Kishan Kapoor Explained

Kishan Kapoor
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency:Kangra
Term Start:23 May 2019
Term End:4 June 2024
Predecessor:Shanta Kumar
Successor:Rajeev Bhardwaj
Office1:Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Election Minister Himachal Pradesh Government
Constituency1:Dharamshala assembly constituency
Term Start1:27 December 2017
Term End1:23 May 2019
Predecessor1:GS Bali
Successor1:Rajinder Garg
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Jai Ram Thakur
Office2:Industries, Transport and Urban Development Minister Himachal Pradesh Government
Constituency2:Dharamshala assembly constituency
Term Start2:2007
Term End2:2012
2Blankname2:Chief Minister
2Namedata2:Prem Kumar Dhumal
Office3:Transport, Tribal Development, Printing and Stationery and Law Minister Himachal Pradesh Government
Constituency3:Dharamshala assembly constituency
Term Start3:1998
Term End3:2003
3Blankname3:Chief Minister
3Namedata3:Prem Kumar Dhumal
Office4:Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start4:1990
Term End4:1998
Constituency4:Dharamshala assembly constituency
Birth Date:25 June 1951
Birth Place:Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Parents:Hari Ram
Gulabo Devi
Children:Shashwat Kapoor (son), Pragati Kapoor (daughter)
Occupation:Politician, businessman
Known For:Social work

Kishan Kapoor is an Indian politician and the member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Kangra Lok Sabha constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the seat by a record margin of votes in the General election 2019. He had won by the margin of 4.77 lakh votes which is the 2nd largest voting percentage at 72.2% all over the country. He previously served as Food, Civil supplies & Consumer Affairs minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. In the past, he has served three terms as a Cabinet minister and five terms as a member of the legislative assembly representing the Dharamshala assembly constituency. He is one of the senior most Bhartiya Janta Party leaders from the state.

Political career

He was Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Election in HP and the member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Dharamshala assembly constituency. Serving his third term as a minister in the cabinet of Jai Ram Thakur, he has previously held important portfolios like Industries, Transport, Town and Country Planning, Urban Development in the Prem Kumar Dhumal Cabinet. During this time, he was accompanied by Jagat Prakash Nadda, National President of the BJP, as his colleague.

Timeline

Kapoor's timeline in politics is a long one, and he plunged into active politics at a relatively younger age.

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