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Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi
MP
Rahul Gandhi in Ernakulam, Kerala.jpg
Vice-President of the Indian National Congress
Assumed office
19 January 2013
President Sonia Gandhi
Preceded by Office established
Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress
Assumed office
25 September 2007
Preceded by Office established
Chairperson of the National Students Union
Assumed office
25 September 2007
Preceded by Office established
General Secretary of the Indian National Congress
In office
25 September 2007 – 19 January 2013
President Sonia Gandhi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
for Amethi
Assumed office
17 May 2004
Preceded by Sonia Gandhi
Personal details
Born (1970-06-19) 19 June 1970 (age 46)
New Delhi, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Relations Nehru–Gandhi family
Parents Rajiv Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi
Alma mater University of Delhi
Harvard University
Rollins College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Religion Hinduism
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Rahul Gandhi About this sound pronunciation  [ˈraːɦʊl ˈɡaːnd̪ʱiː]; (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. He serves as the Vice-President of the Indian National Congress party, the Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India. He is the second-highest-ranked member of the Congress Working Committee. He also serves as Trustee of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Gandhi formerly served as a general secretary in the All India Congress Committee.

Gandhi comes from the Nehru–Gandhi family. Due to security concerns, Gandhi constantly had to shift schools in his youth. He studied abroad under a pseudonym, his identity being known only to a select few including university officials and security agencies. After obtaining degrees in international relations and development studies at the universities of Rollins and Cambridge, Gandhi worked at the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London, before establishing the Mumbai-based technology outsourcing firm, Backops Services Private Ltd. In 2004, Gandhi re-entered public life when he ran for and won his father's old Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) seat of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. A few years later, in 2007, Gandhi was elected as the General Secretary of the Congress party, an executive post also held in the past by his father, Rajiv Gandhi and by his great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru. Amidst calls from Congress party veterans for his greater involvement in party politics and national government, Gandhi was elected Congress Vice-President in 2013.


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