Annpurna Devi | |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1970 |
Birth Place: | Ajmeri, Bihar, India (present-day Jharkhand) |
Residence: | Kodarma, Jharkhand, India |
Office: | Union Minister of Women & Child Development |
Term Start: | 11 June 2024 |
Predecessor: | Smriti Zubin Irani |
Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
Office1: | Union Minister of State for Education |
Term Start1: | 7 July 2021 |
Term End1: | 11 June 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre |
Primeminister1: | Narendra Modi |
Office3: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency3: | Kodarma, Jharkhand |
Term Start3: | 23 May 2019 |
Predecessor3: | Ravindra Kumar Ray |
Office4: | Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
Constituency4: | Kodarma |
Term4: | 1998–2014 |
Predecessor4: | Ramesh Prasad Yadav |
Successor4: | Neera Yadav |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Otherparty: | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
Alma Mater: | Ranchi University (PG) |
Spouse: | Ramesh Prasad Yadav[1] |
Source: | https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/5116?from=members |
Annpurna Devi Yadav[2] (born 2 February 1970) is an Indian politician who serving as 5th Minister of Women and Child Development since 2024.[3] She is also a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from Kodarma, Jharkhand in which she won the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] She is also one of the National Vice Presidents of BJP. Previously, she was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, from Kodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.[5]
Annapurna Devi became a minister in Modi cabinet,she won Lok Sabha Election 2024 from Koderma seat.[6]