Santosh Gangwar

Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician and the former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009–2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin. Gangwar was the chairman of the PAC Public Accounts Committee (India) in 2009. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.He is currently the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.

Santosh Gangwar
Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings
Assumed office
1 August 2021
Appointed byOm Birla
Preceded byMeenakshi Lekhi
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
In office
3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byBhupender Yadav
Minister of State for Finance
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJayant Sinha
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles
In office
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKavuri Samba Siva Rao
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byPraveen Singh Aron
In office
1989–2009
Preceded byBegum Abida Ahmed
Succeeded byPraveen Singh Aron
ConstituencyBareilly
Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byVijay Kumar Malhotra
Succeeded byJaswant Singh
Personal details
Born (1948-11-01) 1 November 1948
Bareilly, United Provinces, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSaubhagya Gangwar
Children2
ResidenceBareilly
Alma mater• Agra University (B.Sc.)
• Rohilkhand University (L.L.B)
As of 22 September, 2006
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