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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:Amar Kumar Bauri meeting the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| office = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition<br/>Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 16 October 2023
| term_end = 23 November 2024
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Hemant Soren]]
| predecessor = [[Babulal Marandi]]
| successor = Babulal Marandi
| office1 = Minister of Revenue<br/>[[Government of Jharkhand]]
| term_start1 = 19 February 2015
| term_end1 = 29 December 2019
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Raghubar Das]]
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[Hemant Soren]]
| office2 = Member of [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 23 December 2014
| term_end2 = 23 November 2024
| predecessor2 = [[Umakant Rajak]]
| successor2 = [[Umakant Rajak]]
| constituency2 = [[Chandankiyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandankiyari]] (SC)
| birth_date = {{bda|df=y|1978|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Chandankiyari]], [[Bihar]], India (now in [[Jharkhand]])
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
}}

'''Amar Kumar Bauri''' (born 25 November 1978) is an Indian politician and former [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|leader of the opposition]] in [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]. He is the member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was Minister of Jharkhand. Earlier he was associated with [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=835|title=Amar Kumar Bauri(JVM(P)): Constituency- Chandankiyari (SC) (Bokaro) – Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref> led by [[Babulal Marandi]] till Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha election in 2014.
He was a member of Jharkhand legislative assembly from [[Chandankiyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandankiyari]] constituency which is reserved for [[scheduled caste]]s in [[Bokaro District]].

==Early life==
He was born in year 1978 to Ram Nath Bauri. He passed [[matriculation]] from R.D. Tata High School Jamshedpur in 1994, Inter from Co-operative College Jamshedpur in 1997, completed graduation from same Jamshedpur Cooperative College and post graduate in history from Ranchi University in 2005. He also completed Bachelor of Education from the Vinobha Bhave University [[Hazaribag]] in 2008.

==Political career==
Bauri made his electoral debut in 2004 as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate unsuccessfully. In the [[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2009 Assembly election]], he had contested on the [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM (P)]]’s ticket from [[Chandankiyari Assembly constituency|Chandankiyari]], but had lost to [[Umakant Rajak]] of [[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]] by a margin of 3517 votes. In the [[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2014 Assembly election]], Bauri was elected as an MLA from [[Chandankiyari Assembly constituency|Chandankiyari]] on the ticket of [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM (P)]] ticket, but soon he, along with five other party MLAs, joined the [[Raghubar Das ministry|BJP-led government]], merging their breakaway JVM (P) Legislature Party with the BJP.

Bauri was inducted as Revenue and Tourism minister in the [[Raghubar Das ministry]] on 19 February 2015. He took some significant decisions such as building the Patratu Valley road and launching several religious tourism festivals. He had digitized a part of the land records and also started the popular [[Indian 1-rupee coin|Re 1]] charge on properties registered in the name of women members in 2017 in a bid to empower them within their households – a scheme which was scrapped by the current JMM-led government headed by CM Hemant Soren in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Marandi protege to Jharkhand BJP’s new LoP face after four years: Who is Amar Bauri? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/marandi-protege-to-jharkhand-bjps-new-amar-bauri-8996249/ |access-date= |website=The Indian Express |language=}}</ref>

On 16 October 2023 he was appointed as the l[[List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|leader of the opposition]] in [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]] replacing [[Babulal Marandi]] who had been appointed as the President of [[BJP Jharkhand]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amar Kumar Bauri appointed leader of BJP Legislative Party in Jharkhand |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/amar-kumar-bauri-appointed-leader-of-bharatiya-janata-party-legislative-party-in-jharkhand/cid/1973685 |access-date= |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand">{{cite news |last1=Outlook India |date=16 October 2023 |title=Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/amar-kumar-bauri-appointed-as-leader-of-bjp-legislative-party-in-jharkhand-news-324794 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519060906/https://www.outlookindia.com/national/amar-kumar-bauri-appointed-as-leader-of-bjp-legislative-party-in-jharkhand-news-324794 |archivedate=19 May 2024 |accessdate=19 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

He lost election in 2024 and was succeeded by [[Babulal Marandi]] as the leader of opposition.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ministers/ Jharkhand Cabinet Ministers]
* [https://www.facebook.com/amarbauriofficial/ Amar Bauri]
* [https://nocorruption.in/politician/amar-kumar-bauri/ Jharkhand MLA]
* [https://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=835/ Myneta.Info]
* [https://twitter.com/amarbauri/ Twitter]
* [http://eci.nic.in/affidavits/AFF_AEFeb2005/Jharkhand/37/Amar_Kumar_Bauri/Amar_kumar_bawari.htm Election commission of India]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Jharkhand]]

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VenettaMahan1 at 13:02, 15 January 2026