Ram Vilas Paswan
| Ram Vilas Paswan | |
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| Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | K.V. Thomas |
| Member of Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1977,1980,1989,1996,1998,1999,2004,2014 |
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| Constituency | Hajipur, Bihar |
| Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | |
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In office 23 May 2004 – 22 May 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | M. K. Alagiri |
| Minister of Mines | |
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In office 1 September 2001 – 29 April 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
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In office 13 October 1999 – 1 September 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Succeeded by | Pramod Mahajan |
| Minister of Railways | |
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In office 1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | H. D. Deve Gowda, I.K. Gujral |
| Preceded by | C. K. Jaffer Sheriff |
| Succeeded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Member of Rajya sabha | |
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In office July 2010 – 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
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5 July 1946 Khagaria, Munger District, Bihar Province, British India (present-day Bihar, India) |
| Political party | Lok Janashakti Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rajkumari Devi (1969–1981) Reena Paswan (1982–present) |
| Children | 4; including Chirag Paswan |
| Residence | Khagaria, Bihar |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| As of May, 2014 Source: [1] |
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Ram Vilas Paswan (born 5 July 1946) is an Indian politician, from Bihar and the current Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution. Paswan is also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party, eight time Lok Sabha member and former Rajya Sabha MP. Started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Next he joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974, and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency, and was arrested during the period. He entered the Lok Sabha in 1977, as a Janata Party member from Hajipur constituency, was chosen again 1980, 1984, 1989, 1996 and 1998.
In 2000, he formed the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as its President. Subsequently,in 2004 he joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance government and remained a Union Minister in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Steel. He won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, but lost the 2009 elections. After being member of a Rajya Sabha member from 2010 to 2014, he was elected again to the 16th Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general election from Hajipur constituency.
Paswan was born in a Dalit family in 1946 in Bihar. Paswan holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Arts degrees from Kosi College, Khagaria and Patna University.
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