Amit Shah
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1964-10-22
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Introduction to Business (hardcover, Full Color)
- Introduction to Business (paperback, B&w)
- Making Something Out of Nothing
- Introduction to Business
- Instructors Manualtest Bank Vol 1 to Acc
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 559
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,129x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
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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)
Key dates
- Born
- 22 October 1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Amit
- Family name
- Shah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Child
- Jay Shah
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Official website
- www.amitshah.co.in
Article
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.