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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Kailash Chandra Meghwal
| image = Kailash-Meghwal.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|3|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Udaipur]], [[Udaipur State]], [[British India]]
| residence = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency1 = [[Shahpura, Bhilwara|Shahpura]], ([[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]])
| office1 = [[Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| chiefminister1 = [[Vasundhara Raje]]
| term_start1 = 22 January 2014
| termend1 = 15 January 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Deependra Singh Shekhawat]]
| successor1 = [[C. P. Joshi]]
| office2 = Union Minister of State, [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]]
| term2 = 2003-2004
| primeminister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| office3 = Home Minister, [[Government of Rajasthan]]
| term3 = 1993 - 1998
| constituency_MP4 = [[Tonk, India|Tonk]]
| term4 = 2001-2009
| office5 = Member of Parliament Lok sabha
| constituency5 = [[Jalore]]
| term5 = 1989 to 1991
| office6 = Member of Legislative Assembly
| constituency6 = [[Shahpura, Bhilwara|Shahpura]]
| term6 = 2008 to incumbent
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| website = http://rajassembly.nic.in/KailashMeghwal.htm
| footnotes =
| date = 14 September|
| year = 2006|
| source =
}}

'''Kailash Chandra Meghwal''' (born 22 March 1934) is a former [[Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]],<ref name="Rajassembly-Speaker">{{cite web|title=Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.rajassembly.nic.in/Speaker.htm|website=Rajassembly|publisher=Govt Of Rajasthan|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref> former union minister of state in [[Government of India]] and a national vice president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He represents MLA of [[Shahpura, Bhilwara]] constituency of [[Rajasthan]] in 14th [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] & Ex-[[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Tonk (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Tonk]] constituency of [[Rajasthan]] in [[14th Lok Sabha]]. He was minister of state for social justice and empowerment from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="Rajassembly-Member">{{cite web|title=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.rajassembly.nic.in/MembersPage.asp?DivNo=37|website=Rajassembly|publisher=Govt of Rajasthan|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>

Born in 1934 in [[Udaipur District]] he did MA and LLB from [[University of Rajasthan]]. He was imprisoned in emergency in 1975 and released in 1977. He was president of Udaipur Bar Association and a member of senate of Udaipur University.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

== Membership ==
*1977-1985 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (two term)
*1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha from [[Jalore]]
*1990 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
*1993-1998 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (4th term)
*22 Sept. 2001 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (in by-election, 2nd term)
*2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha, (3rd term)
*2013 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (5th term)
*2018 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (6th term)

== Positions held ==

*1962 Joint Secretary, Praja Socialist Party. Rajasthan
*1969-1975 Joint Secretary, Bharatiya Jansangh, Rajasthan
*1977 Minister of State with Independent Charge of Ministry of Mines & Geology, Panchayati Raj & Sheep and Wool, Government of Rajasthan
*1978 Cabinet Minister, Sahakarita and Mines and Geology, Government of Rajasthan
*1980-1982 Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
*1981-1984 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
*1982-1985 General Secretary, B.J.P., Rajasthan
*1987 onwards Vice-President, B.J.P., Rajasthan
*1991-1992 Cabinet Minister, Irrigation and Relief, Government of Rajasthan
*1994-1998 Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Home, Mines and Printing, Government of Rajasthan
*2003-2004 Union Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment
*Cabinet Minister of Mines and Geology, Government of Rajasthan (20.12.2013-21.01.2014)
*[[Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
*(22.01.2014 to 09.01.2019)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174906/https://rajassembly.nic.in/KailashMeghwal.htm Former Speaker]

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{{s-bef|before = [[Deependra Singh Shekhawat]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] |years = 22 January 2014 - 15 January 2019}}
{{s-aft|after = [[C. P. Joshi]]}}
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->John of Reading at 11:36, 13 December 2021