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Om Birla
Om Birla | |
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| 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sumitra Mahajan |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ijyaraj Singh |
| Constituency | Kota |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan | |
| In office December 2003 – May 2014 | |
| Constituency | Kota South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1962 Kota, Rajasthan, India |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Amita Birla |
| Parent(s) | Shrikrishna Birla Shakuntla Devi |
| Alma mater | Govt. Commerce College, Kota Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University |
Om Birla (born 23 November 1962) is an Indian politician. He is the 17th and current Speaker of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He has been a Member of Parliament[1] for the Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan since 2014. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Early life
Om Birla was born on 23 November 1962, to Shrikrishna Birla and Late Shakuntala Devi in a Marwari Maheshwari family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Govt. Commerce College, kota and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer.[citation needed][2]
Political career
Legislative Assembly
Om Birla won his first assembly elections contesting from Kota South in 2003. He defeated Shanti Dhariwal from Congress by a margin of 10,101 votes. In the next assembly elections, he defended his seat with a comfortable margin of 24,300 votes to his nearest candidate Ram Kishan Verma from Congress in 2008. Before becoming a Member of Parliament, he won his third assembly election against Pankaj Mehta (Congress) by close to 50,000 votes in 2013. During his tenure in 2003–08, he was the Parliamentary Secretary (MoS rank) in Rajasthan Government.[citation needed]
Member of Parliament
As the BJP candidate for the Kota constituency Om Birla was elected to the 16th & 17th Lok Sabha.[3]
References
- ↑ "Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 2015-08-29.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Blogger, Branded. "Om Birla Age, Wife, Caste, Education, Biography". Branded Blogger. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ↑ "Members Bioprofile:Birla, Shri Om". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
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