Mansukh Mandaviya is currently the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Minister of Labour and Employment.
Positions served
2002-2007: Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for Palitana
2010: Chairman, Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Limited
2012-2018: Member of Rajya Sabha
2013: State Secretary of BJP, Gujarat
2015: Youngest General Secretary of BJP, Gujarat
2016-2019: Minister of State for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
2018 - 2 April 2024:[7] Re-elected as Member of Rajya Sabha
2019: Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
2021: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare India and Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers
2024: Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports
Gujarat state leader
He became a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and soon became a State Executive Committee Member of ABVP, Gujarat Unit.[8][9] He was appointed a leader of Yuva Morcha and then the President of BJP Unit of Palitana. Mr. Mandaviya also became the youngest Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Gujarat, when he was first elected in 2002.[8] After his tenure, in 2010, he became the chairman of Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Limited.[10]
National politics
At the young age of 38, Mansukh Mandaviya was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.[11] He was appointed the Secretary for State Unit, BJP Gujarat, in 2013 and General Secretary in 2014.[12] Later, in 2014, he was appointed the Gujarat State Incharge of BJP's High-tech & Mega Membership Drive Campaign.[13]
MoS Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers
On 5 July 2016, Mansukh Mandaviya was sworn in as the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers, in the Government of India.[14] He was re-elected for a second term as an MP in Rajya Sabha in March 2018.[15]
In the Asian continent, he has visited China, Israel, Oman, Nepal, Dubai and Uzbekistan.[16] He has also visited European countries including England, Germany and Hungary, along with South American countries such as Brazil and Argentina. The African continent has also been explored by Mr. Mandaviya, including countries of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini and Zambia. In an Oceania Region, he has visited New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Australia.[17]
MoS Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
In May 2019, Mansukh Mandaviya took oath as a Minister of State in the Council of Ministers, Government of India. He was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, along with being the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers. Mr. Mandaviya also represented India in the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland in January 2020.[18]
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers
Mansukh Mandaviya took charge as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the Government of India on 7 July 2021, with an additional charge of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.[19]
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