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{{Short description|Indian lawyer and politician (born 1960)}}
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| caption = Nadda in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|02}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| order = 28th
| office = Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
| term_start = 24 June 2024
| term_end =
| 1blankname = [[Vice President of India|Chairman]]
| 1namedata = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] (2022{{endash}}2025)<br/>[[C. P. Radhakrishnan]]
| deputy = [[Nirmala Sitharaman]]
| predecessor = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| successor =
| office1 = 25th [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilisers]]
| president1 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start1 = {{start date|2024|06|09|df=yes}}
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| predecessor1 = [[Mansukh L. Mandaviya]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = 34th [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare]]
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| president2 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| primeminister2 = Narendra Modi
| predecessor2 = Mansukh L. Mandaviya
| primeminister3 = Narendra Modi
| president3 = [[Ramnath Kovind]]<br/>[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| term_start3 = {{start date|2014|11|09|df=yes}}
| term_end3 = {{end date|2019|05|30|df=yes}}
| predecessor3 = [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| successor3 = Harsh Vardhan
| office4 = 10th [[List of national presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| leader4 =
| vicepresident4 =
| predecessor4 = [[Amit Shah]]
| successor4 = [[Nitin Nabin]]
| term_start4 = 20 January 2020
| term_end4 = 20 January 2026
| term5 = 17 June 2019 {{endash}} 20 January 2020
| term_label5 = Working
| predecessor5 = ''Office established''
| successor5 = Nitin Nabin (2025)
| office6 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
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| constituency6 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]
| predecessor6 = [[Parshottam Rupala]]
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| term_end7 = {{start date|2024|04|02|df=yes}}
| constituency7 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]
| predecessor7 = [[Viplove Thakur]]
| successor7 = [[Harsh Mahajan]]
| office8 = [[Government of Himachal Pradesh|Cabinet Minister]] in [[Government of Himachal Pradesh]]
| governor8 = * VS Kokje
* Prabha Rao
* [[Urmila Singh]]
| 1blankname8 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata8 = [[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
| 2blankname8 = Ministries
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| term_end8 = {{end date|2012}}
| governor9 = * VS Rama Devi
* Vishnukant Shastri
* [[Suraj Bhan]]
| 1blankname9 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata9 = Prem Kumar Dhumal
| 2blankname9 = Ministries
| 2namedata9 = {{ubl|• Health and Family Welfare|• Parliamentary Affairs}}
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| term_end9 = {{end date|2003}}
| office10 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency10 = [[Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Bilaspur]]
| term_start10 = {{start date|2007}}
| term_end10 = {{end date|2012}}
| predecessor10 = Tilak Raj Sharma
| successor10 = Bumber Thakur
| constituency11 = [[Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Bilaspur]]
| term_start11 = {{start date|1993}}
| term_end11 = {{end date|2003}}
| predecessor11 = Sada Ram Thakur
| successor11 = Tilak Raj Sharma
| birth_name = Jagat Prakash Nadda
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|• [[Patna College]]<br />([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])|• [[Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University]]<br />([[L.L.B]])}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Mallika Banerjee|1991}}
| children = 2
| relatives = [[Jayashree Banerjee]] (mother-in-law)
| website = {{URL|JagatPrakashNadda.in}}
| residence = {{ubl|7-B, Motilal Nehru Marg, [[New Delhi]]}}
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'''Jagat Prakash Nadda''' (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th [[Minister of Health]], 25th [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]] since 2024 and served as the 10th [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|national president]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) from 2020 to 2026. He is also the member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] representing [[Gujarat]] since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutta |first1=Prabhash K. |title=JP Nadda gets full command of BJP in a journey that began with ABVP |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jp-nadda-gets-full-command-of-bjp-in-a-journey-that-began-with-abvp-1638497-2020-01-20 |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=India Today |date=20 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He was the BJP's national working president from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=JP Nadda elected as BJP national working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jp-nadda-bjp-national-working-president-5785258/|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=17 June 2019|access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=जेपी आंदोलन से सुर्खियों में आए थे जेपी नड्डा, बने विश्व की सबसे बड़ी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष |url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/jp-nadda-new-president-of-the-bharatiya-janta-party-biography-all-about-jagat-prakash-nadda |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=Amar Ujala |date=20 January 2020}}</ref> Nadda was also the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]] in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2204|title=Detailed Profile – Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda – Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India|work=india.gov.in|access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=BJP President JP Nadda gets two ministries, Health and Fertilizers, in PM Modi's new cabinet |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/bjp-president-jp-nadda-gets-two-ministries-health-and-fertilizers-in-pm-modis-new-cabinet/articleshow/110879524.cms |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>

Previously, he was an MLA from [[Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency|Bilaspur]] from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the [[Himachal Pradesh Government]].<ref name="bp">{{cite news|title=The Biography of Jagat Prakash (J P) Nadda|date=24 May 2014|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/05/the-biography-of-jagat-prakash-j-p-nadda/|publisher=Bihar Prabha|access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref>

== Early and personal life ==
J. P. Nadda was born in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] on 2 December 1960, to Narain Lall Nadda and Krishna Nadda, with roots in [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jagatprakashnadda.in/about-jp-nadda/ |title = Jagat Prakash Nadda, President of the Bharatiya Janta Party |website=jagatprakashnadda.in |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Taneja |first1=Nidhi |title=JP Nadda: Born in Bihar but Himachali by origin, BJP's new president has a challenge in hand |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-jp-nadda-profile-bjp-president-bihar-himachali-origin-challenges-581354 |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=India TV News |date=20 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="Profile"/> His family hails from the [[Brahmin]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=https://jagatprakashnadda.in/about-jp-nadda/biography/ |access-date=2 July 2024 |website=Jagat Prakash Nadda Official Website |language=en-US |quote=He was born on 2nd December, 1960 in a Brahmin family to Dr. Narain Lall Nadda and Shrimati Krishna Nadda.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 2020 |title=Silent strategist JP Nadda rises to the helm in BJP, succeeds Amit Shah |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/jagat-prakash-nadda-silent-strategist-rises-to-the-helm-in-bjp/story-DSOtaLCzxeGLpfIvEzmmgN.html |access-date=2 July 2024 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |quote=Belonging to a Brahmin family from Himachal Pradesh, ....}}</ref> He has a brother named Jagat Bhushan Nadda.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jagat Prakash Nadda all set to head BJP |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/jagat-prakash-nadda-all-set-to-head-bjp |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=Free Press Journal |date=31 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Nadda was educated at [[St. Xavier's School, Patna]]. He then did his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]]. degree at [[Patna College]] and [[LL.B.]] from the [[Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University|Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla]]. As a child, he represented [[Bihar]] in the All India Junior Swimming Championship held at Delhi.

Nadda married Mallika Nadda ([[née]] Banerjee) on 11 December 1991, with whom he has two sons.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2204|title=Detailed Profile: Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda|website=India.gov.in|access-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528231332/http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2204|archive-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> His mother-in-law, [[Jayashree Banerjee]], was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arnimesh |first1=Shanker |title=Himachal setbacks to Delhi rise — how Modi-Shah favourite JP Nadda became BJP chief |url=https://theprint.in/politics/himachal-setbacks-to-delhi-rise-how-modi-shah-favourite-jp-nadda-became-bjp-chief/351969/ |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=ThePrint |date=20 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography | publisher = BJPHaryana.org | url = https://www.bjpharyana.org/bjppartypresident.php | access-date = 5 July 2021 | archive-date = 30 November 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231130014158/https://bjpharyana.org/bjppartypresident.php | url-status = dead }}</ref>

[[File:The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri J.P. Nadda addressing the UNGA High Level Meeting on HIVAIDS, in New York on June 08, 2016 (1).jpg|thumb|left|Nadda as the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, addressing the [[UNGA]] High Level Meeting on HIV-AIDS, in [[New York City|New York]] on 8 June 2016 ]]

== Early political career ==
Nadda was first elected to the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in the [[1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|election of 1993]] from [[Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Bilaspur]]. He was [[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|re-elected]] in 1998.

During his first term, he served as the Leader of his party group in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 1998. He was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs in [[First Dhumal ministry]].<ref name=ein>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/jagat-prakash-nadda.html|title=Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> Nadda lost his seat in the [[2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].

Nadda was elected for another term in the [[2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007 elections]]. After [[Prem Kumar Dhumal]] formed a government, he inducted Nadda into his cabinet, as a cabinet minister responsible for Forest, Environment, Science and Technology, from 2008 to 2010.<ref name=ein />

Nadda did not seek re-election to the Legislative Assembly in 2012, and instead got elected to [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]] from Himachal Pradesh.<ref name=ein />

===First Modi ministry===
[[Sanjiv Chaturvedi]] was posted in [[AIIMS, Delhi]] as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) from 2012 to 2014. During his tenure, he was investigating some high-level corruption in the prime institute.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/aiims-whistle-blower-sanjiv-chaturvedi-wins-ramon-magsaysay-award-115072900348_1.html|title=Sanjiv Chaturvedi: The man who uncovered AIIMS corruption |work=Business Standard |date=29 July 2015 |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> As a result of Chaturvedi's investigations, the CBI registered cases and recommended action against Vineet Chawdhry, a close aide to Nadda.<ref name=bst>{{cite news |last=Sethi |first=Nitin |date=26 February 2015 |title=High court notice to Nadda over corruption in AIIMS|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/high-court-notice-to-nadda-over-corruption-in-aiims-115022501363_1.html|work=Business Standard |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> In 2014, Nadda wrote multiple letters to the then Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, to put the investigations on hold and to remove Chaturvedi from the post of CVO.<ref name=bst/><ref>{{cite news |last=Dutt |first=Saikat |date=25 September 2014 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nadda-wanted-corruption-inquiries-to-be-put-on-hold/story-wbHCuvlmWn8zo2Izor1e2M.html |title=Nadda wanted corruption inquiries to be put on hold |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>

In November 2014, [[First Modi ministry|during a cabinet reshuffle]], Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] made Nadda the [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Minister of Health]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vincent |first1=Pheroze L. |title=21 new Ministers inducted into Modi Cabinet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Prime-Minister-Narendra-Modis-Union-Cabinet-expansion/article60318658.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=9 November 2014 |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> The reshuffle move was described by a section of media as surprising and something which raised questions on Modi's stance on corruption.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harsh Vardhan shocker: Modi's decision to replace him with JP Nadda sparks speculation |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/harsh-vardhan-shocker-modis-decision-to-replace-him-with-jp-nadda-sparks-speculation-1795277.html |work=FirstPost |date=10 November 2014 |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> On 25 February 2015, the [[Delhi High Court]] issued a notice to Nadda questioning his role in corruption cases at AIIMS.<ref name=bst/> He was frontrunner for BJP Himachal's Chief Minister but his rival [[Jai Ram Thakur]] won the post.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yogendra |first1=Kanwar |date=23 December 2017 |title=J.P. Nadda frontrunner for Himachal CM |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jp-nadda-frontrunner-for-himachal-cm/article22268190.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref>

According to a June 2017 ''[[India Today]]'' investigative report, Nadda was found to have suppressed an investigation of what the report called a ₹7,000 crore scam. The ''India Today'' reports included reports from the CBI and a parliamentary committee.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Patel |first=Anand |date=20 June 2017 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jp-nadda-clean-chit-in-aiims-rs-7000-crore-scam-983691-2017-06-20|title=Ailing AIIMS: Health Ministry's clean chit puts probe into Rs 7000 crore scam in jeopardy |magazine=India Today |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>

== President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–2026) ==
[[File:J P Nadda assuming charge as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.jpg|thumb|Nadda assuming charge as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
Nadda was appointed the national working president of the BJP in June 2019. On 20 January 2020, he was elected unanimously as the BJP National President, a role he took from [[Amit Shah]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/who-is-jp-nadda-the-new-bjp-national-president/article30607088.ece | title=Who is JP Nadda, the new BJP national president?| newspaper=The Hindu| date=20 January 2020| last1=Hebbar| first1=Nistula|access-date=26 August 2020}}</ref>

In January 2021 in [[Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]], Nadda started a new scheme ''Ek Muthi Chaawal Yojana''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=BJP launches big farmer push in Bengal with Nadda's 'Ek Mutthi Chawal Sangrah' |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/bjps-launches-big%C2%A0farmer-push-in-bengal-with-naddas-ek-mutthi-chawal-sangrah-196039 |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=Tribune |date=9 January 2021 |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329054229/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/bjps-launches-big%C2%A0farmer-push-in-bengal-with-naddas-ek-mutthi-chawal-sangrah-196039 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2022 he got extension to be the party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mishra |first=Himanshu |date=26 September 2022 |title=No election for BJP national president, JP Nadda to continue as party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jp-nadda-to-continue-as-bjp-national-president-until-2024-lok-sabha-elections-2005016-2022-09-26 |magazine=India Today |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>

On 4 March 2024, he resigned as member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news |title=BJP chief JP Nadda resigns as Rajya Sabha member from Himachal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-president-jp-nadda-resigns-as-rajya-sabha-mp/articleshow/108212504.cms |work=The Times of India |date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from [[Gujarat]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Sharat |last2=Doshi |first2=Brijesh |date=20 February 2024 |title=Sonia Gandhi, BJP's JP Nadda elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sonia-gandhi-congress-bjp-jp-nadda-elected-unopposed-rajya-sabha-2504698-2024-02-2 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> and took oath on 6 April 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=J.P. Nadda, others take oath as Rajya Sabha members |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jp-nadda-others-take-oath-as-rajya-sabha-members/article68037168.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |agency=PTI |date=6 April 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>

===Third Modi ministry===
On 9 June 2024, Nadda took the dual-charge of [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] as well as [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=J P Nadda takes charge of Union Health Ministry, tells officials to focus on govt's 100-day agenda |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/j-p-nadda-union-health-ministry-focus-agenda-9385562/ |work=The Indian Express |agency=PTI |date=11 June 2024 |access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{URL|https://jagatprakashnadda.in/|Official website}}

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