Vijay Goel
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Vijay Goel at a rally
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| Minister of State (Independent Charge) Youth Affairs and Sports |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Constituency | Rajasthan |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Chandni Chowk |
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In office 1999–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Vijay Goel |
| Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
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In office 1998–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Jai Prakash Agarwal |
| Succeeded by | Vijay Goel |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Delhi Sadar |
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In office 1996–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Jagdish Tytler |
| Succeeded by | Madan Lal Khurana |
| Union Minister of State, PMO with additional charge of Statistics & Programme Implementation | |
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In office 1 July 2002 – 1 July 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Union Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office | |
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In office 2 Nov. 2001 – 30 June 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Union Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office; and Planning | |
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In office 1 Sept. 2001 – 2 Nov. 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1954 Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Prof. Preeti Goel |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Delhi, India |
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Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi (M.Com.) Law Center, University of Delhi, Delhi (LL.B.) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Political & Social Worker. |
| Website | www |
Vijay Goel (born 4 January 1954) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. Goel is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He became president of its organisation in Delhi in February 2013. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan in 2014.
A former Delhi University Students' Union president and an alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has been the Member of Parliament for the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha representing the Sadar and Chandni Chowk constituencies of Delhi. He also served as the Union Minister of State of Labour, Parliamentary Affairs, Statistics & Programme Implementation and Youth Affairs & Sports in the National Democratic Alliance (India) government until 2004.
Vijay Goel was born to former Delhi Vidhan Sabha Speaker and BJP member Charti Lal Goel and Basanti Devi on 4 January 1954. He has an M.Com. degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce and a LL.B. degree from the University of Delhi. He was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and was jailed during Emergency in India. After his release from jail, Goel became president of Delhi University Students' Union in 1977 as a candidate of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He married Preeti Goel, a professor at the University of Delhi, on 8 March 1985. The couple have a son and a daughter.
Goel was the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) treasurer in 1974-1975. He exposed corruption concerning fake certificates that was then operating at the university.
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