Suryakant Acharya | |
Birth Name: | Suryakant Acharya |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1929 |
Birth Place: | Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India |
Residence: | Dubdi Plot, Dattar Road, Junagadh district, Gujarat |
Death Place: | Junagadh, Gujarat, India |
Office: | Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha |
Constituency: | Gujarat |
Term Start: | 19 August 2005 |
Term End: | 21 December 2009 |
Predecessor: | Lalitbhai Mehta |
Successor: | Pravin Naik |
Office2: | Vice Chairman of State Planning Commission of Gujarat |
Term Start2: | June 1998 |
Term End2: | January 2003 |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-2009) |
Otherparty: | Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1957-1977) Janata Party (1977-1980) |
Spouse: | Hemaben Acharya |
Suryakant Acharya (9 December 1929 – 21 December 2009) was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.[1]
He was elected from Gujarat State in Rajya Sabha, the Council of States of India parliament for the 2005 to 2011.[2]
He was Vice Chairman of State Planning Commission of Gujarat from June 1998 to January 2003.
He was married to Hemaben Acharya who was Minister of Health at Govt of Gujarat during 1975–80. They had one son.[3]