Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar
Javadekar in October 2020
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Succeeded byAnurag Singh Thakur
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byManish Tewari
Succeeded byArun Jaitley
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byHarsh Vardhan
Succeeded byBhupender Yadav
In office
26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byVeerappa Moily
Succeeded byAnil Madhav Dave
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
In office
12 November 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byArvind Sawant
Succeeded byMahendra Nath Pandey
Minister of Human Resource Development
In office
5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySmriti Irani
Succeeded byRamesh Pokhriyal
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRajeev Shukla
Succeeded byMukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2018 – 2 April 2024
Preceded byAjay Sancheti
ConstituencyMaharashtra
In office
13 June 2014 – 2 April 2018
Preceded byFaggan Singh Kulaste
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
In office
2010–2014
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
1990–2002
Personal details
Born (1951-01-30) 30 January 1951 (age 73)[1]
Village Apta in Panvel Taluka, Raigad District, India
(Maharashtra, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePrachee
Children2
RelativesSuhas Javadekar (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Pune
WebsitePrakash Javdekar Website

Prakash Keshav Javadekar (born 30 January 1951) is an Indian politician and former parliamentarian. He served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change two times, from May 2014 to July 2016 and from May 2019 to July 2021.

Javadekar was elected to the upper house Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra in 2008, and re-elected from Madhya Pradesh in 2014.[2][3]

Following the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Indian General Election, he was appointed Minister State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is also a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs,[4] and briefly held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting.[5]

Javadekar is an official spokesperson of the BJP.[6]

  1. ^ "Prakash Javadekar Biography - Age, Education, Family, Political Life". www.elections.in. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Javadekar nominated BJP's Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra". Thaindian News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Prakash Javadekar files Rajya Sabha nomination from MP". Firstpost. 7 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Sarkaritel.com, : Ministries, Government of India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting".
  5. ^ "Ministers & Secretary - About Ministry: Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India". www.mpa.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014.
  6. ^ "prakash javadekar - Bio". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.