Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 30 March 1962) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, and a Member of Parliament representing Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy | |
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| Minister of State Government of India | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 31 August 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Ministry | Term |
| Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) | 9 November 2014 - 31 August 2017 |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | 9 November 2014 - 5 July 2016 |
| In office 1 September 2002 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Ministry | Term |
| Minister of Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) | 24 May 2003 - 22 May 2004 |
| Minister of Commerce & Industry | 1 September 2002 - 24 May 2003 |
| Member of Parliament Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Lalu Prasad yadav |
| Constituency | Saran |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Heera Lal Rai |
| Succeeded by | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Constituency | Chapra |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Lal Babu Rai |
| Succeeded by | Heera Lal Rai |
| Constituency | Chapra |
| Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 4 July 2008 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Jai Narain Prasad Nishad |
| Succeeded by | Pavan Varma |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1990–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Das Rai |
| Succeeded by | Ram Das Rai |
| Constituency | Taraiya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1962 Amnour, Saran, Bihar |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (1999–present)Bihar People's Party (1995-1999) |
| Spouse |
Neelam Pratap (m. 1991) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Panjab University |
In 2014. Rudy became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Narendra Modi's government. Simultaneously he also shared Parliamentary Affairs department jointly with Minister of State, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Rudy was a General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, a position relinquished soon after he joined the government. Rudy is a trained pilot and holds a commercial pilot's license. He is featured in the Limca Book of Records as the only parliamentarian to fly a commercial aircraft, an Airbus-320 of Indigo airlines.