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Prakash Javadekar
Javadekar in October 2020
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Succeeded by
Anurag Singh Thakur
In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Manish Tewari
Succeeded by
Arun Jaitley
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Harsh Vardhan
Succeeded by
Bhupender Yadav
In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by
Anil Madhav Dave
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
In office 12 November 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Arvind Sawant
Succeeded by
Mahendra Nath Pandey
Minister of Human Resource Development
In office 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Smriti Irani
Succeeded by
Ramesh Pokhriyal
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Rajeev Shukla
Succeeded by
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2018
Preceded by
Ajay Sancheti
Constituency
Maharashtra
In office 13 June 2014 – 2 April 2018
Preceded by
Faggan Singh Kulaste
Succeeded by
Dharmendra Pradhan
Constituency
Madhya Pradesh
In office 2010–2014
Constituency
Maharashtra
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 1990–2002
Personal details
Born
(1951-01-30) 30 January 1951 (age 73)[1] Village Apta in Panvel Taluka, Raigad District, India (Maharashtra, India)
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Prachee
Children
2
Relatives
Suhas Javadekar (brother)
Alma mater
University of Pune
Website
Prakash Javdekar Website
Prakash Keshav Javadekar (born 30 January 1951) is an Indian politician and former parliamentarian. He served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change two times, from May 2014 to July 2016 and from May 2019 to July 2021.
Javadekar was elected to the upper house Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra in 2008, and re-elected from Madhya Pradesh in 2014.[2][3]
Following the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Indian General Election, he was appointed Minister State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is also a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs,[4] and briefly held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting.[5]
Javadekar is an official spokesperson of the BJP.[6]
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