Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal
8th Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office
8 October 2020 – 10 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRam Vilas Paswan
Succeeded byPrahlad Joshi
Union Minister of Textiles
In office
7 July 2021 – 10 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySmriti Irani
Succeeded byGiriraj Singh
28th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office
14 July 2021 – 4 June 2024
Deputy
RS ChairpersonVenkaiah Naidu
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded byThawar Chand Gehlot
Succeeded byJ. P. Nadda
Indian Emissary to the G20 & G7
In office
7 September 2021 – 7 July 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byAmitabh Kant
Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office
12 June 2019 – 13 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
LeaderThawar Chand Gehlot
RS ChairpersonVenkaiah Naidu
Preceded byRavi Shankar Prasad
Succeeded byMukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Union Minister of Railways
In office
3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byAshwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister of Coal
In office
26 May 2014 – 31 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byShriprakash Jaiswal
Succeeded byPralhad Joshi
Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
In office
14 May 2018 – 23 August 2018
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
In office
23 January 2019 – 15 February 2019
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Succeeded byArun Jaitley
Union Minister of Mines (Independent Charge)
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byFarooq Abdullah
Succeeded byRaj Kumar Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
5 July 2010 – 10 June 2024
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byGopal Shetty
ConstituencyMumbai North, Maharashtra
Personal details
Born
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal

(1964-06-13) 13 June 1964 (age 60)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance
SpouseSeema Goyal
Children2
Parents
Residence(s)8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Alma mater
Profession
Websitewww.piyushgoyal.in

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is an Indian politician and chartered accountant who is serving as Minister of Commerce and Industry since 2019. He also served as Minister of Textiles and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Formerly a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the former Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. Goyal was elected as member of 18th Lok Sabha Representing Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency.

Earlier, he held the post of the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee where he oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014. Goyal has also held additional charge of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs twice in 2018 and 2019. Earlier he was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy (2014–2017), and Mines (2016–17).[2]

Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy. He has been allocated the cabinet ministry for Narendra Modi-led NDA government in May 2019.

  1. ^ "Rajya Sabha-Members in Council of Minister". rajyasabha.nic.in. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Piyush Goyal Interim Finance Minister: Piyush Goyal named interim Finance & Corporate Affairs minister". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 March 2021.