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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1941)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Shri Kalraj Mishra, 44th Governer of Rajasthan.png
| image_size =
| caption = Mishra in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|07|01}}
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur district|Malikpur]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| office = 44th [[Governor of Rajasthan]]
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Ashok Gehlot]] [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]]
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Jai Ram Thakur]] | termstart = 9 September 2019
| termend = 30 July 2024
| predecessor = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| successor = [[Haribhau Bagade]]
| office1 = [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
| predecessor1 = [[Acharya Devvrat]]
| successor1 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| term_start1 = 22 July 2019
| term_end1 = 8 September 2019
| office2 = [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
| predecessor2 = [[K. H. Muniyappa]]
| successor2 = [[Giriraj Singh]]
| term_start2 = 26 May 2014
| term_end2 = 3 September 2017
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Deoria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deoria, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 16 May 2014
| term_end3 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor3 = [[Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal]]
| successor3 = [[Ramapati Ram Tripathi]]
| office4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency4 = [[Lucknow East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow East]]
| term_start4 = 2012
| term_end4 = 2014
| predecessor4 = [[Vidya Sagar Gupta]]
| successor4 = [[Ashutosh Tandon]]
| office5 = [[Kalyan Singh ministry|Minister of Public Works Department]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start5 = 21 March 1997
| term_end5 = 17 August 2000
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5 = [[Mayawati]] [[Kalyan Singh]] [[Ram Prakash Gupta]]
| successor5 = [[Om Prakash Singh]]
| office6 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start7 = 3 April 1978
| term_end7 = 2 April 1984
| constituency7 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start6 = 7 June 2001
| term_end6 = 21 March 2012
| predecessor6 = [[Rajnath Singh]]
| constituency6 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
| office8 = [[Member of Legislative Council|Member]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| term_start8 = 7 July 1986
| term_end8 = 7 June 2001
| constituency8 = ''elected by members of [[Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]]''
| office9 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start9 = 17 August 2000
| term_end9 = 24 June 2002
| predecessor9 = [[Om Prakash Singh]]
| successor9 = [[Vinay Katiyar]]
| term_start10 = 1991
| term_end10 = 1997
| predecessor10 = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| successor10 = [[Rajnath Singh]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Satyawati Mishra|1963}}
| children = 3
| website = {{website defunct|kalrajmishra.com}}
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20220515143222/https://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4721&lastls=16
| residence =
| occupation = Politician
}}
'''Kalraj Mishra''' (born 1 July 1941) is an Indian politician who served as the [[governor of Rajasthan]] from 2019 to 2024. He is the former [[governor of Himachal Pradesh]] and [[cabinet minister]] [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]] in the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] government of [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]]. Being affiliated with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[BJP]]), he was a member of [[Parliament]] from [[Deoria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deoria constituency]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] from 2014 to 2019.

He was a member of [[Rajya Sabha]] and a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Lucknow East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow East assembly constituency]]. He was also President of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state unit of the BJP.

He was appointed the [[Union Minister]] for [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)]].

==Personal life ==
Mishra was born on 1 July 1941 as the fourth son in a middle-class family in Malikpur, [[Ghazipur District|Ghazipur]]. His father, Ramagya Mishra, was a teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kalrajmishra.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719090014/http://kalrajmishra.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2008|title=Kalraj Mishra|website=Kalraj Mishra}}</ref> He obtained his M.A. degree from [[Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith]], [[Varanasi]]. He married Satyawati Mishra on 7 May 1963, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4721&lastls=16 |title= Members Bioprofile - Mishra, Shri Kalraj |website=Lok Sabha |access-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515143222/https://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4721&lastls=16 |archive-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 1955, Mishra became a ''swayamsevak'' of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] and in 1963 became RSS ''purnkalik pracharak''. In 1977, he was vice–president of Janata Yuva Morcha (Youth organisation of [[Janata Party]]), with [[Subramanian Swamy]] as its president.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=15 September 1978 |title=Janata MP Subramaniam Swamy believed to have decided to quit Janata Yuva Morcha |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19780915-janata-mp-subramaniam-swamy-believed-to-have-decided-to-quit-janata-yuva-morcha-823019-2014-04-02 |access-date=11 March 2022 |magazine=[[India Today]]}}</ref> In 1979, he was elected as President of Janata Yuva Morcha.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor, Rajasthan |url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/GovernorPre.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105005108/https://www.rajassembly.nic.in/GovernorPre.aspx |archive-date=5 November 2021 |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly}}</ref> He was the first elected National President of [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]].

He was a three term member of [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1978, 2001 and 2006. He entered politics and held many party positions at state and national level. He was a Cabinet Minister in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] holding the portfolios of Public Works, Medical Education and Tourism during March 1997 – August 2000 period.

Mishra started a campaign wherein all state highways would be made crater free. He played a role in the formation of [[Uttarakhand]].

First time ever Mishra contested Vidhan Sabha election in 2012 as a BJP candidate from [[Lucknow East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow East assembly constituency]] and won the seat for BJP. He initiated many developmental projects.
In 2014 Mishra became MP from [[Deoria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deoria constituency]] & later appointed Cabinet Minister in the [[Modi government]]. He was the [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]] from 26 May 2014 to 2 September 2017. On 15 July 2019 he was appointed [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]] replacing [[Acharya Devvrat]] who was transferred to [[Gujarat]] as Governor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Akhilesh |title=Cabinet rejig: Uma, Rudy skip swearing-in ceremony |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cabinet-rejig-uma-rudy-skip-swearing-in-ceremony/articleshow/60354534.cms |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 September 2017 }}</ref>

== Governorship ==
In July 2019, he was appointed the [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]] replacing [[Acharya Devvrat]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat shifted to Gujarat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kalraj-mishra-appointed-himachal-pradesh-governor-acharya-devvrat-shifted-to-gujarat/article28435953.ece |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=15 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kalraj-mishra-appointed-himachal-pradesh-governor-acharya-devvrat-shifted-to-gujarat-2231441.html|title=Kalraj Mishra Appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat Shifted to Gujarat|website=[[News18 India]]|date=16 July 2019|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> In September 2019, he was appointed the [[Governors of Rajasthan|Governor of Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Kalraj Mishra is new governor of Rajasthan, Arif Mohd Khan gets Kerala |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kalraj-mishra-is-new-governor-of-rajasthan-arif-mohd-khan-gets-kerala/articleshow/70932116.cms |access-date=1 September 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 September 2019 }}</ref>

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