born (1948-11-01) 1 November 1948
Bareilly, United Provinces, Dominion of India (present–day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Saubhagya Gangwar
Children2
ResidenceBareilly
Alma materBareilly College (B.Sc.)
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (L.L.B.)
As of 22 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician who has been the 11th and current Governor of Jharkhand. He is a former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India.[1]

Gangwar has vitiligo.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Roychoudhury, Arup (6 July 2016). "Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance". Business Standard India.
  2. ↑ "DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy". Asian Age. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.


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