Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais
10th Governor of Jharkhand
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2021
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren
Preceded by	Draupadi Murmu
18th Governor of Tripura
In office 29 July 2019 – 6 July 2021
Chief Minister	Biplab Kumar Deb
Preceded by	Kaptan Singh Solanki
Succeeded by	Satyadev Narayan Arya
Member of Parliament for Raipur
In office 1996 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Vidya Charan Shukla
Succeeded by	Sunil Kumar Soni
In office 1989 – 1991
Preceded by	Keyur Bhushan
Succeeded by	Vidya Charan Shukla
Minister of State (Independent charge) for Environment & Forests
In office 9 January 2004 – 23 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	T. R. Baalu
Succeeded by	Andimuthu Raja
Minister of State (Independent charge) for Mines
In office 29 January 2003 – 8 January 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Uma Bharti
Succeeded by	Mamata Banerjee
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
In office 30 September 2000 – 29 January 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Steel and Mines
In office March 1998 – October 1999
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-02) 2 August 1948 Raipur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Rambai Bais
Children	3
Residence	New Delhi, India Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India Raj Bhavan, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (official residence)

Ramesh Bais (born 2 August 1948) is an Indian politician serving as the 10th and current Governor of Jharkhand. He also served as the 18th Governor of Tripura in 2019. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he had served as a Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Environment and Forests in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government from 1999. He was elected to the 9th (1989), 11th (1996), 12th, 13th, 14th (2004), 15th and 16th Lok Sabha from Raipur.

Personal life

Bais was born on 2 August 1948 in a Hindu Kshatriya family at Raipur, Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh) to Khom Lal Bais. He completed his Higher Secondary education from B.S.E., Bhopal. He married Rambai Bais on 23 May 1969 . They have a son and two daughters. Bais is an agriculturist by profession.

Political career

Bais was first elected to Municipal Corporation of Raipur in 1978. He won 1980 MP Assembly election from Mandir Hasod Constituency but lost 1985 Assembly election to his Congress rival Satyanarayan Sharma. He was elected for the first time to the Indian parliament as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Raipur in 1989 and was re-elected consecutively from 1996 to 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He also served as Union Minister of State in Second and Third Vajpayee ministry holding various portfolios such as Steel, Mines, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Information and Broadcasting and also Minister of State (Independent charge) for Mines and Environment & Forests till May 2004.

He served as 18th Governor of Tripura succeeding Kaptan Singh Solanki from July 2019 to July 2021. He is currently serving as 10th Governor of Jharkhand since 14 July 2021.

References

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Keyur Bhushan	Member of Parliament for Raipur 1989 – 1991	Succeeded by Vidya Charan Shukla
Preceded by Vidya Charan Shukla	Member of Parliament for Raipur 1996 – 2019	Succeeded by Sunil Kumar Soni
Political offices
Preceded by Kaptan Singh Solanki	Governor of Tripura 29 July 2019 – 6 July 2021	Succeeded by Satyadev Narayan Arya
Preceded by Draupadi Murmu	Governor of Jharkhand 7 July 2021 – Present	Incumbent

External links

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