Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Shekhawat in 2004
11th Vice President of India
In office
19 August 2002 – 21 July 2007
PresidentA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
Preceded byKrishan Kant
Succeeded byMohammad Hamid Ansari
8th Chief Minister of Rajasthan
In office
4 December 1993 – 1 December 1998
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byAshok Gehlot
In office
4 March 1990 – 15 December 1992
Preceded byHari Dev Joshi
Succeeded byPresident's rule
In office
22 June 1977 – 16 February 1980
Preceded byHari Dev Joshi
Succeeded byJagannath Pahadia
11th Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
In office
19 August 2002 – 21 July 2007
PresidentA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
Preceded byKrishan Kant
Succeeded byMohammad Hamid Ansari
7th Leader of the Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
8 January 1999 – 18 August 2002
Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot
Preceded byParasram Maderna
Succeeded byGulab Chand Kataria
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1993–2002
Preceded byAmrat lal
Succeeded byPushpendra Singh
ConstituencyBali
In office
1990–1993
Preceded byVasundhara Raje
Succeeded byBanwari lal Sharma
ConstituencyDholpur
Personal details
Born(1923-10-23)23 October 1923
Khachariyawas, Rajputana Agency, British India
(present-day Rajasthan, India)
Died15 May 2010(2010-05-15) (aged 86)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSuraj Kanwar
ChildrenRatan Rajvi
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2003)
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Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1925 – 15 May 2010) was an Indian politician who served as the 11th vice president of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant, until he resigned on 21 July 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998. He represented several constituencies in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha from 1952 to 2002. He was also awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2003.