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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ganpat Vasava

|image =Ganpatsinh Vasava.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|6|1|df=y}}
|birth_place =  Vadi near [[Umarpada]], [[Surat district]], [[Gujarat]], India
|death_date = 
|death_place = 
|order1 = 15th Speaker
|governor = 
|office1 = Gujarat Legislative Assembly
|term_start1=10 November 2014
|term_end1=22 August 2016
|predecessor1=[[Vajubhai Vala]]
|successor1=[[Ramanlal Vora]]
|term_start2=	23 February 2011
|term_end2=26 December 2012
|predecessor2=[[Ashok Bhatt]]
|successor2=[[Vajubhai Vala]]

|office3 = Member of Legislative Assembly
|constituency3=[[Mangrol, Surat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangrol]]
|term_start3=2002 (three terms)
|term_end3=

|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|spouse = Nilam Vasava
|children = 1 son, 1 daughter
|footnotes =
|date=  20 January |year = 2015|
|source = http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Gujarat/mpa.htm Biodata
}}
'''Ganpatsinh Vestabhai Vasava''' is a politician and cabinet minister in [[Government of Gujarat]]. He was a speaker of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] in India from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="ET2014">{{cite web | title=Ganpat Vasava set to be elected as Gujarat Assembly Speaker | website=The Economic Times | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-07/news/55871618_1_vaju-vala-gujarat-assembly-speaker-speaker-ashok-bhatt | date=7 November 2014|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was elected from [[Mangrol, Surat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangrol constituency]] in [[Surat district]] for three terms as a candidate of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]; in 2002, 2007 and 2012 assembly elections. He was the first tribal leader to serve as speaker and the youngest speaker in the history of assembly. He was elected as an assembly speaker in February 2011 and served until December 2012.<ref name="Indian Express1">{{cite web | title=Vasava elected Speaker unopposed | website=Indian Express | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vasava-elected-speaker-unopposed/754671 | accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> He also served a cabinet minister of Forest and Environment, Tribal Welfare, Law and Parliamentary Affairs in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly from December 2012 to November 2014. He was again elected as a speaker of assembly in November 2014 and served till 7 August 2016.<ref name="ET2014"/><ref name="The Economic T2014">{{cite web | title=Ganpat Vasava elected unopposed as Speaker of Gujarat Assembly | website=The Economic Times | date=10 November 2014 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-10/news/55955972_1_vaju-vala-gujarat-assembly-ganpat-vasava | accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="BS2016">{{cite web | title=Ramanlal Vora elected unopposed new Speaker of Gujarat Assembly | website=Business Standard News | date=22 August 2016 | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/ramanlal-vora-elected-unopposed-new-speaker-of-gujarat-assembly-116082201043_1.html | accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Surat district]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022]]