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Santosh Gangwar
Santosh Gangwar
11th Governor of Jharkhand
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 July 2024
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren
Preceded by	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
	In office; 3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded by	Bhupender Yadav
Minister of State for Finance
	In office; 5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jayant Sinha
Succeeded by	Shiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
Succeeded by	Smriti Irani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2014 – 3 June 2024
Preceded by	Praveen Singh Aron
Succeeded by	Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
	In office; 1989–2009
Preceded by	Begum Abida Ahmed
Succeeded by	Praveen Singh Aron
Constituency	Bareilly
	In office; 2009–2010
Preceded by	Vijay Kumar Malhotra
Succeeded by	Jaswant Singh
Personal details
Born	1 November 1948 (age 76); Bareilly, United Provinces, Dominion of India (present–day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Saubhagya Gangwar
Children	2
Residence	Bareilly
Alma mater	•Bareilly College, Agra University (B.Sc.), (L.L.B)
	As of 22 September, 2006Source: [1]

Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician currently serving as the 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] He was a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009–2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin. Gangwar was the chairman of the PAC Public Accounts Committee (India) in 2009. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021. He is formerly the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.

Santosh Gangwar was appointed the Governor of Jharkhand by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 June 2024.^[2]

Early life

Born on 1 November 1948 in Bareilly, he studied in Bareilly College, Bareilly and did his B.Sc. in 1967 and LLB in 1970. At that time Bareilly College was an affiliated college of Agra University and Gangwar was awarded both BSc and LLB degrees from Agra University.^[3]

Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, a library, and a mini bypass. Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, they have two children.^[4] ^[5] He suffers from vitiligo.^[6]

Career

Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.

Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha^[7] in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.

He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.^[4] He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th Lok Sabha. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999.

Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha.

He served as Minister of State for Textiles from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for Finance.^[8]

Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.^[5]

In April 2018 Gangwar stirred controversy by saying that "one should not make a big deal" about rape in a country as large as India. The statements followed two incidents where BJP leaders were implicated in violent sexual assault of minors.^[9]

27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textiles; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.^[10]^[11]

In May 2019, Gangwar became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment.^[12]

References

^ Roychoudhury, Arup (6 July 2016). "Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance". Business Standard India.
^ Mallick, Ashesh (28 July 2024). "President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others". India TV News. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
^ "Santosh Kumar Gangwar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BAREILLY(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "List of Cabinet Ministers of India and their Portfolios 2019 and 2014".
^ ^a ^b "Sarbananda Sonowal Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history".
^ "DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy". Asian Age. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Aadhaar law will ensure Direct Benefit Transfer reaches genuine beneficiaries: FM Jaitley", Daily News and Analysis, 15 July 2016
^ "Sometimes Rapes Can't be Stopped, Why Make A "Big Deal", Says Union Minister".
^ "Minister of State (Independent Charge): Santosh Gangwar".
^ http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=131 ^{[dead link]}
^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Begum Abida Ahmed	Member of Parliament for Bareilly 1989 – 2009	Succeeded by Praveen Singh Aron
Preceded by Praveen Singh Aron	Member of Parliament for Bareilly 2014 – Present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Kavuri Samba Siva Rao	Minister of Textiles 26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016 Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Succeeded by Smriti Irani
Preceded by Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Minister of Labour and Employment 3 September 2017 – 7 May 2021 Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Succeeded by Bhupender Yadav