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Amit Shah
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Indian politician and 32nd Union Minister of Home Affairs
Key facts
- President
- Ramnath Kovind , Droupadi Murmu
- Prime minister
- Narendra Modi
- Preceded by
- Rajnath Singh
- Constituency
- Gandhinagar , Gujarat
- Majority
- 744,716 (56.34%)
- Succeeded by
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
- Departments
- Home Law and Justice Prison Border Security Civil Defence Excise Home Guards Transport Prohibition Gram Rakshak Dal Police Housing Legislative Affairs
- Chief minister
- Narendra Modi
- Born
- Amit Anilchandra Shah , ( 1964-10-22 ) 22 October 1964 (age 61) , Bombay , Maharashtra , India, (present-day Mumbai)
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Spouse
- Sonal Shah ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
- Children
- Jay Shah (son)
- Alma mater
- Gujarat University
- Occupation
- Politician
- Website
- www .amitshah .co .in
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Amit
- Family name
- Shah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Child
- Jay Shah
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Official website
- www.amitshah.co.in
- Image
- Union Minister for Home Affairs.jpg
- Significant event
- arrest
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- date of birth
- 1964-10-22
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- Amit Anilchandra Shah
- member of
- Lok Sabha
- birthday
- October 22
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Encyclopedic overview
Amit Anilchandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician who has served as the 32nd Minister of Home Affairs since 2019, the longest-serving holder of the office in Indian history. Additionally he has been the 1st Minister of Co-operation since July 2021. He is also the member of parliament (MP) for Gandhinagar. He served as the 10th president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He had been elected as a member of the upper house of parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019. Shah is a chief strategist of the BJP and an ardent ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shah also served as a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Naranpura Assembly constituency from 2012 to 2017 and Sarkhej from 1997 to 2012 and the minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Border Security, Civil Defense, Excise, Home Guards, Transport, Prohibition, Gram Rakshak Dal, Police Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, government of Gujarat in the Modi ministry from 2002 to 2012. During his college days, Shah was a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindutva paramilitary organisation. At the age of 18, he secured a position in the ABVP and joined the BJP in 1987.
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