Raghu Sharma | |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1958[1] |
Birth Place: | Ajmer, Rajasthan, India |
Children: | Sagar Sharma, Swati Sharma |
Father: | Shivswaroop Sharma |
Mother: | Kanta Devi |
Residence: | "Raghuveera" Vill. Ajgan, Ajmer Road, Kekri, Distt. Ajmer, Rajasthan. |
Spouse: | Veera Sharma |
Alma Mater: | University of Rajasthan (B.Sc, LLB, MBA) R. A. Podar Institute of Management (Ph.D. in Management) |
Office: | AICC General Secretary for Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
Term End: | December 2022 |
Predecessor: | Rajeev Satav |
Office1: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare Government of Rajasthan |
Termstart1: | 24 December 2018 |
Term End1: | 19 November 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Kali Charan Saraf |
Successor1: | Parsadi Lal Meena |
Office2: | Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
Term End2: | 2023 |
Constituency2: | Kekri, Ajmer |
Term Start3: | December 2008 |
Term End3: | December 2013 |
Constituency3: | Kekri, Ajmer |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency4: | Ajmer (by-election) |
Termstart4: | 1 February 2018 |
Termend4: | 20 December 2018 |
Predecessor4: | Sanwar Lal Jat |
Successor4: | Bhagirath Choudhary |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Nationality: | Indian |
Profession: | Politician |
Dr. Raghu Sharma (born 26 July 1958)[2] is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress, who has served as the AICC in-charge of party affairs in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli resigned in December 2022 and has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2021. He was the Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kekri constituency, Ajmer district.[3]
He is a two time MLA from Kekri constituency. He was a member of parliament from Ajmer Parliamentary Constituency elected in by-election, 2018[4] as INC candidate.[5] [6] He has also served as Chief Whip in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 2008–2013 in Government of Rajasthan.[7] He was appointed AICC in-charge of party affairs in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli on 7 October 2021.[8]
Year | Position[9] [10] |
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2008-13 | Member, 13th Rajasthan Assembly from Kekri (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)
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2018 | Elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in a By-Election from Ajmer
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2018–2021. | Member, Fifteenth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kekri (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)
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Position | Organisation | |
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President | Maharaja College, Jaipur | |
Apex President | Students Union University of Rajasthan, Jaipur | |
General Secretary | Rajasthan Youth Congress | |
Vice President | Rajasthan Youth Congress | |
President | Rajasthan Youth Congress | |
INC Candidate | Bhinai Legislative Assembly Constituency [11] | |
Secretary | Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
INC Candidate | Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency) | |
Spokesperson | Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
General Secretary | Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Chairman | Media Department Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Vice President | Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Member | Senate and Syndicate, University of Rajasthan | |
Member | Board of Management, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University | |
Member | National Textiles Corporation (N.T.C.) | |
Chairman | 2018 Legislative Election Campaign Committee, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Chairman | 2019 Loksabha Election Campaign Committee, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Jaipur District President | All India Chess Federation[12] | |
AICC In-Charge | Party affairs in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli [13] | |
Member | Congress Steering Committee[14] |