Annpurna Devi Explained

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]

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  1. Web site: पति की मृत्यु के बाद 1998 में विरासत में मिली थी राजनीति. www.bhaskar.com. hi.
  2. Web site: Union minister Annapurna Devi gets grand welcome in tribal belt of state Hailing from the Yadav community, the Koderma MP lauds the present govt for being all inclusive.
  3. Web site: Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0: Full list of Union ministers, profiles, portfolios, all you need to know. 31 May 2019 .
  4. Web site: BJP-AJSU Party alliance wins 12 of 14 seats in Jharkhand . . 24 May 2019 . 12 March 2020.
  5. Web site: 2024-06-11 . Who is Annapurna Devi, the Jharkhand MP who replaced Smriti Irani as the women and child minister? . 2024-06-11 . Firstpost . en-us.
  6. News: Annapurna Devi became a minister in Modi cabinet, has been elected as MP from Koderma . live . 28 June 2024 . Prabhat Khabar.