Harbans Kapoor | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly for Dehradun Cantonment | |
In office 1989–2021 | |
Speaker Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Minister of State Urban Development Government of Uttarakhand | |
In office 2001–2002 | |
Minister of State Rural Development, Labour & Unemployment Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 17 July 1991 – 6 December 1992 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India (Present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) | 7 January 1946
Died | 13 December 2021 Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India | (aged 75)
Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
Website | Official website |
Harbans Kapoor (7 January 1946 – 13 December 2021) was an Indian politician who was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He was Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012.[1] He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituency.[2] After the first defeat in 1985, he never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record eight terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and four as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.