| Thawar Chand Gehlot | |
| Birth Date: | 18 May 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Rupeta, Nagda, Central India Agency, Dominion of India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Birth Name: | Thaawar Chand Gehlot |
| Residence: | Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India[1] |
| Office1: | 13th Governor of Karnataka[2] |
| Term Start1: | 11 July 2021 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | |
| 2Blankname1: | Deputy CM |
| 2Namedata1: | |
| Predecessor1: | Vajubhai Vala |
| Office2: | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Term Start2: | 26 May 2014 |
| Term End2: | 8 July 2021 |
| Primeminister2: | Narendra Modi |
| Predecessor2: | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Successor2: | Virendra Kumar Khatik |
| Office3: | 27th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha |
| Term Start3: | 11 June 2019 |
| Term End3: | 6 July 2021 |
| Predecessor3: | Arun Jaitley |
| Successor3: | Piyush Goyal |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Constituency4: | Madhya Pradesh |
| Term Start4: | 3 April 2012 |
| Term End4: | 7 July 2021 |
| Successor4: | L. Murugan |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency5: | Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh |
| Termstart5: | 1996 |
| Termend5: | 2009 |
| Predecessor5: | Phool Chand Verma |
| Successor5: | Constituency abolished |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Otherparty: | National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse: | Anita Gehlot |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | Vikram University |
| Source: | http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=137&lastls=14 |
Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who is the current and 13th Governor of Karnataka, being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh.[3] [4] He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on 11 July 2021.[5] He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.[6]
Gehlot was born in a Dalit family in the village of Rupeta in Nagda in the Central India Agency of the Dominion of India, which is in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a senior member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He had assumed ministerial berth a number of times in the union government.[7]
He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.[8]
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament representing the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences.[9] He formerly represented Shajapur in the lower house of Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009.[10] He served as the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, in Modi's 2nd cabinet. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was also the general secretary of the party.[11]
On 6 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot was appointed the 13th Governor of Karnataka.
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