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| name = Jaswant Singh Bishnoi<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Guda Bishnoiyan, Distt. [[Jodhpur]]<br />
| residence = Sector 7 Extension, [[Jodhpur]] -342 001 <br />
| death_date = <br />
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| constituency1 = [[Luni (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Luni]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| predecessor1 = Ram Singh Bishnoi<br />
| successor1 = Ram Singh Bishnoi<br />
|term_start1= 1993 <br />
|term_end1=1998<br />
| office = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term = 1999 to 2009<br />
| predecessor = [[Ashok Gehlot]]<br />
| successor = [[Chandresh Kumari]]<br />
| constituency = [[Jodhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jodhpur]]<br />
| office2 = Minister of Forest and Environment, Govt of Rajasthan<br />
| term2 = 1993 to 1998<br />
|office3=Chairman, Central Wool Development Board<br />
|term3=2014 to 2018<br />
|office4= [[Chairman]] of [[Rajasthan Khadi and Village Industries Board]]<br />
|term4=2018<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Sita Devi Bishnoi|1977}}<br />
| children = 2 sons and 2 daughters<br />
| education = [[B.A.]], [[LL.B]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Jai Narain Vyas University]], Jodhpur<br />
| occupation = [[Advocate]], [[Agriculturist]], Businessperson<br />
| country = India<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 14 September<br />
| year = 2006<br />
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=59<br />
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'''Jaswant Singh Bishnoi''' (born 1 August 1958) was a member of [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] and [[14th Lok Sabha]] from [[Jodhpur]]. He is senior leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members: Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=59&lastls=14|access-date=2021-02-07|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2, 2009|title=Jaswant Singh Bisnoi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/election-news/key-contestants/story/jaswant-singh-bisnoi-46292-2009-05-02|access-date=2021-02-07|website=India Today}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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He was born in the village Guda Vishnoiyan in [[Jodhpur district]] and was educated at [[Jai Narain Vyas University]] at Jodhpur. <br />
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==Political life==<br />
He is senior leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Rajasthan]].<br />
He lost to [[Ashok Gehlot]] in the 1998 by narrow margin in [[Lok Sabha]] election but won 1999 and 2004 Lok Sabha elections. In 2009 he lost to [[Chandresh Kumari]] in Lok Sabha election. He is a former minister of Government of Rajasthan during [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]'s government. He defeated Ramsingh Bishnoi in the 1993 MLA election from [[Luni, Rajasthan|Luni]] constituency and held Minister of State, Environment and Forests, Lottery, Small Savings, State Insurance, Public Health and Engineering Department in Government of Rajasthan under Chief Ministership of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Since August 2014 he has been [[Chairman]] of the Central Wool Development Board. In May 2018 he became chairman of Khadi Gramodhyog board of Rajasthan and after a few days was declared cabinet minister of Rajasthan government by Governor of Rajasthan Shri Kalyan Singh.<br />
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan]]<br />
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[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:1958 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jodhpur district]]<br />
[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan]]<br />
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