Ramesh Bais (born 2 August 1947) is an Indian politician who has served as the 10th

Governor of Jharkhand The governor of Jharkhand is a nominal head of the Indian state of Jharkhand and permanent representative of president of India. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a five-year term. Raj Bhavan in Ranchi serves as the offici ...

since July 2021. He also served as the 18th Governor of Tripura in July 2019 to July 2021. A member of the

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, he had served as a Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Environment and Forests in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government from 1999. He was elected to the 9th (1989) & 11th to 16th (1996-2019)

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from

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Ch ...

Personal life

Bais was born on 2 August 1948 in

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(now in Chhattisgarh) to Khom Lal Bais. He completed his

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education from B.S.E.,

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

. He married Rambai Bais on 23 May 1969 . They have a son and two daughters. Bais is an agriculturist by profession.

Political career

Bais was first elected to Municipal Corporation of Raipur in 1978. He won 1980 MP Assembly election from Mandir Hasod Constituency but lost 1985 Assembly election to his Congress rival Satyanarayan Sharma. He was elected for the first time to the

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as a member of the 9th

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in 1989 and was re-elected consecutively from 1996 to 11th,

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, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He also served as Union

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and

Third Vajpayee ministry Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999. He headed his Third Vajpayee Ministry. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry. Cabinet ministers ...

holding various portfolios such as

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, Mines, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Information and Broadcasting and also Minister of State (Independent charge) for Mines and Environment & Forests till May 2004. He served as 18th Governor of Tripura succeeding

Kaptan Singh Solanki Kaptan Singh Solanki (born 1 July 1939) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the 17th Governor of Tripura. From August 2009, he was the member of the Parliament of India representing Madhya Pradesh State in the Rajya Sabha ...

from July 2019 to July 2021. He is currently serving as 10th Governor of Jharkhand since 14 July 2021.

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External links

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