Gulab Chand Kataria

Gulab Chand Kataria
30th Governor of Punjab
Assumed office
31 July 2024
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Preceded byBanwarilal Purohit
Administrator of Chandigarh
Assumed office
31 July 2024
Preceded byBanwarilal Purohit
Cabinet Minister, Government of Rajasthan
In office
20 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Ministry
Term
Minister of Home Affairs28 October 2014 – 11 December 2018
Minister of Rural Development20 December 2013 – 28 October 2014
Ministry
Term
Minister of Home Affairs31 May 2004 – 13 December 2008
Minister of Public Works Department8 December 2003 – 30 May 2004
In office
13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Ministry
Term
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
2003 – 16 February 2023
Preceded byTrilok Poorbiya
ConstituencyUdaipur
In office
1993–2003
Preceded byChhagan Lal
Succeeded byPrakash Chaudhary
ConstituencyBari Sadri
In office
1977–1985
Preceded byBhanu Kumar Shastri
Succeeded byGirija Vyas
ConstituencyUdaipur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byIndubala Sukhadia
Succeeded byGirija Vyas
ConstituencyUdaipur, Rajasthan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
In office
27 May 1999 – 19 June 2000
Preceded byRaghuveer Singh Koshal
Succeeded byBhanwar Lal Sharma
31st Governor of Assam
In office
22 February 2023 – 29 July 2024
Chief MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma
Preceded byJagdish Mukhi
Succeeded byLakshman Acharya
Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
17 January 2019 – 16 February 2023
Succeeded byRajendra Singh Rathore
Personal details
Born (1944-10-13) 13 October 1944 (age 80)
Rajsamand, Rajputana Agency, British India
(present-day Rajasthan, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAnita Kataria
Children5
Residence(s)Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh, Punjab, India

Gulab Chand Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh since 31 July 2024. He was the 31st Governor of Assam from 22 February 2023 to 29 July 2024.[1][2] He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018, 2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a senior leader of BJP in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party. He hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Udaipur from 1989 to 1991. He was booked by the C.B.I. in the Sheikh encounter killing.[3] during the rule of the Congress Government at the Centre, but was found not guilty by the Court. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003.[4] He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan state unit from 1999 to 2000. He was also the member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur from 2003 to 2023 and from 1977 to 1986 and from Bari Sadri from 1993 to 2003.

  1. ^ "Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Assam governor". The Economic Times. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Assam governor". The Hindu. 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Sheikh fake encounter case: CBI books BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Leader of the Opposition Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.