Rahul Gandhi
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Rahul Gandhi MP |
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| Vice-President of the Indian National Congress | |
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Assumed office 19 January 2013 |
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| President | Sonia Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress | |
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Assumed office 25 September 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Chairperson of the National Students Union | |
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Assumed office 25 September 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| General Secretary of the Indian National Congress | |
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In office 25 September 2007 – 19 January 2013 |
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| President | Sonia Gandhi |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Amethi |
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Assumed office 17 May 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi |
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19 June 1970 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 
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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