Vijay Rupani

Vijay Rupani
Vijay Rupani
16th Chief Minister of Gujarat
Assumed office
7 August 2016
Preceded by Anandiben Patel
Constituency Rajkot West
Assembly Member
for Rajkot West
Assumed office
19 October 2014
MP of Rajya Sabha for Gujarat
In office
2006–2012
Personal details
Born (1956-08-02) 2 August 1956[1]
Rangoon, Burma[1]
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Anjali Rupani
Children One son, one daughter
Parents Ramniklal, Mayaben
Residence Rajkot
Occupation Politician
Cabinet Government of Gujarat
Portfolio Ministry of transport, water supply, labor and employment (November 2014 - August 2016)
Religion Jainism

Vijaykumar Ramniklal Rupani (born 2 August 1956) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an incumbent Chief Minister of Gujarat, a western state in India, since 7 August 2016[2] and a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Rajkot West.[3]

Early life

Vijay Rupani was born on 2 August 1956[3] in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) to Mayaben and Ramniklal Rupani in a Jain Bania family.[4][5] He was the seventh and youngest son of the couple.[6] His family moved to Rajkot in 1960 due to political instability in Burma. He studied Bachelor of Arts from Dharmendrasinhji Arts College and LLB from Saurashtra University.[1][3][7][8]

Family

Vijay Rupani is married to Anjali Rupani, who is also a member of BJP women wing.[6] The couple have a son - Rushabh, an engineering graduate and daughter - Radhika, who is now married. The couple lost their youngest son Pujit in an accident and have started a Pujit Rupani Memorial Trust, which works for the poor.[6][9][6][10]

Career

Business career

Vijay Rupani is partner in a trading firm Rasiklal & Sons, started by his father.[6] He also worked as a stock broker.[6]

Early political career

Vijay Rupani started his career as student activist associated with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).[5] He joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and subsequently joined Jan Sangh in 1971 has been associated with Bharatiya Janta Party since its establishment.[4][5][8] He was imprisoned for 11 months at the jails in Bhuj and Bhavnagar during the Emergency in 1976.[5][8] He was a Pracharak of RSS from 1978 to 1981. He was elected as a corporator of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) in 1987 and became the chairman of drainage committee. The next year became the chairman of standing committee of RMC from 1998 to 1996. He was again elected to RMC in 1995. He served as the mayor of Rajkot from 1996 to 1997. He became BJP's Gujarat unit general secretary in 1998 and served as the chairman of manifesto committee during chief minister-ship of Keshubhai Patel. He was appointed as a chairman of Gujarat Tourism in 2006. He was a member of Rajya Sabha from 2006 to 2012.[5][8] He served as BJP's Gujarat unit general secretary four times and chairman of the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board in 2013. during chief minister-ship of Narendra Modi.[7][8][11]

On 19 February 2016, Rupani became the state BJP president, replacing R. C. Faldu.[7][8] In August 2014, when Vajubhai Vala, the incumbent speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, resigned as the MLA from Rajkot West as he was appointed as the governor of Karnataka.[12] Vijay Rupani was nominated by the BJP to contest his vacant seat.[3] He won the bypoll on 19 October 2014 by a huge margin.[4][7][13]

He was inducted as minister in the first cabinet expansion by Chief Minister Anandiben Patel in November 2014[14] and held the ministry of transport, water supply, labor and employment.[4][5][8] He was the BJP state president from February 2016 to August 2016.[15][16]

Chief Minister (2016–present)

He succeeded Anandiben Patel and sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7 August 2016.[17][18][19][20]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vijay Rupani.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vijay Rupani: Member's Web Site". Internet Archive. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Vijay Rupani sworn in as new Gujarat Chief Minister". The Times of India. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "How Vijay Rupani pipped Nitin Patel to become Gujarat chief minister", The Times of India, 5 August 2016
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Saurashtra strongman Vijay Rupani in Gujarat Cabinet". Economic Times. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vijay Rupani: A swayamsevak, stock broker and founder of a trust for poor". Indian Express. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Vijay Rupani: A swayamsevak, stock broker and founder of a trust for poor". The Indian Express. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "How Vijay Rupani pipped Nitin Patel to become Gujarat chief minister". The Times of India. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "From RSS cadre to CM". Deccan Herald. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "રૂપાણીએ 15 વર્ષ પહેલાં રાજકારણ છોડી દીધું હતું, કોણ તેમને પાછું રાજકારણમાં લઈ આવ્યું ? જાણો". ABP Asmita News. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "BJP set to win all 26 Gujarat Lok Sabha seats: Vijay Rupani". Business Standard. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to take oath as Karnataka Guv on Sept 1". One India News. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Guj bypoll: BJP wins Rajkot-West Assembly seat". Business Standard. PTI. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel expands ministry, inducts 4 new ministers". The Indian Express. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  15. ↑ Bureau, ET (20 February 2016). "Gujarat BJP declared Vijay Rupani as new president". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  16. ↑ Online, FE (10 August 2016). "Jitu Vaghani appointed as the BJP State President for Gujarat". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "Vijay Rupani sworn-in as the 16th chief minister of Gujarat; Nitin Patel Deputy CM". Firstpost. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "Vijay Rupani to succeed Anandiben Patel as Gujarat CM, Nitin Patel to be his deputy". The Economic Times. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Vijay Rupani named Gujarat chief minister; Nitin Patel to be deputy CM". The Times of India. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Unseen Photos Of Gujarat New Chief Minister Vijay Rupani". Divya Bhaskar. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Anandiben Patel		 Chief Minister of Gujarat
7 August 2016 – present 		Incumbent
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