Murli Manohar Joshi

Murli Manohar Joshi
Minister of Human Resource Development
In office
19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byS. R. Bommai
Succeeded byArjun Singh
Union Minister of Home Affairs
In office
16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byShankarrao Chavan
Succeeded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Union Minister of Science and Technology
In office
19 March 1998 – 21 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byKapil Sibal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded bySriprakash Jaiswal
Succeeded bySatyadev Pachauri
ConstituencyKanpur, Uttar Pradesh
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byRajesh Kumar Mishra
Succeeded byNarendra Modi
ConstituencyVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1996—2004
Preceded bySaroj Dubey
Succeeded byRewati Raman Singh
ConstituencyAllahabad, Uttar Pradesh[1]
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byNarendra Singh Bisht
Succeeded byHarish Rawat
ConstituencyAlmora, Uttarakhand
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
5 July 1992 – 11 May 1996
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1934-01-05) 5 January 1934 (age 90)
Nainital, Uttrakhand
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party[2]
SpouseTarla Joshi
EducationBSc, MSc, PhD
Alma materUniversity of Allahabad
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2017)
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Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993. Joshi is the former Member of Parliament from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency.[3] He is a former professor of physics in University of Allahabad. He is one of the senior most leaders of the BJP and one of the founding members. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources & Development Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government.[4] Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.[5] Joshi has been a member of RSS since his college days.

  1. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2452.htm [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Vajpayee's comrades, LK Advani to Murli Manohar Joshi". 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi". The Times of India.
  4. ^ Debashish Mukerji (15 November 1998). "Our students don know India's problems (Interview with Murli Manohar Joshi)". The Week. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. ^ "List of Padma awardees 2017". The Hindu. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2021.