Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and Chancellor of Rishihood University who was the Minister of Civil Aviation, Railways, Commerce & Industry in the First Modi ministry.
Suresh Prabhu | |
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| Indian emissary to the G20 & G7 | |
| In office 24 June 2019 – 7 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | |
| In office 12 March 2018 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Succeeded by | Hardeep Singh Puri |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Railways | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Power | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 25 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete |
| Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 29 September 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Office raised to Cabinet rank |
| Succeeded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Minister of Environment and Forests | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Saifuddin Soz |
| Succeeded by | T.R. Baalu |
| Minister of Industry | |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | K. Karunakaran |
| Succeeded by | Murasoli Maran |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 15 May 1996 – 18 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhir Sawant |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Rajapur |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 22 June 2016 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | R. Krishnaiah |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| In office 29 November 2014 – 21 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ranbir Singh Parjapati |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Subhash Chandra |
| Constituency | Haryana |
| Chairperson, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu 11 July 1953 Bombay, Bombay State, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Shiv Sena (before 2014) |
| Spouse | Uma Prabhu (m. 1984) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai ICAI |
| Profession | Chartered accountant Chancellor, Rishihood University Professor, London School of Economics |
| Website | www |
He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). From 1996, Prabhu retained the seat as a Member of Parliament for the Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He resigned from Shiv Sena and joined the BJP on 9 November 2014. Since June 2016, he has represented Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha. He is also the founding Chancellor of Rishihood University. He is also a visiting professor at London School of Economics. He is also a chairman of National Cooperative Policy.