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| Office | 44th Governor of Rajasthan |
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| Office | Governor of Himachal Pradesh |
| Office | Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Office | Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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| Predecessor | Kalyan Singh |
| Successor | Haribhau Bagade |
| Predecessor | Acharya Devvrat |
| Successor | Bandaru Dattatreya
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| Born | 1941-07-01 (age 85) |
| Born | Malikpur, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Template:Marriage |
| Children | 3
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Template:Website defunct |
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 of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Being affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he was a member of Parliament from Deoria constituency in Uttar Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.
He was a member of Rajya Sabha and a MLA from Lucknow East assembly constituency. He was also President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the BJP.
He was appointed the Union Minister for 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. His father, Ramagya Mishra, was a teacher.[1] 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.[2]
Political career
In 1955, Mishra became a swayamsevak of 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.[3] In 1979, he was elected as President of Janata Yuva Morcha.[4] 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 assembly constituency and won the seat for BJP. He initiated many developmental projects. In 2014 Mishra became MP from Deoria constituency & later appointed Cabinet Minister in the Modi government. He was the 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.[5]
Governorship
In July 2019, he was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh replacing Acharya Devvrat.[6][7] In September 2019, he was appointed the Governor of Rajasthan.[8]
References
- ↑ Kalraj Mishra. Kalraj Mishra.
- ↑ Members Bioprofile - Mishra, Shri Kalraj. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ↑ Template:Cite magazine
- ↑ Governor, Rajasthan. Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ Cabinet rejig: Uma, Rudy skip swearing-in ceremony. The Times of India(4 September 2017). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ↑ Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat shifted to Gujarat. The Hindu(15 July 2019). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ↑ Kalraj Mishra Appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat Shifted to Gujarat. News18 India(16 July 2019). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ Kalraj Mishra is new governor of Rajasthan, Arif Mohd Khan gets Kerala. The Times of India(1 September 2019). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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