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Indian politician (born 1934) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993. Joshi is the former Member of Parliament from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] He is a former professor of physics in University of Allahabad. He is one of the senior most leaders of the BJP and one of the founding members. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources & Development Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government.[2] Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.[3] Joshi has been a member of RSS since his college days.
Murli Manohar Joshi | |
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Minister of Human Resource Development | |
In office 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | S. R. Bommai |
Succeeded by | Arjun Singh |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Shankarrao Chavan |
Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
Minister of Science and Technology | |
In office 19 March 1998 – 21 May 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
Member of the Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sriprakash Jaiswal |
Succeeded by | Satyadev Pachauri |
Constituency | Kanpur |
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
Succeeded by | Narendra Modi |
Constituency | Varanasi |
In office 1996-2004 | |
Preceded by | Saroj Dubey |
Succeeded by | Rewati Raman Singh |
Constituency | Prayagraj |
In office 1977–1980 | |
Preceded by | Narendra Singh Bisht |
Succeeded by | Harish Rawat |
Constituency | Almora |
Member of the Rajya Sabha | |
In office 5 July 1992 – 11 May 1996 | |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | (1934-01-05) 5 January 1934 (age 90) Delhi, British India (now India) |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Tarla Joshi |
Education | BSc, MSc, PhD |
Alma mater | University of Allahabad |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2017) |
Signature | |