Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Colonel (Retd.)
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
AVSM OLY
Colonel (Retd.) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM OLY
	Rathore in 2017
Cabinet Minister, Government of Rajasthan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 December 2023
Governor	Haribhau Bagade
Chief Minister	Bhajan Lal Sharma
Ministry and Departments	List *Industry and Commerce Information Technology and Communication; Youth Affairs and Sports; Skill Planning and Entrepreneurship; Sainik Welfare; ;
Preceded by	Shakuntala Rawat
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Lalchand Kataria
Constituency	Jhotwara
Majority	50,167
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports
	In office; 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Vijay Goel
Succeeded by	Kiren Rijiju
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 9 November 2014 – 24 May 2018
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 24 May 2018 – 24 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Smriti Irani
Succeeded by	Prakash Javadekar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 16 May 2014 – 6 December 2023
Preceded by	Lalchand Kataria
Succeeded by	Rao Rajendra Singh
Constituency	Jaipur Rural
Majority	332,896 (32.84%)
Personal details
Born	29 January 1970; Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Spouse	Gayatri Rathore (m. 1997)
Children	2
Alma mater	National Defence Academy, Pune; Indian Military Academy, Dehradun;
Website	rajyavardhanrathore.in
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	1990 – 2013
Rank	Colonel
Unit	9th Grenadiers
Battles/wars	Kargil War; CI/CT operations in J&K ;
Awards	Padma Shri; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; Khel Ratna Award;
	Sports career
Sport	Shooting
Event	Double trap
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing India
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Asian Games
World Shotgun Championship
ISSF World Shooting Championship
Asian Clay Target Championship
	Minister of State 24 May 2018 – 24 May 2019: Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting ; 3 September 2017 – 24 May 2019:Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports ; 9 November 2014 – 24 May 2018: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting ;

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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist in shooting and retired colonel in the Indian Army. He is serving as a cabinet minister at the Industry & Commerce, Youth Affairs & Sports Department in the Government of Rajasthan since December 2023. Rathore was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural seat since 2014 till 2023.

He won 25 international medals at various championships for double trap shooting including a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's double trap event.

Rathore served as a commissioned officer in The Grenadiers regiment of the Indian Army before retiring in 2013 as a colonel. Following his retirement from the army and shooting, he also acted in some advertisements and tv shows after that he later became a member of the parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.

In November 2014, Rathore was appointed as the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. He served as a Cabinet Minister (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from 2017 to 2019 until 2019. As of 2025, he serves in the Government of Rajasthan, holding the portfolios of Industry and Commerce, Youth Affairs and Sports, Information Technology and Communications, Military Welfare, and Planning and Entrepreneurship.