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| birth_place = [[Nathdwara]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British India]] <br />
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'''Girija Vyas''' (born 8 July 1946) is an Indian politician, poet and author. She was a Member of the [[15th Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]], from the [[Chittorgarh (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Chittorgarh]] constituency and former president of [[National Commission for Women]] of [[India]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Girija Vyas was born on 8 July 1946 to Krishna Sharma and Jamuna Devi Vyas.<br />
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After obtaining a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctorate in Philosophy]], she taught at [[Mohanlal Sukhadia University]] of Udaipur and the [[University of Delaware]].<br />
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She has written eight books, three of which contain her poetry. ''Ehsaas Ke Par'' has her Urdu poems, ''Seep, Samundar Aur Moti'' has both her Hindi and Urdu poems while ''Nostalgia'' is enriched with English verses.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 1985, as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, she was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Udaipur, Rajasthan]] and served as a Minister in the [[Government of Rajasthan]] till 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://connect.in.com/girija-vyas/biography-106653.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005002200/http://connect.in.com/girija-vyas/biography-106653.html |archive-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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In 1991, she was elected to the Indian Parliament, representing [[Udaipur, Rajasthan]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] and was appointed as a Deputy Minister (Information and Broadcasting) in the Federal [[Government of India]] in the [[Narsimha Rao]] ministry.<br />
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*1993 onwards: President, All India Mahila Congress;<br />
*1993-96: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Member, Standing Committee on House and External Affairs<br />
*1996: Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)<br />
*1996 onwards: Member, Committee on Raj Bhasha; Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women; Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs<br />
*1999: Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)<br />
*1999-2000: Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals<br />
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From 2001–2004, she was also the President, [[Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee|Rajasthan Provincial Congress Committee]]. Currently, she is Chairperson, Media Department, [[All India Congress Committee]] and member, [[Indo-EU Civil Society]].<br />
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In February 2005, the Congress Party dominated U.P.A. Government of [[Manmohan Singh]], nominated her to the position of the Chairperson of the Fifth [[National Commission for Women]], a Constitutional & Statutory body, a position she was holding till 01/08/2011.<br />
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She also elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|M.L.A.]] in Rajasthan in 2008.<br />
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She was the Minister of [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India)|Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]] in 2013.<br />
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