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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Annapurna Devi
| image = Annpurna Devi Minister (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|02|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ajmeri]], [[Bihar]], India<br>(present-day [[Jharkhand]])
| residence = {{ubl|11, Teen Murti Lane, [[New Delhi]]}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Ministry of Women and Child Development|Union Minister of Women & Child Development]]
| president = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| term_start = 10 June 2024
| predecessor = [[Smriti Zubin Irani]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister1 = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| office1 = [[Minister of Education (India)|Union Minister of State for Education]]
| term_start1 = 7 July 2021
| term_end1 = 10 June 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]
| successor1 = [[Sukanta Majumdar]]<br>[[Jayant Chaudhary]]
| primeminister1 = Narendra Modi
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma, Jharkhand]]
| term_start3 = 23 May 2019
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Ravindra Kumar Ray]]
| successor3 =
| office4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency4 = [[Kodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]]
| term4 = 1998–2014
| predecessor4 = [[Ramesh Prasad Yadav (Indian politician)|Ramesh Prasad Yadav]]
| successor4 = [[Neera Yadav (politician)|Neera Yadav]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| alma_mater = [[Ranchi University]] ([[Post Graduate|PG]])
| spouse = {{marriage|Ramesh Prasad Yadav|1993|1998|end=died}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/kodarma/news/politics-was-inherited-in-1998-after-husband39s-death-032512-4193827.html|title=पति की मृत्यु के बाद 1998 में विरासत में मिली थी राजनीति|website=www.bhaskar.com|language=hi}}</ref>
| children = 3
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/5116?from=members
}}

'''Annapurna Devi Yadav'''<ref name= TheTelegraph>{{Cite web|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/jharkhand/union-minister-annapurna-devi-gets-grand-welcome-in-tribal-belt-of-state/cid/1826811|title = Union minister Annapurna Devi gets grand welcome in tribal belt of state Hailing from the Yadav community, the Koderma MP lauds the present govt for being all inclusive}}</ref> (born 2 February 1970; {{IPA|hi|ən̪ːəpuːɾɳaː d̪eːʋiː jaːd̪əʋ}}) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 5th [[Ministry of Women and Child Development|Minister of Women and Child Development]] since 2024.<ref name="indiatoday.in">{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/narendra-modi-cabinet-2-0-full-list-of-union-ministers-profiles-portfolios-all-you-need-to-know-1539036-2019-05-31 |title = Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0: Full list of Union ministers, profiles, portfolios, all you need to know| date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> She is also a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]], [[Jharkhand]] in which she won the [[2019 Indian general election]] as member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bjp-ajsu-party-alliance-wins-12-of-14-seats-in-jharkhand/articleshow/69480033.cms | title=BJP-AJSU Party alliance wins 12 of 14 seats in Jharkhand | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=24 May 2019 | access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> She is also one of the National Vice Presidents of BJP. Previously, she was elected to the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]], from [[Kodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] as a member of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=Who is Annapurna Devi, the Jharkhand MP who replaced Smriti Irani as the women and child minister? |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/annapurna-devi-jharkhand-mp-women-and-child-minister-smriti-irani-13781079.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>

Devi became a union minister in [[Third Modi ministry|PM Modi's cabinet]], she won the [[2024 Indian general election|Lok Sabha Election 2024]] from Kodarma constituency of Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Annapurna Devi became a minister in Modi cabinet, has been elected as MP from Koderma |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/ranchi/koderma-bjp-mp-annapurna-devi-minister-again-in-pm-narendra-modi-cabinet-mtj |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Prabhat Khabar}}</ref>

'''Union minister (Positions held):'''
Annpurna Devi has held various significant positions throughout her political career. Since 10 June 2024, she has been serving as the Union Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development. She was elected to the [[18th Lok Sabha]] in June 2024. From 7 July 2021, she has served as the Union Minister of State for Education. Additionally, she is a Member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Previously, she was a Member of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (9 October 2019 - 7 July 2021) and a Member of the Standing Committee on Industry (13 September 2019 - 7 July 2021). In May 2019, she was elected to the [[17th Lok Sabha]].

At the state level, she served as the Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Irrigation, Women & Child Welfare, and Registration in the [[Government of Jharkhand]] (2012 - 2014). From 2005 to 2009, she chaired the Committee on Women & Child Welfare in the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]] and served as a Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly for two terms (2005 - 2014). Earlier, she was the Minister of State for the Ministry of Mines and Geology, [[Government of Bihar]], in 2000 and a Member of the Bihar/Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005 and the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from 1998 to 2000.

<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5116?from=members |title=Profile: Annpurna Devi |accessdate=2024-12-10}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Third Modi ministry]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/5116?from=members Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet|state=collapsed}}

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