Shri George Fernandes political profile

Fernandes, Shri George Constituency   : Muzaffarpur (Bihar) Party Name     : Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) Email Address : george[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Shri John Fernandes Mother’s Name Smt. Alice Fernandes Date of Birth 03 Jun 1930 Place of Birth Mangalore (Karnataka) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 21 Jul 1971 Spouse’s Name Smt. Leila Kabir No. of Sons 1 Profession Trade Unionist Agriculturist, Social Worker, Journalist Permanent Address 3, Leonard Lane, Richmond Town, Bangalore-560 025 (Karnataka) (080) 2214143 Present Address 3, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels. (011) 23016035, 23017172, 23793397 Positions Held

1967 Elected to 4th Lok Sabha

1967-70 Member, Committee on Petitions

1969-73 General Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party

1973-77 Chairman, Socialist Party

President, All India Railwaymen’s Federation

1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

March-July 1977 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications

1977-79 Union Cabinet Minister, Industry

1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1989-90 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways

March-May 1990 Minister of Kashmir Affairs (Additional charge)

1990-91 Member, Railway Convention Committee

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)

1993-96 Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1994 onwards President, Samata Party

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)

1998-99 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence

Member, General Purposes Committee

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (8th term)

Leader, Janata Dal (U), Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

13 Oct. 1999 – 16 March 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence

Member, General Purposes Committee

15 Oct. 2001- May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 9th term)

Member, Committee on External Affairs

5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development

Books Published (i) ‘What Ails the Socialists’; (ii) ‘Railway Strike of 1974’; and (iii) ‘George Fernandes Speaks’ Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Editor, “The Other side” (English monthly); and Chairman, Editorial Board of Pratipaksh (Hindi monthly) Special Interests Human rights and civil liberties movements all over the world and anti-nuclear and environmental campaigns Countries Visited Widely travelled Other Information As President of the All India Railwaymen’s Federation led the Railway strike involving 1.5 million workers in 1974, resulting in thousands being sent to jail. This was one of the events that led to the imposition of the Emergency in June 1975; during the Emergency, went underground and fought the existing rule; arrested in June 1976 on the charge of overawing and overthrowing the Government in what came to be known as Baroda Dynamite conspiracy case; fought the 1977 elections from jail; Founder Chairman, The New India Cooperative Bank; Co-Chairman, Indo-Libyan, Indo-GDR and Indo-Hungarian Joint Commissions, 1977-79; Chairman, (i) India Development Group, London, 1979; (ii) Schumacher Foundation, 1979; President, Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat; Member, (i) Amnesty International; (ii) Press Council of India; and (iii) People’s Union for Civil Liberties; associated with Samajwadi Abhiyan—a platform for Socialist Campaigns; Convenor, National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

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