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
Minister of Shipping
In office 2001–2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Shatrughan Sinha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1996–2008
Constituency	Maharashtra
Personal details
Born	1926 (1926) Karnal, Punjab, British India (present-day Haryana, India)
Died	17 December 2008(2008-12-17) (aged 81–82) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Chandrakanta Goyal
Children	2, including Piyush Goyal
Alma mater	B.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]