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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{short description|Indian politician (born 1948)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =Santosh Kumar Gangwar oath as Minister.jpg
| name = Santosh Gangwar
| honorific-prefix    =  
| caption = Gangwar in 2015
| name                = Santosh Gangwar
| image = Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg
| honorific-suffix    =  
| office = [[List of Governors of Jharkhand|Governor of Jharkhand]]
| alt                =  
| term_start = {{Start date|2024|07|31|df=yes}}
| caption            =  
| term_end =  
| office              = [[Committee on Public Undertakings|Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| termstart          = 1 August 2021
| 1namedata = [[Hemant Soren]]
| predecessor        = [[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
| predecessor = [[C. P. Radhakrishnan]]
| appointer    = [[Om Birla]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Union Minister of State ''(Independent Charge)'' for Labour and Employment]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment]]
| term_start2 = 3 September 2017
| term_start1 = 3 September 2017
| term_end2 = 7 July 2021
| term_end1 = 7 July 2021
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor1 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| successor1 = [[Bhupender Yadav]]
 
| office2 = [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Minister of State for Finance]]
| term_start2 = 5 July 2016
| term_end2 = 3 September 2017
| predecessor2 = [[Jayant Sinha]]
| successor2 = [[Shiv Pratap Shukla]]
| primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Textiles|Minister of Textiles]]
| predecessor2 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| term_start3 = 26 May 2014
| successor2 = [[Bhupender Yadav]]
| term_end3 = 7 July 2016
| office3 = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Union Minister of State for Finance]]
| predecessor3 = [[Kavuri Samba Siva Rao]]
| term_start3 = 5 July 2016
| successor3 = [[Smriti Irani]]
| term_end3 = 3 September 2017
| primeminister3 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jayant Sinha]]
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]  
| successor3 = [[Shiv Pratap Shukla]]
| constituency5=[[Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bareilly]]
| minister3 = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| term_start4 = 2014
| office4 = [[Ministry of Textiles|Union Minister of State ''(Independent Charge)'' for Textiles]]
| predecessor4 = [[Praveen Singh Aron]]
| term_start4 = 26 May 2014
| successor4 =  
| term_end4 = 7 July 2016
| term_start5 = 1989
| predecessor4 = [[Kavuri Samba Siva Rao]]
| term_end5 = 2009
| successor4 = [[Smriti Irani]]
| predecessor5 = [[Begum Abida Ahmed]]
| primeminister4 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor5 = [[Praveen Singh Aron]]
| office5 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| office6            = [[Public Accounts Committee (India)|Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee]]
| constituency6 = [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start6          = 2009
| constituency5 = [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_end6            = 2010
| term_start5 = 16 May 2014
| predecessor6        = [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| term_end5 = 4 June 2024
| successor6          = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| predecessor5 = [[Praveen Singh Aron]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|11|01|df=y}}
| successor5 = [[Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar]]
| birth_place = [[Bareilly]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| term_start6 = 1989
| residence = [[Bareilly]]
| term_end6 = 2009
| predecessor6 = [[Abida Ahmed]]
| successor6 = [[Praveen Singh Aron]]
| office7 = [[Public Accounts Committee (India)|Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee]]
| term_start7 = 2009
| term_end7 = 2010
| predecessor7 = [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| successor7 = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|11|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bareilly]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[Dominion of India]] (present{{endash}}day Uttar Pradesh, India)
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan, Ranchi]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alma_mater =• [[Agra University]] ([[B.Sc.]]) <br />• [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University|Rohilkhand University]] ([[L.L.B]])
| alma_mater = [[Bareilly College]] (B.Sc.)<br/>[[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University]] (L.L.B.)
| spouse = Saubhagya Gangwar
| spouse = {{marriage|Saubhagya Gangwar|1975}}
| children = 2
| children = 2
| father =  
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'''Santosh Kumar Gangwar''' (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician and the former [[Minister of State]] with independent charge in the [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour and Employment]] in the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/profile-meet-the-new-ministers-of-state-for-finance-116070600336_1.html|title = Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 6 July 2016|last1 = Roychoudhury|first1 = Arup}}</ref> He is a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (16th Lok Sabha), former [[Minister of State|minister of state]] in [[Government of India]] and a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He has been [[Member of Parliament]] for the city of [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Bareilly]] since 1989 till date (except 2009–2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th [[Lok Sabha]]. He faced defeat in the [[15th Lok Sabha|15th Lok Sabha Elections]], 2009 by a very narrow margin. Gangwar was the chairman of the PAC [[Public Accounts Committee (India)]] in 2009. He has been elected as [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in [[16th Lok Sabha]]. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]]. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.He is currently the Chairperson of the [[Committee on Public Undertakings]].
'''Santosh Kumar Gangwar''' (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician currently serving as the eleventh [[List of governors of Jharkhand|Governor of Jharkhand]] since 2024. He is a former [[Minister of State]] with independent charge in the [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour and Employment]] in the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/profile-meet-the-new-ministers-of-state-for-finance-116070600336_1.html|title = Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 6 July 2016|last1 = Roychoudhury|first1 = Arup}}</ref> He was a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (16th Lok Sabha), former [[Minister of State|minister of state]] in [[Government of India]] and a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He has been [[Member of Parliament]] for the city of [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Bareilly]] for almost three decades. He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th [[Lok Sabha]].  


==Early life==
He faced defeat in the [[15th Lok Sabha|15th Lok Sabha Elections]], 2009 by a very narrow margin by [[Praveen Singh Aron]]. Gangwar was the chairman of the [[Public Accounts Committee (India)|Public Accounts Committee]] in 2009. He has been elected as [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in [[16th Lok Sabha]]. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]]. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021. He is formerly the Chairperson of the [[Committee on Public Undertakings]].
Born on 1 November 1948 in Bareilly, Santosh Kumar Gangwar attended [[Agra University]] and the [[Rohilkhand University]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], from where he completed his B Sc and LLB Degrees respectively.<ref name=" elections 1UfzJ0iB.dpuf"/>


He studied in BAREILLY COLLEGE, BAREILLY only but during his B.Sc. it was affiliated to AGRA UNIVERSITY and during LL.B BAREILLY UNIVERSITY was founded and the college was naturally affiliated with the same.
Santosh Gangwar was appointed the [[Governor of Jharkhand]] by President [[Droupadi Murmu]] on 27 June 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mallick |first1=Ashesh |date=28 July 2024 |title=President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/president-murmu-appoints-new-governors-gangwar-goes-to-jharkhand-gulab-chand-kataria-to-punjab-manipur-telangana-maharashtra-latest-updates-2024-07-28-944002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050455/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/president-murmu-appoints-new-governors-gangwar-goes-to-jharkhand-gulab-chand-kataria-to-punjab-manipur-telangana-maharashtra-latest-updates-2024-07-28-944002 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |work=India TV News |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>


BAREILLY COLLEGE, BAREILLY is a very old institution which was affiliated to CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY, ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY, AGRA UNIVERSITY and now Rohilkhand University, BAREILLY.
==Early life==
Born on 1 November 1948 in Bareilly, he studied in [[Bareilly College]], [[Bareilly]] and did his B.Sc. in 1967 and LLB in 1970. At that time Bareilly College was an affiliated college of [[Agra University]] and [[Gangwar (surname)|Gangwar]] was awarded both BSc and LLB degrees from [[Agra University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santosh Kumar Gangwar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BAREILLY(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=7410 |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>


Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, a library, and a mini bypass.  Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, he is blessed with two children, Apoorv Gangwar and Shruti Gangwar.<ref name="elections cabinet-ministers"/>
Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, a library, and a mini bypass.  Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, they have two children.<ref name="elections cabinet-ministers" />
<ref name="elections 1UfzJ0iB.dpuf"/> He suffers from [[vitiligo]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/240619/drdo-team-eyes-improved-vitiligo-remedy.html | title=DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy | work=Asian Age | date=24 June 2019 | access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>
<ref name="elections 1UfzJ0iB.dpuf" /> He has [[vitiligo]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/240619/drdo-team-eyes-improved-vitiligo-remedy.html | title=DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy | work=Asian Age | date=24 June 2019 | access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.
Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.


Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th [[Lok Sabha]]<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=131</ref> in 1989 from the [[Bareilly]] constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], which involved six successive terms.
Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th [[Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=131 |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011022758/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=131 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1989 from the [[Bareilly]] constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], which involved six successive terms.


He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.<ref name=" elections cabinet-ministers"/> He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th [[Lok Sabha]]. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999
He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.<ref name=" elections cabinet-ministers"/> He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th [[Lok Sabha]]. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999.


Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament in the [[16th Lok Sabha]].
Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament in the [[16th Lok Sabha]].
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He served as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Textiles|Textiles]] from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Finance]].<ref>{{citation |title=Aadhaar law will ensure Direct Benefit Transfer reaches genuine beneficiaries: FM Jaitley |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-aadhaar-law-will-ensure-direct-benefit-transfer-reaches-genuine-beneficiaries-fm-jaitley-2234747 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=15 July 2016 }}</ref>
He served as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Textiles|Textiles]] from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Finance]].<ref>{{citation |title=Aadhaar law will ensure Direct Benefit Transfer reaches genuine beneficiaries: FM Jaitley |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-aadhaar-law-will-ensure-direct-benefit-transfer-reaches-genuine-beneficiaries-fm-jaitley-2234747 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=15 July 2016 }}</ref>


Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009.  In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.<ref name="elections 1UfzJ0iB.dpuf"/>
Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009.  In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.<ref name="elections 1UfzJ0iB.dpuf"/>


In April 2018 Gangwar stirred controversy by saying that "one should not make a big deal" about rape in a country as large as India. The statements followed two incidents where BJP leaders were implicated in violent sexual assault of minors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-make-a-big-deal-union-ministers-message-on-child-rape-1841027|title = Sometimes Rapes Can't be Stopped, Why Make A "Big Deal", Says Union Minister}}</ref>
In April 2018 Gangwar stirred controversy by saying that "one should not make a big deal" about rape in a country as large as India. The statements followed two incidents where BJP leaders were implicated in violent sexual assault of minors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-make-a-big-deal-union-ministers-message-on-child-rape-1841027|title = Sometimes Rapes Can't be Stopped, Why Make A "Big Deal", Says Union Minister}}</ref>


27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textile; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/people/minister-of-state-independent-charge-santosh-gangwar-564063|title = Minister of State (Independent Charge): Santosh Gangwar}}</ref><ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=131</ref>
27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textiles; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/people/minister-of-state-independent-charge-santosh-gangwar-564063|title = Minister of State (Independent Charge): Santosh Gangwar}}</ref><ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=131 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>


In May 2019, Gangwar became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Labour and Employment]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>
In May 2019, Gangwar became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Labour and Employment]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>
==Governor of Jharkhand (2024–present)==
Gangwar was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 June 2024 and took oath on 31 July 2024.<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite web
|title = Santosh Kumar Gangwar sworn in as Jharkhand Governor
|url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jharkhand/santosh-kumar-gangwar-sworn-in-as-jharkhand-governor/article68468128.ece
|work = The Hindu
|date = 2024-07-13
|access-date = 2024-08-22
|language = en
}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040902105314/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=131 Official biography from Parliament of India records]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040902105314/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=131 Official biography from Parliament of India records]
* [http://www.santoshgangwar.in/ Official Website]
* [http://www.santoshgangwar.in/ Official Website]


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Santosh Gangwar
Gangwar in 2015
Governor of Jharkhand
Assumed office
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Preceded byC. P. Radhakrishnan
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
In office
3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byBhupender Yadav
Union Minister of State for Finance
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
MinisterArun Jaitley
Preceded byJayant Sinha
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles
In office
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKavuri Samba Siva Rao
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byPraveen Singh Aron
Succeeded byChhatrapal Singh Gangwar
ConstituencyBareilly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1989–2009
Preceded byAbida Ahmed
Succeeded byPraveen Singh Aron
ConstituencyBareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byVijay Kumar Malhotra
Succeeded byJaswant Singh
Personal details
Born (1948-11-01) 1 November 1948 (age 77)
Bareilly, United Provinces, Dominion of India (present–day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Saubhagya Gangwar
(
m. 1975)
Children2
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Ranchi
Alma materBareilly College (B.Sc.)
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (L.L.B.)
As of 22 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician currently serving as the eleventh Governor of Jharkhand since 2024. He is a former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India.[1] He was a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly for almost three decades. He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha.

He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin by Praveen Singh Aron. Gangwar was the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in 2009. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021. He is formerly the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.

Santosh Gangwar was appointed the Governor of Jharkhand by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 June 2024.[2]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Born on 1 November 1948 in Bareilly, he studied in Bareilly College, Bareilly and did his B.Sc. in 1967 and LLB in 1970. At that time Bareilly College was an affiliated college of Agra University and Gangwar was awarded both BSc and LLB degrees from Agra University.[3]

Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, a library, and a mini bypass. Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, they have two children.[4] [5] He has vitiligo.[6]

Career[edit | edit source]

Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.

Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha[7] in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.

He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.[4] He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th Lok Sabha. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999.

Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha.

He served as Minister of State for Textiles from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for Finance.[8]

Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.[5]

In April 2018 Gangwar stirred controversy by saying that "one should not make a big deal" about rape in a country as large as India. The statements followed two incidents where BJP leaders were implicated in violent sexual assault of minors.[9]

27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textiles; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.[10][11]

In May 2019, Gangwar became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment.[12]

Governor of Jharkhand (2024–present)[edit | edit source]

Gangwar was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 June 2024 and took oath on 31 July 2024.[13]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Roychoudhury, Arup (6 July 2016). "Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance". Business Standard India.
  2. ↑ Mallick, Ashesh (28 July 2024). "President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others". India TV News. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Santosh Kumar Gangwar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BAREILLY(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "List of Cabinet Ministers of India and their Portfolios 2019 and 2014".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sarbananda Sonowal Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history".
  6. ↑ "DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy". Asian Age. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Aadhaar law will ensure Direct Benefit Transfer reaches genuine beneficiaries: FM Jaitley", Daily News and Analysis, 15 July 2016
  9. ↑ "Sometimes Rapes Can't be Stopped, Why Make A "Big Deal", Says Union Minister".
  10. ↑ "Minister of State (Independent Charge): Santosh Gangwar".
  11. ↑ http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=131 [dead link]
  12. ↑ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  13. ↑ "Santosh Kumar Gangwar sworn in as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Abida Ahmed 		Member of Parliament
for Bareilly
1989 – 2009 		Succeeded by
Praveen Singh Aron
Preceded by
Praveen Singh Aron 		Member of Parliament
for Bareilly
2014 – 2024 		Succeeded by
Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar
Political offices
Preceded by
Kavuri Samba Siva Rao 		Minister of Textiles
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Minister of State (Independent Charge) 		Succeeded by
Smriti Irani
Preceded by
Bandaru Dattatreya
Minister of State (Independent Charge) 		Minister of Labour and Employment
3 September 2017 – 7 May 2021
Minister of State (Independent Charge) 		Succeeded by
Bhupender Yadav
Preceded by
C.P. Radhakrishnan 		Governor of Jharkhand
31 July 2024 – Present 		Incumbent

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