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	'''Rajendra Arlekar''' is the current and 21st [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]. He was a Cabinet Minister in the [[Government of Goa]] and a former speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. He is a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].		'''Rajendra Arlekar''' is the current and 21st [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]. He was a Cabinet Minister in the [[Government of Goa]] and a former speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. He is a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

			== Posts held ==

			# Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] (2002 - 2007)
			# Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly (2012 - 2017)
			# Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly (1 October 2015 - 2017)
			# Governor of Indian states (13 July 2021 {{Ndash}} Incumbent) (Himachal Pradesh , Bihar, Kerala , Tamil Nadu )

	==Political career==		==Political career==

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	\| predecessor1 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]		\| predecessor1 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
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	\| ~~office5~~ = ~~Speaker~~ of [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]		\| office2 = Minister of Forest, Environment, and the Panchayat of [[Government of Goa\|Goa]]
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	\| predecessor4 = [[Jose Philip D'Souza]]		\| constituency3 = [[Pernem (Goa Assembly constituency)\|Pernem]]
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	\| ~~predecessor3~~ = [[~~Dayanand Sopte~~]]		\| constituency4 = [[Vasco Da Gama (Goa Assembly constituency)\|Vasco]]
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	~~\| constituency3 = [[Pernem (Goa Assembly constituency)\|Pernem]]~~		\| termstart5 = 2012
	~~\| office2 = <big> Former Minister Of</big><br/>Forest<br/>Environment<br/>Panchayat<br/>[[Government of Goa~~]]		\| termend5 = 2015
	\| term_start2 = 1 October 2015 \| term_end2 = 2017 <ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pernem-MLA-Rajendra-Arlekar-takes-oath-as-minister/articleshow/49183793.cms\|title=Pernem MLA Rajendra Arlekar takes oath as minister - Times of India\|website=indiatimes.com\|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref>		\| predecessor5 = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
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	'''Rajendra Arlekar''' was a Cabinet Minister in the [[Government of Goa]] and a former speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. He is a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]~~.He has been appointed as 21th Governer of [[Himachal Pradesh]] on 06 July 2021 by the President of India~~.		'''Rajendra Arlekar''' is the current and 21st [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]. He was a Cabinet Minister in the [[Government of Goa]] and a former speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. He is a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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| successor5 = [[Anant Shet]]
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| term_end4 = 2007
| predecessor4 = [[Jose Philip D'Souza]]
| successor4 = [[Jose Philip D'Souza]]
| constituency4 = [[Vasco (Goa Assembly constituency)|Vasco]]
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| term_end3 = 2017
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'''Rajendra Arlekar''' was a Cabinet Minister in the [[Government of Goa]] and a former speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. He is a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].He has been appointed as 21th Governer of [[Himachal Pradesh]] on 06 July 2021 by the President of India.

==Political career==
Arlekar has been associated with the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] since his childhood. He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 1989.
He has been an active member of the Goa BJP since the 1980s. He has held various positions which include the following:
General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa Pradesh.
Chairman, Goa Industrial Development Corporation.
Chairman, Goa State Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes Financial Development Corporation.
General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa.
South Goa President, Bharatiya Janata Party.

When [[Manohar Parrikar]] was roped in as the Union Defence Minister in 2014, Arlekar was considered for the next Chief Minister but the Party Choose Laxmikant Parsekar as the next Chief Minister instead.

He is credited for making Goa Legislative Assembly paperless, the first state assembly to do so.

In 2015 he was appointed as the Minister for Environment and Forests during the reshuffling of the cabinet.

On 6 July 2021 he was appointed as [[Himachal Pradesh]] Governor when the incumbent Bandaru Dattatreya was made the governor of Haryana. Arlekar thanked the Party and stated that BJP is a Party where the work of each and every member is recognized.<ref>{{Cite web|last=author/ians|date=2021-07-06|title=Ex-Goa Speaker Rajendra Arlekar is new Himachal Governor {{!}} english.lokmat.com|url=https://english.lokmat.com/politics/ex-goa-speaker-rajendra-arlekar-is-new-himachal-governor/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Lokmat English|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}2.https://english.lokmat.com/politics/ex-goa-speaker-rajendra-arlekar-is-new-himachal-governor/

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