Santosh Gangwar
| Santosh Gangwar | |
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| Minister of State for Finance | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Jayant Sinha |
| Minister of State for Textiles | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Constituency | Bareilly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 November 1948 Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Saubhagya Gangwar |
| Children | Apurva Gangwar 1 daughter |
| Mother | Smt. Sheela Devi Gangwar |
| Father | Late Shri Ram Lal Gangwar |
| Residence | Bareilly |
| Alma mater | B.Sc. at Agra University LL.B. at Rohilkhand University |
| As of 22 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Santosh Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is a Minister of State for Finance in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009-2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election.
Gangwar is associated with social work and active politics for over three decades.
Born on November 1, 1948 in Bareilly, Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been an alumnus of the Agra University and the Rohilkhand University in Uttar Pradesh from where he completed his B Sc and LLB Degrees.
Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, state-of-the-art library and mini bye pass, etc. Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, he is blessed with two children (one son and one daughter).
Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.
Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.
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