Rameshwar Oraon

Dr. Rameshwar Oraon
Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand
In office 29 December 2019 – 5 December 2024
Governor	Draupadi Murmu Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren Champai Soren
Ministry and Departments	Finance. Planning. Commercial Tax. Food, Public distribution and Consumer affairs.
Preceded by	Raghubar Das
Succeeded by	Radha Krishna Kishore
President Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 26 August 2019 – 25 August 2021
Preceded by	Ajoy Kumar
Succeeded by	Rajesh Thakur
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 December 2019
Preceded by	Sukhdeo Bhagat
Constituency	Lohardaga
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 13 May 2004 – 18 May 2009
Preceded by	Dukha Bhagat
Succeeded by	Sudarshan Bhagat
Constituency	Lohardaga
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Government of India
In office 2004–2009
Constituency	Lohardaga
Personal details
Born	(1947-02-14) 14 February 1947 (age 77) Daltonganj, Bihar Province, British India, (present-day Medininagar, Jharkhand, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Ragini Minz
Children	1 son (Rohit Oraon) and 1 daughter (Nisha Oraon Singhmar)
Residence(s)	Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
As of 25 September 2018 Source: [1]

Rameshwar Oraon (born 14 February 1947) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He served as the Finance Minister of Jharkhand and was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He represented the Lohardaga constituency of Jharkhand and is a member of the Indian National Congress Party.^[1] He is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Early life and education

Oraon is from Kanke, Jharkhand. He was born in Daltonganj, in the erstwhile Bihar state. He is a retired IPS officer. He completed his doctorate in 1997 at Magadh University, Patna. Earlier, he did his M.A. in economics in 1970 and B.A. Hons in 1967 at Ranchi University, Ranchi.^[2]

Career

Oraon is a former Indian Police Service officer of the 1972 batch.^[3] He is a recipient of the President's Police medal. He resigned the service in 2004 to contest the general election and won on Congress ticket.

Political career

Oraon was chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes from 28 October 2010 to 27 October 2013 during his first term, and continued till 26 August 2017 for his second term. He is thus an ex officio member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Oraon served as the Member of Parliament, 14th Lok Sabha. On 26 August 2019, he was appointed by the Congress, as the new president of Jharkhand State unit.^[4] He also served as the Union Minister of State for Tribal affairs in Government of India headed by Manmohan Singh. He won the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election from Lohardaga Assembly constituency and became a minister in the Jharkhand government.^[5] He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Sukhdeo Bhagat.^[6][7]

On 29 December 2019, he was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Jharkhand, headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, along with Alamgir Alam and Satyanand Bhokta.^[8]

The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at premises linked to his son in alleged liquor scam in August 2023. The Congress leaders denied the allegations and slammed the BJP government for the searches.^[3]

SI No.	Year	Lok Sabha	Constituency	Margin	Party		Post
1.	2004	14th	Lohardaga	90,255		INC	Union Minister of State, Government of India

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

SI No.	Year	Legislative Assembly	Constituency	Margin	Party		Post
1.	2019	5th	Lohardaga	30,150		INC	Finance Minister, Government of Jharkhand

Awards

• He received President Police Medal during his Police Service.^[9]

References

1. Rana, Mahendra Singh (2006). India Votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha Elections 2001-2005. Sarup & Sons. p. 268. ISBN 9788176256476. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
2. "Rameshwar Oraon(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- LOHARDAGA (ST)(LOHARDAGA ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
3. Tewary, Amarnath (23 August 2023). "ED searches premises of Jharkhand Finance Minister's son, others in liquor case". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
4. "Shakeup in Jharkhand Congress: Rameshwar Oraon new PCC chief, state unit gets 5 working presidents".
5. "Hemant Soren takes oath as CM along with 3 other Cabinet ministers".
6. "Lohardaga Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Rameshwar Oraon of Congress Wins". News18. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
7. "Lohardaga Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results | Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
8. Mrituanjay Kumar (30 December 2019). "THE MINISTERS OF STATE CABINET". Daily Pioneer.
9. "झारखंड : नौकरशाह से नेता बने कांग्रेस के रामेश्वर उरांव राष्ट्रपति से पा चुके हैं पुलिस मेडल" [Jharkhand bureaucrat turned politician Remeshwar Oraon of Congress has received police medal from PR]. NDTV. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

External links

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