Kailash Chandra Meghwal (born 22 March 1934) is a former

Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Rajasthan, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Rajasthan. He is elected by the members of the Rajasthan Legislat ...

, former union minister of state in

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and a national vice president of

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. He represents MLA of

Shahpura, Bhilwara Shahpura is a town, near city of Bhilwara and tehsil headquarters in Bhilwara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geog ...

constituency of

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in 14th

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& Ex- MP Tonk constituency of

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

. He was minister of state for social justice and empowerment from 2003 to 2004. Born in 1983 in Udaipur District he did MA and LLB from

University of Rajasthan University of Rajasthan is a public and state university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and is one of the oldest universities in the state. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana and was given its current name in 1956. ...

. 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.

Membership

*1977-1985 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (two terms) *1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha from

Jalore Jalore () (ISO 15919 : ''Jālora'' ), also known as ''Granite City'', is a city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Jalore District. It has a river known as Jawai Nadi. Jalore lies to south of Su ...

*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) *

(22.01.2014 to 15.01.2019)

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