| Shankar Chaudhary | |
| Office: | Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 20 December 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Dr. Nimaben Acharya |
| Governor: | Acharya Devvrat |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Bhupendra Patel |
| Office2: | Minister of State for Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) & Urban Development, Government of Gujarat |
| Term Start2: | 7 August 2016 |
| Term End2: | 26 December 2017 |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Office1: | Minister of State for Urban Housing (Independent Charge), Health, Family Welfare and Transport, Government of Gujarat |
| Term End1: | 7 August 2016 |
| Term Start1: | 22 May 2014 |
| Birth Date: | 1970 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vadnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality: |  India |
| Children: | Neeti Chaudhary, Sindhu Chaudhary, Krishna Chaudhary, Ved Chaudhary |
| Parents: | Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary and Ratanben Chaudhary |
| Office6: | Member of Legislative Assembly for Radhanpur |
| Termstart6: | 1998 |
| Termend6: | 2012 |
| Office7: | Member of Legislative Assembly for Vav |
| Termstart7: | 2012 |
| Termend7: | 2017 |
| Office8: | Member of Legislative Assembly for Tharad |
| Termstart8: | 2022 |
Shankar Chaudhary (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian politician from Gujarat state. He is the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since December 2022. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2017 and again since 2022.
He contested his first ever election of the Legislative Assembly at the age of just 27 years against the then Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela in 1997 from Radhanpur. However, in the subsequent election held in 1998, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur constituency.
He was the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) and Urban Development, Government of Gujarat under Anandiben Patel ministry.[1]
In 2015, he was elected unopposed as the chairman of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur (Banas Dairy) ending 24-year reign of Parthi Bhatol.[2] He was the Chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and Vice-Chairman of The Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and General Secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh Bharatiya Janta Party.
He lost in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Vav against Indian National Congress candidate Geniben Thakor.[3]
He was elected from Tharad constituency in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He was elected as the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly on 20 December 2022.