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	{{Infobox officeholder		{{Infobox officeholder
	\| name = Shankar Chaudhary		\| name = Shankar Chaudhary
	\| ~~order~~ = [[Minister of State]] for Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) & Urban Development, [[Government of Gujarat]]		\| office = [[List of speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly\|Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
	\| image = SC Pro Pic 10-04-2016.jpg		\| term_start = 20 December 2022
	\| ~~termstart~~ = 7 August 2016		\| 2blankname = Deputy Speaker
	\| ~~termend~~ = 26 December 2017		\|2namedata = [[Jethabhai Ahir]]
	~~\| office2 = Chairman, [[Banas Dairy\|Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation]]~~		[[Purnesh Modi]]
	~~\| predecessor2 = [[Parthi Bhatol]]~~		\| predecessor= [[Dr. Nimaben Acharya]]
	~~\| termstart2 = 27 December 2015~~		\| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Gujarat\|Leader of the House]]
	\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\| 1namedata = [[Bhupendra Patel]]
	\| ~~order1~~ = [[Minister of State]] for Urban Housing (Independent Charge), Health, Family Welfare and Transport, [[Government of Gujarat]]		\| office2 = [[Minister of State]] for Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) & Urban Development, [[Government of Gujarat]]
	\| ~~termend1~~ = 7 August 2016		\| image = SC Pro Pic 10-04-2016.jpg
	\| ~~termstart1~~ = 22 May 2014		\| term_start2 = 7 August 2016
	\| ~~birth_date~~ = ~~{{Birth date and age~~\|df=~~yes\|1970\|12\|03}}~~		\| term_end2 = 26 December 2017
	\| ~~birth_place~~ = [[~~Vadnagar(Radhanpur)~~]], [[~~Gujarat~~]]		\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\| ~~nationality~~ = ~~{{flag~~\|~~India\|name~~=~~Indian}}~~		\| office1 = [[Minister of State]] for Urban Housing (Independent Charge), Health, Family Welfare and Transport, [[Government of Gujarat]]
	\| ~~children~~ = ~~Neeti Chaudhary, Sindhu Chaudhary, Krishna Chaudhary, Ved Chaudhary~~		\| term_end1 = 7 August 2016
	\| ~~parents~~ = ~~Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary and Ratanben Chaudhary~~		\| term_start1 = 22 May 2014
	\| ~~office6~~ = ~~Member of Legislative Assembly for~~ [[~~Radhanpur~~]]		\| office4 = Member of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
	\| termstart6 = ~~1997~~		\| termstart4 = 2022
	\| termend6 = 2012		\| predecessor4 = [[Gulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput]]
	\| ~~office7~~ = ~~Member of Legislative Assembly for~~ [[~~Vav, Gujarat~~\|~~Vav~~]]		\| constituency4 = [[Tharad Assembly constituency\|Tharad]]
	\| ~~termstart7~~ = ~~2012~~		\| termstart5 = 2012
	\| ~~termend7~~ = ~~2017~~		\| termend5 = 2017
	\| ~~office9~~ = [[~~Vice Chairman~~]] of [[Gujarat]] ~~[[Indian state~~\|~~State]] [[Co-operative]] [[Bank]]~~		\| predecessor5 = [[Parbatbhai Patel]]
			\| successor5 = [[Geniben Thakor]]
			\| constituency5 = [[Vav Assembly constituency\|Vav]]
			\| termstart6 = 1998
			\| termend6 = 2012
			\| predecessor6 = Lavingji Muljiji Solanki
			\| successor6 = Nagarji Thakor
			\| constituency6 = [[Radhanpur Assembly constituency\|Radhanpur]]
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1970\|12\|03}}
			\| birth_place = [[Patan district\|Vadnagar]], [[Gujarat]], India
			\| nationality =
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	'''Shankar Chaudhary''' (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian politician from [[Gujarat]] state. He ~~was~~ the ~~Minister~~ of ~~State for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) and Urban Development,~~ [[~~Government of~~ Gujarat]].		'''Shankar Chaudhary''' (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian politician from [[Gujarat]] state. He is the Speaker of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] since December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Newspaper \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/shankar-chaudhary-elected-unopposed-as-speaker-of-gujarat-assembly/article66284380.ece \|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2017 and again since 2022.

	==~~Early life~~ ==
	~~Chaudhary~~ was ~~born on 3 December 1970 in [[Vadnagar]], [[Gujarat]] in~~ a ~~farmer family~~ of ~~Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary~~ and ~~Ratanben Chaudhary.~~

	He completed his primary education at his native place and pursued secondary and higher secondary education at [[Radhanpur]]. He then went on to study cooperative management at the National Institute of Management.

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==
	He contested his first ever election of the Legislative Assembly at the age of just 27 years against the then Chief Minister [[Shankersinh Vaghela\|Shankarsinh Vaghela]] in 1997 from Radhanpur. However, in the subsequent election held in 1998, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur ~~Constituency~~.		He contested his first ever election of the Legislative Assembly at the age of just 27 years against the then Chief Minister [[Shankersinh Vaghela\|Shankarsinh Vaghela]] in 1997 from Radhanpur. However, in the subsequent election held in 1998, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Radhanpur Assembly constituency\|Radhanpur constituency]].

	He was ~~sworn in as~~ the Minister of State ~~in 2014 and at present holds the charge of the~~ Health and Family ~~welfare~~, ~~Road and Transport~~ and Urban ~~Housing Departments~~.		He was the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) and Urban Development, [[Government of Gujarat]] under [[Anandiben Patel ministry]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2022-12-16 \|title=Gujarat OBC leader Shankar Chaudhary is BJP's pick for speaker \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/gujarat-obc-leader-shankar-chaudhary-is-bjp-s-pick-for-speaker-101671161120882.html \|access-date=2022-12-18 \|website=Hindustan Times \|language=en}}</ref>

	~~At present~~, he ~~is also active~~ as the ~~Chairman~~ of ~~the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and~~ Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur ([[Banas Dairy]]), Vice-Chairman of The Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and General Secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|Bharatiya Janta Party.]]		In 2015, he was elected unopposed as the chairman of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur ([[Banas Dairy]]) ending 24-year reign of [[Parthi Bhatol]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-12-27 \|title=Shankarbhai Chaudhary becomes new Chairman of Banas dairy, reduces Ghee price \|url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2015/12/27/shankarbhai-chaudhary-becomes-new-chairman-of-banas-dairy-reduces-ghee-price/ \|access-date=2022-12-18 \|website=DeshGujarat \|language=en-US}}</ref> He was the Chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and Vice-Chairman of The Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and General Secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|Bharatiya Janta Party.]]

	He lost in [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Vav (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Vav]] against [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Geniben Thakor]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-heavyweights-mlas-ministers-bite-the-dust-1789711\|title=Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Heavyweights, MLAs, Ministers Bite The Dust\|work=NDTV\|access-date=2017-12-23\|language=en}}</ref>		He lost in [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Vav (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Vav]] against [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Geni Thakor\|Geniben Thakor]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-heavyweights-mlas-ministers-bite-the-dust-1789711\|title=Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Heavyweights, MLAs, Ministers Bite The Dust\|work=NDTV\|access-date=2017-12-23\|language=en}}</ref>

	He was elected ~~unopposed as the chairman of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur (~~[[~~Banas Dairy~~]]~~) ending 24-year reign~~ of [[~~Parthi Bhatol~~]].<ref~~>{{Cite web\|url~~=~~http~~://deshgujarat.com/2015/12/27/shankarbhai-chaudhary-becomes-new-chairman-of-banas-dairy-reduces-ghee-price/\|title=Shankarbhai Chaudhary becomes new Chairman of Banas dairy,reduces Ghee price\|date=27 December 2015}}</ref>		He was elected from [[Tharad Assembly constituency\|Tharad constituency]] in [[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]]. He was elected as the Speaker of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] on 20 December 2022.<ref name=":0" />

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{{short description|Indian politician from Gujarat state|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{BLP sources|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shankar Chaudhary
| order = [[Minister of State]] for Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) & Urban Development, [[Government of Gujarat]]
| image = SC Pro Pic 10-04-2016.jpg
| termstart = 7 August 2016
| termend = 26 December 2017
| office2 = Chairman, [[Banas Dairy|Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation]]
| predecessor2 = [[Parthi Bhatol]]
| termstart2 = 27 December 2015
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| order1 = [[Minister of State]] for Urban Housing (Independent Charge), Health, Family Welfare and Transport, [[Government of Gujarat]]
| termend1 = 7 August 2016
| termstart1 = 22 May 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|12|03}}
| birth_place = [[Vadnagar(Radhanpur)]], [[Gujarat]]
| nationality = {{flag|India|name=Indian}}
| children = Neeti Chaudhary, Sindhu Chaudhary, Krishna Chaudhary, Ved Chaudhary
| parents = Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary and Ratanben Chaudhary
| office6 = Member of Legislative Assembly for [[Radhanpur]]
| termstart6 = 1997
| termend6 = 2012
| office7 = Member of Legislative Assembly for [[Vav, Gujarat|Vav]]
| termstart7 = 2012
| termend7 = 2017
| office9 = [[Vice Chairman]] of [[Gujarat]] [[Indian state|State]] [[Co-operative]] [[Bank]]
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'''Shankar Chaudhary''' (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian politician from [[Gujarat]] state. He was the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) and Urban Development, [[Government of Gujarat]].

==Early life ==
Chaudhary was born on 3 December 1970 in [[Vadnagar]], [[Gujarat]] in a farmer family of Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary and Ratanben Chaudhary.

He completed his primary education at his native place and pursued secondary and higher secondary education at [[Radhanpur]]. He then went on to study cooperative management at the National Institute of Management.

== Political career ==
He contested his first ever election of the Legislative Assembly at the age of just 27 years against the then Chief Minister [[Shankersinh Vaghela|Shankarsinh Vaghela]] in 1997 from Radhanpur. However, in the subsequent election held in 1998, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur Constituency.

He was sworn in as the Minister of State in 2014 and at present holds the charge of the Health and Family welfare, Road and Transport and Urban Housing Departments.

At present, he is also active as the Chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur ([[Banas Dairy]]), Vice-Chairman of The Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and General Secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janta Party.]]

He lost in [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Vav (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vav]] against [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Geniben Thakor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-heavyweights-mlas-ministers-bite-the-dust-1789711|title=Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Heavyweights, MLAs, Ministers Bite The Dust|work=NDTV|access-date=2017-12-23|language=en}}</ref>

He was elected unopposed as the chairman of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur ([[Banas Dairy]]) ending 24-year reign of [[Parthi Bhatol]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/12/27/shankarbhai-chaudhary-becomes-new-chairman-of-banas-dairy-reduces-ghee-price/|title=Shankarbhai Chaudhary becomes new Chairman of Banas dairy,reduces Ghee price|date=27 December 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:People from Banaskantha district]]

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