Jai Ram Thakur

Jai Ram Thakur (born 6 January 1965)[1] is an Indian politician, who is the 14th and the current Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He was elected the BJP legislative party leader on 24 December 2017 after the defeat of Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP, Prem Kumar Dhumal in the assembly elections held in November 2017. He is a 5th time MLA in Himachal Pradesh Assembly winning continuously since 1998 and has previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government of Himachal Pradesh. He was the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj from 2009-2012. He is elected to Himachal Pradesh Assembly from Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district. He won his first election in the year 1998 from now delimited constituency of Chachiot (Seraj).[2]

Jai Ram Thakur
6th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Assumed office
27 December 2017
GovernorAcharya Devvrat
Kalraj Mishra
Bandaru Dattatreya
Preceded byVirbhadra Singh
Minister of Panchayati Raj & Rural Development
Government of Himachal Pradesh
In office
25 December 2009 – 25 December 2012
Chief MinisterPrem Kumar Dhumal
Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
25 December 2012
Preceded byconstituency established
Constituency Seraj
In office
24 March 1998 – 25 December 2012
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
ConstituencyChachiot
Personal details
Born (1965-01-06) 6 January 1965
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Dr. Sadhana Thakur
Children2
ResidenceVillage Tandi, P.O. & Tehsil Thunag Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh
Alma materVallabh Govt. College, Mandi
Panjab University Chandigarh
Websitehimachal.nic.in/en-IN/chief-minister.html

Early life and education

Born to a poor farming family[3] in Tandi village of Mandi's Thunag area, Thakur was fourth among five siblings — two sisters and three brothers.[4] His father's name is Jethu Ram and mother's name is Brikmu Devi.[5] Jai Ram Thakur attained his primary education from Kurani School. Then he did graduation B.A from Vallabh Govt. Degree College Mandi, H.P, ( Passed out 1987). Latter he did Post- Graduation( M.A.) from Punjab University, Chandigarh.

Family Overview

Thakur is married to ABVP colleague Dr. Sadhana Thakur and they have two daughters.[6] Sadhana is a doctor, born to a Kannada family in Jaipur and brought up there. The couple has two daughters. Both daughters are studying MBBS in Himachal Pradesh. Elder is already studying in RPGMC Tanda while younger got selected to SLBSGMC Ner Chowk in the year 2018.

Politics

He was introduced to the ABVP during his graduation at Vallabh Govt. College Mandi, and won first election under the flag of ABVP, beginning his long association with the student organization. He remained Joint Secretary, State ABVP, 1986; Organizing Secretary, ABVP (J&K), 1989–93; State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha; 1993–95; President: State Bhartiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha, ii) B.J.P. District Mandi 2000-03; Vice President State BJP, 2003–05; and President State Bhartiya Janata Party 2006-09.[1]

Elected to State Legislative Assembly in 1998, and re-elected in 2003 and 2007 from Chachiot Assembly Constituency which after the delimitation has been renamed as Seraj. Remained Chairman, General Development Committee & Education Committee; and Vice-Chairman, State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.

Also remained Chairman, Rural Planning Committee and Member of various other House Committees before being inducted into Council of Minister as Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister on 09-07-2012.

Elected to the State Legislative Assembly for a consecutive fourth term in December, 2012. Currently he is the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[7][8]

See also

Jai Ram Thakur ministry

References
  1. "Personal Information-Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. "Who is Jairam Thakur – front runner for Himachal Pradesh CM post after Prem Kumar Dhumal's shock defeat". The Financial Express. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. Sethi, Chitleen K. (27 December 2017). "Jai Ram Thakur's Himachal cabinet has a distinctly Rajput flavour". ThePrint. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. "Jai Ram Thakur: The rise and rise of Himachal Pradesh's new CM-elect in BJP". The Financial Express. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. "Shri Jai Ram Thakur". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur married Karnataka girl".
  7. "Jai Ram Thakur, the Next Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. "CM probable Jairam Thakur assures Himachal Pradesh of development".Currently Jai Ram Thakur is designated as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
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