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