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'''Amit Anil Chandra Shah''' (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the [[Minister of Home Affairs(India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] and the first [[Minister of Co-operation]] of India. He served as the | '''Amit Anil Chandra Shah''' (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the [[Minister of Home Affairs(India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] and the first [[Minister of Co-operation]] of India. He served as the President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) since 2014. He was elected to the lower house of Parliament, [[Lok Sabha]], in the [[2019 Indian general elections]] from [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar]]. Earlier, he had been elected as a member of the upper house of Parliament, [[Rajya Sabha]], from [[Gujarat]] in 2017. Sworn in at the age of 54, he is the youngest serving full-time [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]].<ref name="Jagran">{{cite web|date=16 August 2019|title=Amit Shah Union Home Minister of India 2019: Age, Family, Political Life, and Interesting Facts|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/amit-shah-biography-1558610444-1}}</ref> He is the chief strategist of the BJP and a close aide to [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/amit-shah-bjps-chanakya-who-delivered-modi-wave-2-0/articleshow/69465902.cms | title=Amit Shah: BJP's 'Chanakya' who delivered Modi Wave 2.0 | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 May 2019 | access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/amit-shah-bjp-s-chanakya-strategised-modi-wave-2-0-1532943-2019-05-23 | title=Amit Shah: BJP's Chanakya who strategised and delivered Modi wave 2.0 | work=India Today | date=23 May 2019 | access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> | ||
During his college days, Shah was a member of the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]], the student wing of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]]. At the age of 18, he secured a position in the ABVP and joined the BJP in 1987. Shah was first elected in [[Gujarat]] as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for a seat partly covering [[Ahmedabad]], [[Sarkhej (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarkhej]] in 1997 (a by-election). He continued to hold it in the 1998, 2002 and 2007 elections until the seat's dissolution in 2008; he then got elected from the nearby [[Naranpura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naranpura]] in [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]. As a close associate of Chief Minister [[Narendra Modi]], he held executive portfolios in the [[Government of Gujarat|Gujarat state government]]. | During his college days, Shah was a member of the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]], the student wing of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]]. At the age of 18, he secured a position in the ABVP and joined the BJP in 1987. Shah was first elected in [[Gujarat]] as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for a seat partly covering [[Ahmedabad]], [[Sarkhej (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarkhej]] in 1997 (a by-election). He continued to hold it in the 1998, 2002 and 2007 elections until the seat's dissolution in 2008; he then got elected from the nearby [[Naranpura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naranpura]] in [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]. As a close associate of Chief Minister [[Narendra Modi]], he held executive portfolios in the [[Government of Gujarat|Gujarat state government]]. | ||