Santosh Gangwar

Santosh Gangwar
11th Governor of Jharkhand
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Preceded byC. P. Radhakrishnan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
In office
3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byBhupender Yadav
Minister of State for Finance
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJayant Sinha
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles
In office
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKavuri Samba Siva Rao
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014 – 3 June 2024
Preceded byPraveen Singh Aron
Succeeded byChhatrapal Singh Gangwar
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
In office
1989–2009
Preceded byBegum Abida Ahmed
Succeeded byPraveen Singh Aron
ConstituencyBareilly
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byVijay Kumar Malhotra
Succeeded byJaswant Singh
Personal details
Born (1948-11-01) 1 November 1948 (age 76)
Bareilly, United Provinces, Dominion of India (present–day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSaubhagya Gangwar
Children2
ResidenceBareilly
Alma mater•Bareilly College, Agra University (B.Sc.), (L.L.B)
As of 22 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Jharkhand. He is a former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India.[1] He was a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009–2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin by Praveen singh Aron.Gangwar was the chairman of the PAC Public Accounts Committee (India) in 2009. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021. He is formerly the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.

Santosh Gangwar was appointed the Governor of Jharkhand by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 June 2024.[2]

  1. ^ Roychoudhury, Arup (6 July 2016). "Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance". Business Standard India.
  2. ^ Mallick, Ashesh (28 July 2024). "President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others". India TV News. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.