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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|09|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Raigarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] (now in [[Chhattisgarh]]), India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Minister]] of Commercial Taxes, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]
| successor = [[Kawasi Lakhma]]
| predecessor = Ramchandra Sigh Dev
| term_start = December 2003
| term_end = 11 December 2018

| office1 = [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Minister]] of Urban Administration, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]
| successor1 = [[Indian National Congress|Shiv Kumar Dahariya]]
| predecessor1 = [[Rajesh Munat]]
| term_start1 = December 2013
| term_end1 = December 2018

| successor2 = [[Rajesh Munat]]
| predecessor2 = Ravindra Chaubey
| term_start2 = December 2003
| term_end2 = December 2008

| office3 = [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Minister]] of Labour, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]

| successor3 = [[Bhaiyalal Rajwade]]
| predecessor3 = [[Hemchand Yadav]]
| term_start3 = December 2008
| term_end3 = 22 May 2015

| office4 = [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Minister]] of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]
| successor4 = [[Ajay Chandrakar]]
| predecessor4 = [[Masturi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dr. Krishnamurti Bandhi]]
| term_start4 = 2007
| term_end4 = 22 May 2015
| office5 = [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Minister]] of Revenue, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]
| successor5 = [[Prem Prakash Pandey]]
| predecessor5 = [[Brijmohan Agrawal]]
| term_start5 = 8 December 2008
| term_end5 = 9 December 2013
| office7 = [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Minister]] of Finance, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]
| successor7 = [[Raman Singh]] ([[Chief Minister]])
| predecessor7 = Ramchandra Sigh Dev
| term_start7 = 2003
| term_end7 = 2007
| office8 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]] for [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
| successor8 = Shailesh Pandey
| predecessor8 =
| constituency8 =
| term_start8 = 2000
| term_end8 = [[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| office9 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
| successor9 =
| predecessor9 = B.R. Pandey
| constituency9 =
| term_start9 = [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
| term_end9 = 2000
| alma_mater = [[C.M. Dubey Postgraduate College, Bilaspur]] [[Durga Mahavidyalaya, Raipur]]<ref>http://www.amaragrwal.in/about/profile#</ref>
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Shashikala Agrawal
| children = 3
| website = {{URL|amaragrwal.in}}
}}
'''Amar Agrawal''' (born 22 September 1963) is an Indian politician and former Cabinet Minister of [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/2008Chhattisgarh/candidate.php?candidate_id=25|title=AMAR AGRAWAL(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Bilaspur(Bilaspur) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|author=ADR|publisher=}}</ref>

Agrawal represented the [[legislature]] of [[Chhattisgarh]] from 1998 to 2018. After his victory in the 2013 Assembly elections, Agrawal represented his [[Electoral district|constituency]] for the third successive tenure as Minister of Health and Medical [[Education]] in the [[Legislative|Legislature]] Assembly of Chhattisgarh.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/cabinet.html | title=Cabinet | publisher=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> There are a number of schemes and projects in which he is involved such as 108 Sanjeevani Express, 102 Mahtari Express, 104 [[Medicine|Medical]] Consultation and Online Jan Shikayat Kendra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://health.cg.gov.in/ehealth/welcome.htm|title=.::Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Chhattisgarh.|publisher=|access-date=3 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217053518/http://health.cg.gov.in/ehealth/welcome.htm|archive-date=17 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/tags/amar-agrawal.html|title=Amar Agrawal|work=Zee News}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 1998, Agrawal contested [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998 assembly election]] from [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur Constituency]] and won by margin of 10,995 votes. After creation of [[Chhattisgarh]] out of [[Madhya Pradesh]], he won [[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003 Chhattisgarh Assembly election]] from same constituency and became Cabinet Minister in [[Raman Singh]]'s Ministry and retained his constituency till 2018.<ref>http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/mla_biodata_4th/30.pdf</ref>

Agrawal held various portfolios such as Finance, Health and family welfare, commercial tax, revenue during his tenure from 2003 to 2018.

==Social Media Link==
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/amaragrawalBJP|title=Twitter}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AmarAgrawalOFFICIAL|title=Facebook}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2000–2003]]
[[Category:People from Raigarh district]]
[[Category:People from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]

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