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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox MLA
|name = Rakesh Shah
|office = [[Member of Legislative assembly|MLA]] of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]]
|term_start = 2007
|term_end =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|constituency = [[Ellisbridge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ellisbridge]]

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|01|01}}
|birth_name=Rakesh Shah
|website={{url|http://www.rakeshshah.in}}
|occupation=Politician
|image=
}}
'''Rakeshbhai Jasvantlal Shah''' (born 1 January 1962) is an Indian politician from [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gujaratindia.com/|title=Gujarat State Portal|website=gujaratindia.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref> Currently, he is serving as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from Ellisbridge [[constituency]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gujaratelections.in/rakesh-jashvantlal-shah-mla-ellisbridge/|title=Rakesh Jashvantlal Shah - MLA Ellisbridge|work=Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017|access-date=2017-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref> in the Ahmedabad district, [[Gujarat]] for its [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|12th legislative assembly]].

He has been a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) since 1998. He was the Party President of [[Ahmedabad]] city (Karnavati Mahanagar)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bjpkarnavati.org/mla.html|title=Bharatiya Janata Party : Karnavati Mahanagar|website=bjpkarnavati.org|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref> for two terms, first time that an [[M.L.A]]. held that position for more than one term. He was also the Treasurer of the [[BJP]], [[Ahmedabad]] city, from 2006 to 2009. He was the [[Paldi]] Ward Councillor for two terms.

== Early life ==
Rakesh Shah was born on 1 January 1962 to a middle-class nima family. He studied in Divan Ballubhai School in [[Ahmedabad]]. He attended Navgujarat Commerce College of [[Gujarat University]] and took his Bachelors of Commerce degree from there. Rakeshbhai has associated himself with [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (R.S.S.) from his childhood days.

== Career ==

=== Early political career ===

He held the post of the President of R.S.S. Nagar Karya in his early years with the RSS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rss.org/|title=Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|website=rss.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>

=== Political Highlights ===

{| class="wikitable"
|2000 – 2005
|Paldi Ward Councillor, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
|-
|2005 – 2010
|Paldi Ward Councillor, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
|-
|2006 – 2009
|Treasurer, Bharatiya Janata Party, Ahmedabad
|-
|2007 - 2012
|MLA, Assembly of Gujarat from Ellisbridge Constituency<ref>http://bjpgujarat.org/english/doc/bjpmla_list_2012.pdf</ref>
|-
|2010 - 2013
|President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Ahmedabad
|-
|Since December, 2012
|MLA, Assembly of Gujarat from Ellisbridge Constituency (2nd Term)
|-
|March 2013 - March 2016
|President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Ahmedabad (2nd Term)
|-
|Since March, 2016
|Executive Committee Member, BJP - Gujarat Pradesh
|}
Rakesh Shah<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rakeshshah.in|title=Rakesh Shah|last=Shah|first=Rakesh|website=www.rakeshshah.in}}</ref> was first elected to [[Rajya Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] from [[Ellisbridge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ellisbridge]], Gujarat constituency in 2007. He received a ticket from the [[Ellisbridge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ellisbridge constituency]] again in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/gujarat/assembly-constituencies/ellis-bridge.html|title=Ellis Bridge Election and Results 2017, Candidate list, Winner and Runner-up|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref> He was incumbent as a Treasurer of the party, [[Ahmedabad]] city from the end of 2006 to 2009.

== Recognition ==
Currently, he is the Chairman of [[Special Olympics Bharat]] of Gujarat. He also holds the Vice President post at Gujarat State Chess Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gsca.in/|title=GSCA- Gujarat State Chess Association|website=gsca.in|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>

He stood out with a lead of 67,600 in the favour of BJP during the 2007 Vidhan Sabha elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/2007Gujarat/candidate.php?candidate_id=531|title=Rakesh J Shah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ELLISBRIDGE(Ahmedabad ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|last=ADR|website=myneta.info|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref> The number escalated to 76,400 lead during 2012 elections.

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