Rita Bahuguna
| Rita Bahuguna Joshi डा. रीता जोशी |
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| Minister of Women Welfare, Family Welfare, Maternity and Child Welfare and Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
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Assumed office 19 March 2017 |
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| Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Constituency | Lucknow Cantt. |
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| Born |
22 July 1949 Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2016 - ) |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress (1992-2016) |
| Spouse(s) | P. C. Joshi |
| Children | Mayank Joshi |
| Residence | Lucknow |
Rita Bahuguna Joshi (born 22 July 1949) is an Indian politician and cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee from 2007 to 2012. She is the daughter of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 20 October 2016.
Rita Bahuguna Joshi is daughter of Late H.N.Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of UP. Her mother, Late Kamla Bahuguna, was an ex-MP. She holds an MA and a PhD in History and is a professor in Medieval and Modern History at the University of Allahabad. She is also a recipient of a United Nations Award of Excellence as being among the "Most Distinguished Women in South Asia". She authored two history books before joining the Indian National Congress.
Rita Bahuguna held the post of mayor of Allahabad from 1995-2000. She is a former vice-president of the National Council of Women, has been president of the All India Mahila Congress since 2003 and of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee since September 2007. She has twice contested unsuccessfully in elections to the Lok Sabha. the lower house of the Parliament of India. She was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Lucknow Cantonment in the 2012 state elections..She contested for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow and lost.
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