Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala (born 1 October 1954) is an Indian politician and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the

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. He is a member of

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, representing the Indian state of

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and a leader of

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. He was a former member of

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from

Amreli Amreli is a city and a municipality in Amreli district in Indian state of Gujarat. History It is believed that during 534 AD Amreli existed was formerly known as Anumanji, Amlik and then Amravati. The city is named in ancient Gujrati as ''A ...

and formerly served as a minister in

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Early life

Rupala was born to Hariben Khodabhai and Khodabhai Madhabhai, on 1 October 1954. Rupala earned his B.Sc. and B.Ed. He studied at

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and

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in 1976–1977. Before entering politics, he served as School Principal at Hamapur in Medium School from 1977 to 1983. He was the chief officer of the Amreli municipality from November 1983 to March 1987.

Career

Rupala was the president of the

district Bhartiya Janta Party from 1988 to 1991. This led to his service as

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of the

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in 1992. He was Chairman of a youth hostel from February 2002 to 2004. He served as trustee of Kadva Patidar trust, in Amreli, Chairman of Madad Trust and President of the Gujarat electricity board union. He served 3 consecutive terms as a member of

ending in 2002. He was a Cabinet Minister in Narmada for Irrigation and Water Supply from 19 March 1995 to 20 October 1995 and again from 4 November 1995 to 18 September 1996; for Agriculture from 9 October 2001 to 21 December 2002. He chaired the Public Accounts Committee of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from March 1997 to December 1997. He was the Chairman of

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(G.I.D.C.) from June 1998 to October 2001. He was elected a Rajya Sabha Member (2008-2009) where he served on the Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Member (Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010), on the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member ( July 2010 -), on the Committee for the Ministry of Shipping Member (Sept. 2010 -) and on the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Member, Committee on Agriculture (Aug. 2012 -). He was again elected to

in June 2016 in by-poll following death of sitting

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MP Praveen Rashtrapal. From May 2019 to July 2021, he served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. In July 2021, he became Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

Personal life

Rupala married Savitaben in 1979. They have a daughter and one son.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rupala, Parsottambhai People from Amreli district 1954 births Living people Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995 Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002 Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998 Narendra Modi ministry Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat University alumni