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| image = Jual Oram addressing a meeting on effective and efficient implementation mechanism of schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs for development of Tribals, in New Delhi on August 05, 2014.jpg<br />
| caption = Jual Oram in New Delhi on August 05, 2014.<br />
| office = [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]]<br />
| term_start = 26 May 2014<br />
| term_end = 24 May 2019<br />
| predecessor = [[Kishore Chandra Deo]]<br />
| successor = [[Arjun Munda]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start1 = 13 October 1999<br />
| term_end1 = 22 May 2004<br />
| predecessor1 = ''Post created''<br />
| successor1 = [[Paty Ripple Kyndiah]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|constituency2= [[Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sundargarh]]<br />
| term_start2 = 26 May 2014<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| predecessor2 = [[Hemananda Biswal]]<br />
| successor2 = <br />
|constituency3= [[Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sundargarh]]<br />
| term_start3 = 10 March 1998<br />
| term_end3 = 18 May 2009<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Frida Topno]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Hemananda Biswal]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|3|22|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sundargarh]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| spouse = Jhingia Oram<br />
| children = 2<br />
| source = [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=279 Bio-profile]<br />
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'''Jual Oram''' (born 22 March 1961) is a member of the [[17th Lok Sabha]] of India. He represents the [[Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sundargarh]] constituency of [[Odisha]] and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]). He was also a member of the [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]], [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]], [[14th Lok Sabha]] and [[16th Lok Sabha]]. He was chosen as one of the Cabinet Ministers of [[Indian Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/modi-maintains-caste-and-regional-balance-in-cabinet-114052601135_1.html Modi does a balancing act]</ref> He is a former Cabinet Minister in the [[Government of India]]. He is now the Vice-President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and is one of the party's senior most leaders from the State of [[Odisha]], being one of two founding [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Legislative Assembly Members]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the state of [[Odisha]]. He has served as the president of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the state of [[Odisha]] for over four years. He served as leader of opposition party from BJP side in Odisha legislative assembly. He is now serving as the chairman of the parliamentary committee on defence.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Oram was born on 22 March 1961 into a poor [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|tribal family]] at the village of Kendudihi, [[Sundergarh district]], [[Orissa]] (present-day Odisha) to Dilga and Bhutuki Oram.<ref name="FP">{{cite web |title=Jual Oram, India's first tribal minister, back in Union cabinet |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/jual-oram-indias-first-tribal-minister-back-in-union-cabinet-1543947.html |publisher=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Oram, Shri Jual |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=279 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> He received a [[diploma]] in [[Electrical Engineering]] from [[Utkalmani Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering]].<ref name="LS"/> Before entering politics, he was employed as an assistant foreman in [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]]. In an interview to ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]'', Oram said that he would have continued his job in the organization if he had not entered politics.<ref name="FP"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohanty |first1=Subhashish |title=We welcome any support |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/we-welcome-any-support/cid/323288 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=30 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 1989, Oram joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jual Oram gets Tribal affairs ministry |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/headlines/jual-oram-gets-tribal-affairs-ministry/371746 |work=[[Free Press Journal]]|access-date=10 March 2019 |date=27 May 2014}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bonai (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bonai constituency]] in the following year and served for two terms until 1998.<ref name="DJ">{{cite web |title=जुएल ओराम | trans-title = Jual Oram |url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/candidates/jual-oram/279.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |language=hi}}</ref> He served as the party's national vice-president for the BJP ST Morcha (Scheduled Tribes wing) between 1993 and 1995. After serving two years as national secretary of the party, he was appointed party president for the state unit in 1997 and remained in that position until 1999.<ref name="LS"/><br />
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In [[1998 Indian general election|1998]], Oram was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sundargarh constituency]].<ref name="BL">{{cite web |title=Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/Jual-Oram-Tribal-Affairs/article20782443.ece |work=[[Business Line]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=26 May 2014}}</ref> He was re-elected to the parliament in the [[1999 Indian general election|following year]]. After [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] created the [[Ministry of Tribal Affairs]], he was sworn as its first ever [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|minister]] on 13 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Swapan |title=Vajpayee's third government: A blend of expediency and investment in the future |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19991025-vajpayees-third-government-a-blend-of-expediency-and-investment-in-the-future-781730-1999-10-25 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=25 October 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs Minister |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/modi-swearing-in-live-jual-oram-194499-2014-05-26 |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=26 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2004, Oram was re-elected as party president for the state unit and served for two years.<ref name="LS"/> On 17 May of the same year, he was [[2004 Indian general election|re-elected]] to the Lok Sabha for the third time from his constituency.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Das |first1=Arun Kumar |title=Third win for Orissa's 'chicken baba' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Third-win-for-Orissas-chicken-baba/articleshow/679579.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=17 May 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sangrur Lok Sabha Sea by Sushil Goyal |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040407/election.htm |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=7 April 2004}}</ref> From 2006 to 2009, he served as the party's national vice-president.<ref name="LS"/><br />
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Oram lost from his Sundargarh constituency in [[2009 Indian general election|2009]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jual Oram, the face saver for BJP in Odisha, rewarded |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/jual-oram-the-face-saver-for-bjp-in-odisha-rewarded/ |work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=10 March 2019 |date=26 May 2014}}</ref> On 22 December 2009, he was made the party president of the state unit for the third time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Satapathy |first1=Rajaram |title=Oram is state BJP chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Oram-is-state-BJP-chief/articleshow/5367163.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=22 December 2009}}</ref> In July 2012, he alleged that former [[Chief Minister of Odisha]] [[Hemananda Biswal]] had forged his caste certificate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nayak |first1=Ajit |title=Forgery allegations against former Odisha CM |url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/forgery-allegations-against-former-odisha-cm/254/37976/ |work=The Sunday Indian |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=23 July 2012}}</ref> On 1 April 2013, he was appointed vice president of the party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jual Oram bags BJP vice-president seat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Jual-Oram-bags-BJP-vice-president-seat/articleshow/19313938.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=1 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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On 18 May 2014, Oram was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from the Sundargarh constituency after defeating [[Dilip Tirkey]] of the [[Biju Janata Dal]]. He was also the only candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party to win from Odisha.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mishra |first1=Ashutosh |title=Naveen stands tall with win – BJP's Jual Oram wins lone LS seat in Sundargarh |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/naveen-stands-tall-with-win-bjps-jual-oram-wins-lone-ls-seat-in-sundargarh/cid/181635 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=18 May 2014}}</ref> On 26 May, he took oath as the Tribal Affairs minister in the [[First Modi ministry|Narendra Modi ministry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Modi: The New Cabinet |url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/team-modi-the-new-cabinet-17741#photo-228668 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=26 May 2014}}</ref> In the following month, he announced that the central government would create a tribal map of India which would help in introducing new projects and schemes for the tribals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Centre to prepare a tribal map of India: minister |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/1JUAwFebzKMbs2zSPqImTI/Centre-to-prepare-a-tribal-map-of-India-minister.html |work=Live Mint |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=3 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
On 8 March 1987, he married Jhingia Oram and they have two daughters.<ref name="LS"/><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
In 2015, Oram stoked a controversy by equating [[Sarnaism]] with [[Hinduism]]. Carrying black flags and banners, nearly 300 tribals gathered around the state guesthouse in [[Ranchi]] on 31 October and demanded an apology from him for allegedly hurting their sentiments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister faces ire for Sarna row |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/minister-faces-ire-for-sarna-row/cid/1377629 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=1 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)]]<br />
* [[Indian general election, 2009 (Odisha)]]<br />
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