Paswan, Shri Ram Vilas Constituency   : Hajipur (SC) (Bihar) Party Name     : Lok Jan Shakti Party(LJSP) Email Address : ramvilas[DOT]p[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Jamun Paswan Mother’s Name Late Smt. Siya Devi Date of Birth 05 Jul 1946 Place of Birth Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar) Marital Status Married Spouse’s Name Smt. Reena Paswan No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B., D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) Conferred by Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, U.P. Educated at Kosi College, Khagaria and Patna University, Patna (Bihar) Profession Social Worker Permanent Address Vill. & P.O. Shaharbanni, Mantri Tola Bellahi, Distt. Khagaria-851204, Bihar Tel : (0612) 2540566 Present Address 12, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels : (011) 23015249, 23017681 (R), 23386364, 23386519, 23062345, 23063586, 23018301 (O) Fax: (011) 23017681 (R), 23384020, 23061477 (O) Positions Held

1969 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

1970 Joint-Secretary, S.S.P., Bihar

1974 General-Secretary, Lok Dal, Bihar

1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha

1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1982-84 Leader of Lok Dal (K), Lok Sabha

1983 Founder, National President, Dalilt Sena

1985-86 National General-Secretary, Lok Dal

1987-88 National General-Secretary, Janata Party

1988-90 Secretary, National Front

National General-Secretary, Janata Dal

1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1989-90 Union Cabinet Minister, Labour and Welfare

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term) Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Leader of the House, Lok Sabha (During the tenure of 11th Lok Sabha, both the Prime Ministers, Sarvashri H.D. Devegowda and I.K.Gujral, being Members of Rajya Sabha, Shri Paswan was designated as Leader of the House ,Lok Sabha ) Member, Business Advisory Committee

1996-98 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways

1 June 1996-29 June 1996 Minister, Parliamentary Affairs

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)

Leader, Janata Dal Parliamentary Party

1998-99 Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Standing Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)

13 Oct. 1999- 1 Sept. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications

1 Sept. 2001- 29 April 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (8th term)

23 May 2004 – 22 May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals & Fertilizers; Steel

July 2010-May 2014 Member, Rajya Sabha

Aug. 2010 Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Petitions

Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2011 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry Urban Development

2011 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

May 2013 Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (9th term)

27 May 2014 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

29 Jan. 2015 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee

Sports and Clubs Chess Countries Visited Widely travelled Other Information Chairman, Vichar Shakti, 2002; Member, (i) SC/ST Welfare Committee 1977-78; (ii) DDA Advisory Council, 1980-85; (iii) Parliamentary Official Language Committee, 1980-85 and 1989-95; (iv) AIIMS Advisory Committee, 1991-96; and (v) Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998-99; (vi) India-Trinidad and Tobago Parliamentary Friendship Group (since July 2010); Name recorded in Guninees Book of World Records in 1977 for winning election in Sixth Lok Sabha from Hajipur by highest margin

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