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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Suresh Mehta<br />
| birth_name = Sureshchandra Mehta<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mandvi]], [[Cutch State]], [[British India]] <br />(now in [[Gujarat]], [[India]])<br />
| order = 11th [[List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]]<br />
| term_start = 21 October 1995<br />
| term_end = 19 September 1996<br />
| predecessor = [[Keshubhai Patel]]<br />
| successor = [[President's rule]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(1980-2007)}}<br />[[Gujarat Parivartan Party]] {{small|(2012-2014)}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Suresh Mehta''' (born 5 August 1936) is an Indian politician and the former chief minister of [[Gujarat]] from 1995 to 1996.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Suresh Mehta was born on 5 August 1936 at [[Mandvi]], [[Cutch State]] (now in [[Kachchh]] District, Gujarat, India).<br />
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===Political career===<br />
He was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He was elected to [[Gujarat]] Vidhan Sabha from [[Mandvi, Kachchh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandvi]] in Kachchh area in 1975 (w Jana Sangh), 1985, 1990, 1995, 1998. He lost the seat in 2002 elections. <br />
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He served as the cabinet minister when [[Keshubhai Patel]] formed the government in the 1995 assembly elections. Keshubhai Patel resigned in October 1995 following revolt of his colleague [[Shankersinh Vaghela]] and consequently, Mehta was sworn in as the Chief Minister in October 1995 and he served till September 1996. However, BJP was split as the [[Rashtriya Janata Party]] which was formed by Vaghela. Mehta resigned from post of the CM and the [[President's rule]] was imposed. He again served as the industry cabinet minister under Patel when the BJP returned to the power in the 1998 assembly elections.<br />
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Patel resigned in 2001 following allegations of mismanagement in relief works during the aftermath of the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|2001 Bhuj earthquake]] and a loss of BJP seats in [[by-elections]]. [[Narendra Modi]] succeeded Patel under whom Mehta had reservations to serve as the cabinet minister but he served until 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-10-03/ahmedabad/27225110_1_keshubhai-suresh-mehta-narendra-modi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032109/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-10-03/ahmedabad/27225110_1_keshubhai-suresh-mehta-narendra-modi|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-06|date=2001-10-03|accessdate =2014-01-05|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=I won’t join his ministry, says Suresh Mehta}}</ref><br />
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He opposed leadership of [[Narendra Modi]] and quit BJP on 8 December 2007, just before the [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/09/stories/2007120956940100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210103658/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/09/stories/2007120956940100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-10|title=Suresh Mehta quits BJP|date=2007-12-09|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate =2014-01-05}}</ref> Later he joined the [[Gujarat Parivartan Party]] (GPP) founded by the former chief minister [[Keshubhai Patel]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/sunday-pioneer/nation/keshubhai-may-step-down-as-gpp-chief.html|title=Keshubhai may step down as GPP chief|work=The Pioneer|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en}}</ref> He opposed the GPP's merger with the BJP in February 2014 and left the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/25/gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-193319.html |title=Gujarat Parivartan Party merges with BJP |publisher=Niticentral |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306013347/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/25/gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-193319.html |archive-date=2014-03-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://post.jagran.com/keshubhai-patels-gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-1393300118 |title=Keshubhai Patel’s Gujarat Parivartan Party merges with BJP |publisher=Jagran}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070528070903/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN010016.htm]<br />
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