Annpurna Devi

Summary

Annpurna Devi Yadav (born 2 February 1970) is an Indian politician, who is the current Minister of State for Education in the Second Modi ministry.[2] She is also a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from Kodarma, Jharkhand in which she won the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] She is also one of the National Vice Presidents of BJP. Previously, she was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, from Kodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.[citation needed]

Annpurna Devi
Minister of State for Education
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Serving along with Dr. Subhas Sarkar and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterDharmendra Pradhan
Preceded bySanjay Shamrao Dhotre
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRavindra Kumar Ray
ConstituencyKodarma
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1998–2014
Preceded byRamesh Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byNeera Yadav
ConstituencyKodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Born (1970-02-02) 2 February 1970 (age 54)
Ajmeri, Bihar, India (present-day Jharkhand)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Rashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseRamesh Prasad Yadav[1]
Residence(s)Kodarma, Jharkhand, India
Alma materPG at Ranchi University
Source: [1]

References edit

  1. ^ "पति की मृत्यु के बाद 1998 में विरासत में मिली थी राजनीति". www.bhaskar.com (in Hindi).
  2. ^ "Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0: Full list of Union ministers, profiles, portfolios, all you need to know".
  3. ^ "BJP-AJSU Party alliance wins 12 of 14 seats in Jharkhand". The Economic Times. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

External links edit

  • Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website