Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
| Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu | |
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| Minister of Railways | |
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Assumed office 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| Minister of Power | |
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In office 30 September 2000 – 24 August 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Rajapur |
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In office 1996–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Sudhir Sawant |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Haryana | |
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In office 29th November 2014 – 21 June 2016 |
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| MP of Rajya Sabha for Andhra Pradesh | |
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Assumed office 22 June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 July 1953 Bombay, Bombay State (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Shiv Sena (before 2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Uma |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Alma mater |
University of Mumbai ICAI |
| Profession | Chartered accountant, social worker, educationist |
| Website | www |
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and the current Railway Minister of India, under the Narendra Modi government. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Since 1996, Prabhu has been a repeatedly elected Member of Parliament from Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He quit Shiv Sena and joined BJP on 9 November 2014. He currently represents Andhra Pradesh in Upper House of Indian Parliament.
Suresh Prabhu completed his high school from Sharadashram Vidya Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor in Commerce with Honours from M.L. Dahanukar College, Vile Parle, Mumbai. He received a Bachelor in Law degree from the New Law College (Ruparel College campus), Mumbai. Prabhu is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was All India 11th (eleventh) rank holder in CA exam.
He was, at various times during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee of 1998 to 2004, Industry Minister, Minister of Environment and Forests, Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Power, Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises. As the Union Minister for Power, he won praise for his performance. As Minister of Power, Prabhu introduced major reforms in India's power sector. He is credited with championing and enacting The Electricity Act, 2003 and the reforms that created securitization of dues from the states. He has been elected four times to the Lok Sabha, India's parliament, from Maharashtra since 1996. However, he lost his seat in the 2009 general election.
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