Thawar Chand Gehlot

Thawar Chand Gehlot
Thawar Chand Gehlot
	Gehlot in 2024
13th Governor of Karnataka
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 July 2021
Chief Minister	B. S. Yediyurappa ; (until 28 July 2021); Basavaraj Bommai; (28 July 2021 - 13 May 2023); Siddaramaiah; (20 May 2023 - Incumbent);
Deputy CM	C. N. Ashwath Narayan; (until 26 July 2021); Govind Karjol; (until 26 July 2021); Laxman Savadi; (until 26 July 2021); D. K. Shivakumar; (20 May 2023 - Incumbent);
Preceded by	Vajubhai Vala
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 8 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by	Virendra Kumar Khatik
27th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
	In office; 11 June 2019 – 6 July 2021
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 3 April 2012 – 7 July 2021
Succeeded by	L. Murugan
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1996–2009
Preceded by	Phool Chand Verma
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born	Thawar Chand Gehlot; 18 May 1948 (age 76); Rupeta, Nagda, Central India Agency, Dominion of India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political; affiliations	National Democratic Alliance
Spouse	Anita Gehlot
Children	4
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Vikram University
	Source: [1]

Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who is the current and 13th Governor of Karnataka, being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh.^[3]^[4] He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on 11 July 2021.^[5] He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.^[6]

Early life

Gehlot was born in a Dalit family in the village of Rupeta in Nagda in the Central India Agency of the Dominion of India, which is in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a senior member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He had assumed ministerial berth a number of times in the union government.^[7]

He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.^[8]

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament representing the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences.^[9] He formerly represented Shajapur in the lower house of Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009.^[10] He served as the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, in Modi's 2nd cabinet. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was also the general secretary of the party.^[11]

On 6 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot was appointed the 13th Governor of Karnataka.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Phool Chand Verma	Member of Parliament for Shajapur 1996–2009	Succeeded by Constituency dissolved
Political offices
Preceded by Selja Kumari	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 26 May 2014 - 8 July 2021	Succeeded by Virendra Kumar Khatik
Preceded by Arun Jaitley	Leader of the House of the Rajya Sabha 11 June 2019 - 6 July 2021	Succeeded by Piyush Goyal