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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kantilal Bhuria
| image = File:Kantilal Bhuria cropped.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1950|6|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Jhabua]], [[Madhya Bharat]], [[India]]
| residence =[[Jhabua]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
|office=[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assenbly]]
|term_start=24 October 2019
|term_end=3 December 2023
|predecessor=[[Guman Singh Damor]]
|successor=Vikrant Bhuria
|constituency=[[Jhabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jhabua]]
| office1= [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 24 November 2015
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
|constituency1=[[Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratlam]]
| predecessor1 = [[Dileep Singh Bhuria]]
| successor1 = [[Guman Singh Damor]]
|term_start2 = 1998
|term_end2 = 2014
| constituency2 = [[Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratlam]]
| predecessor2 = [[Dileep Singh Bhuria]]
| successor2 =[[Dileep Singh Bhuria]]
|office3 = [[Ministers of State|Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]]
|term_start3 = 24 May 2004
|term_end3 = 2009
|primeminister3 =[[Manmohan Singh]]
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|office4 = [[Union Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]], [[Ministry of Tribal Affairs]]
|term_start4 =29 May 2009
|term_end4 = 19 July 2011
|primeminister4 =[[Manmohan Singh]]
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 =
| education = [[Master of Arts|M.A.]], [[LLB]]
| alma_mater = Chandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua
| profession = [[Politician]]
| footnotes =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Kalpana Bhuria
| children = 2 sons <br /> Sandeep Bhuria <br /> Vikrant Bhuria
| father = Nanu Ram Bhuria |mother= Ladki Bai
| website =
| date = 29 May |
| year = 2018 |
| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/58?from=members
}}

'''Kantilal Bhuria''' (born 1 June 1950; {{IPA|hi|kaːn̪t̪ɪlaːl bʱuːɾɪjaː}}) is an [[Indian politician]] and a member of [[Indian National Congress]] and was till July 2011 the [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]] of the [[Republic of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php |title=Council of Ministers - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India |work=India.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of India]] |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031092842/http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php |archive-date=31 October 2012 }}</ref> He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the [[United Progressive Alliance]]-2 government, led by the Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] in 2009. Earlier, he was the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Ministry of Agriculture]] and Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (India)|Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=58|title=Detailed Profile: Shri Kantilal Bhuria}}</ref> His successor, the new [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]] is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.
[[File:Shri Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004.jpg|thumb|Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004|left]]

==Political career==
Bhuria was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from [[Jhabua (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhabua]] constituency in [[Madhya Pradesh]] and in 2009 from [[Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratlam]]. He lost 2014 General Election from Ratlam but won the by-poll in [[2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election|2015]]. He lost in 2019 General Election again, but was elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha later in 2019 when he won a by-poll in [[Jhabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.india.com/news/india/madhya-pradesh-jhabua-assembly-by-poll-results-winners-list-bjp-vs-congress-3817822/|title=Madhya Pradesh Bypoll 2019 Results: Congress's Kantilal Bhuria Wins Over BJP In Jhabua |publisher=India.com |date=24 October 2019|access-date=1 August 2023 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131841/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=14 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]

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{{s-bef | before = [[Paty Ripple Kyndiah]]}}
{{s-ttl
| title = [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]]
| years = 29 May 2009 - 12 July 2011}}
{{s-aft| after = [[Kishore Chandra Deo]]}}
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Union ministers of state of India]]
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[[Category:Members of the Cabinet of India]]
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[[Category:India MPs 1998–1999]]
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[[Category:India MPs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:People from Ratlam district]]
[[Category:Ministers of tribal affairs of India]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Vikram University alumni]]
[[Category:Presidents of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee]]

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