Kamal Nath | |
|---|---|
 Nath in 2008 | |
| Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Deepak Saxena |
| Constituency | Chhindwara |
| Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 17 July 2020 – 28 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Gopal Bhargava |
| Succeeded by | Govind Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 March 1998 – 17 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sundar Lal Patwa |
| Succeeded by | Nakul Nath |
| Constituency | Chhindwara |
| In office 18 January 1980 – 15 May 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Gargi Shankar Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Alka Nath |
| Constituency | Chhindwara |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 24 May 2004 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Anand Sharma |
| Minister of State Minister of Textiles (Independent Charge) | |
| In office 16 September 1995 – 16 May 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | G. Venkat Swamy |
| Succeeded by | G. Venkat Swamy |
| Minister of State Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) | |
| In office 26 June 1991 – 16 September 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Minister of Road Transport and Highways | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 19 January 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | T.R. Baalu |
| Succeeded by | C. P. Joshi |
| Minister of Urban Development | |
| In office 19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Girija Vyas |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Venkaiah Naidu |
| 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 17 December 2018 – 23 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Succeeded by | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| President of Congress, Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 26 April 2018 – 16 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Arun Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Jitu Patwari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 November 1946 Cawnpore, United Provinces, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Alka Nath |
| Children | 2, including Nakul Nath |
| Residence(s) | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.Com) |
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| Source: [1] | |
Kamal Nath (born 18 November 1946) is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a political crisis. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2020 to April 2022.[1][2]
As a leader of the Indian National Congress he has served as the Minister of Urban Development. He is one of the longest serving and most senior members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament.[3] He was appointed the Pro Tem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha.[4] He has been elected nine times from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.[5][6] Nath was elected president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee in May 2018, leading the party in the November–December 2018 assembly election.[7] He assumed the office of Chief Minister on 17 December 2018 and resigned on 20 March 2020 due to lack of majority in government.
- ^ Choudhury, Sunetra; Prabhu, Sunil (14 December 2018). "Kamal Nath Wins Madhya Pradesh Top Job; Jyotiraditya Scindia On Board". NDTV. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Rawat, Mukesh (20 March 2020). "MP govt crisis: Kamal Nath announces resignation, Congress falls and BJP rejoices". India Today.
- ^ "Kamal Nath appointed pro-tem Speaker". The hindu.
- ^ Manoj, C. L. (27 April 2018). "PCC chief Kamal Nath obvious Congress face for MP election battle". CL Manoj. The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "To his voters, Kamal Nath has become Chhindwara". Indian Express.
- ^ Profile at Parliament of India website Archived 17 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Congress Party PCC Presidents - Indian National Congress". Indian National Congress. Retrieved 16 July 2018.