Thawar Chand Gehlot

Thawar Chand Gehlot
Gehlot in 2024
13th Governor of Karnataka[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 July 2021
Chief Minister	B. S. Yediyurappa (until 28 July 2021) Basavaraj Bommai (28 July 2021 - 13 May 2023) Siddaramaiah (20 May 2023 - Incumbent)
Deputy CM	C. N. Ashwath Narayan (until 26 July 2021) Govind Karjol (until 26 July 2021) Laxman Savadi (until 26 July 2021) D. K. Shivakumar (20 May 2023 - Incumbent)
Preceded by	Vajubhai Vala
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office 26 May 2014 – 8 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by	Virendra Kumar Khatik
27th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office 11 June 2019 – 6 July 2021
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2012 – 7 July 2021
Succeeded by	L. Murugan
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1996–2009
Preceded by	Phool Chand Verma
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born	Thawar Chand Gehlot (1948-05-18) 18 May 1948 (age 76) Rupeta, Nagda, Central India Agency, Dominion of India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance
Spouse	Anita Gehlot
Children	4
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India[2]
Alma mater	Vikram University
Source: [1]

Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who is the current and 13th Governor of Karnataka, being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh.^[3][4] He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on 11 July 2021.^[5] He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.^[6]