Bhupinder Singh Hooda
| Bhupinder Singh Hooda | |
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| 9th Chief Minister of Haryana | |
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In office 5 March 2004 – 19 October 2014 |
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| Governor |
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Jagannath Pahadia Kaptan Singh Solanki |
| Preceded by | Om Prakash Chautala |
| Succeeded by | Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 September 1947 Rohtak, East Punjab, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Asha Hooda |
| Children | Two including Deepender |
| Religion | Hindu |
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947) is an Indian National Congress politician who served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2004 to 2014. When he began a second term in October 2009 after leading the Congress to an election victory, it was the first time since 1972 that a Haryana electorate returned a ruling party back to power. Hooda is also a Member of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana. In 2010, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted the Working Group on Agriculture Production under Hooda's chairmanship to recommend strategies and action plan for increasing agricultural production and productivity, including long-term policies to ensure sustained agricultural growth.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda was born to Ranbir Singh Hooda and Har Devi Hooda at the Sanghi village in Rohtak district of Haryana in a Hindu Jat family. His father Ranbir Singh Hooda was a renowned freedom fighter.
He is an alumnus of Kunjpura Sainik School, Karnal. He did his B.A., LL.B. was educated at Punjab University, Chandigarh and the University of Delhi. He started his political career from Youth Congress.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda was elected as a Member of parliament from Rohtak Lok Sabha segment for four terms in 1991, 1996, 1998, 2004. He also remained the Leader of Opposition in Haryana's Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004. He also served as the President of HPCC (Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee) from 1996 to 2001. In three consecutive Lok Sabha elections of 1991, 96 & 98, he defeated Ch. Devi Lal in electoral battles fought in the Jat heartland of Rohtak in Haryana. He attended international Conferences like World Youth Festival in USS.R, World Parliamentary Conference in China, International Conference in USSR as a delegate of AICC and OISCA and International Conferences in Japan and South Korea.
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