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Chandigarh, July 28,2024: Senior BJP leader of Rajsathan and presently serving as Governor of Assam has been appointed as as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT Chandigarh.
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Gulab Chand Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 31st Governor of Assam since 22 February 2023.[1][2] He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018, 2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a senior leader of BJP in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party. He hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Udaipur from 1989 to 1991. He was booked by the C.B.I. in the Sheikh encounter killing.[3] during the rule of the Congress Government at the Centre, but was found not guilty by the Court. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003.[4] He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan state unit from 1999 to 2000. He was also the member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur from 2003 to 2023 and from 1977 to 1986 and from Bari Sadri from 1993 to 2003.
Early life
Kataria was born in Rajsamand.[5] He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters.[6]
Political career
Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018.[7] Kataria served as education minister in Bhairon Singh Shekhawat government between 1993 and 1998. He was MLA of Barisadri from 1993 to 2003.
| 31st Governor of Assam |
|
Incumbent
|
Assumed office
22 February 2023 |
| Chief Minister |
Himanta Biswa Sarma |
| Preceded by |
Jagdish Mukhi |
| Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
In office
17 January 2019 – 16 February 2023 |
| Chief Minister |
Ashok Gehlot |
| Preceded by |
Rameshwar Lal Dudi |
| Succeeded by |
Rajendra Singh Rathore |
In office
21 February 2013 – 9 December 2013 |
| Chief Minister |
Ashok Gehlot |
| Preceded by |
Vasundhara Raje |
| Succeeded by |
Rameshwar Lal Dudi |
In office
25 August 2002 – 4 December 2003 |
| Chief Minister |
Ashok Gehlot |
| Preceded by |
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |
| Succeeded by |
Bulaki Das Kalla |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Rajasthan |
In office
20 December 2013 – 11 December 2018 |
|
Ministry
|
Term
|
| Minister of Home Affairs |
28 October 2014 – 11 December 2018 |
| Minister of Rural Development |
20 December 2013 – 28 October 2014 |
In office
8 December 2003 – 13 December 2008 |
|
Ministry
|
Term
|
| Minister of Home Affairs |
31 May 2004 – 13 December 2008 |
| Minister of Public Works Department |
8 December 2003 – 30 May 2004 |
In office
13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998 |
|
Ministry
|
Term
|
| Minister of Primary & Secondary Education |
13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998 |
| Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
In office
2003 – 16 February 2023 |
| Preceded by |
Trilok Poorbiya |
| Constituency |
Udaipur |
In office
1993–2003 |
| Preceded by |
Chhagan Lal |
| Succeeded by |
Prakash Chaudhary |
| Constituency |
Bari Sadri |
In office
1977–1985 |
| Preceded by |
Bhanu Kumar Shastri |
| Succeeded by |
Girija Vyas |
| Constituency |
Udaipur |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
In office
1989–1991 |
| Preceded by |
Indubala Sukhadia |
| Succeeded by |
Girija Vyas |
| Constituency |
Udaipur, Rajasthan |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan |
In office
27 May 1999 – 19 June 2000 |
| Preceded by |
Raghuveer Singh Koshal |
| Succeeded by |
Bhanwar Lal Sharma |
| Personal details |
| Born |
13 October 1944 (age 79)
Rajsamand, Rajputana Agency, British India
(present-day Rajasthan, India) |
| Political party |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Anita Kataria |
| Children |
5 |
| Residence(s) |
Raj Bhavan, Guwahati, Assam, India |