Dilip Ray

Dilip Ray
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Steel
In office
13 October 1999 – 27 May 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byNaveen Patnaik
Succeeded byBraja Kishore Tripathy
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Coal
In office
20 March 1998 – 13 October 1999
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byInder Kumar Gujral
Succeeded byMinistry abolished
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Food Processing Industries
In office
6 July 1996 – 25 December 1997
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byJaipal Reddy
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
In office
29 June 1996–6 July 1996
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byRaghuvansh Prasad Singh
Personal details
Born (1954-01-09) 9 January 1954
OccupationPolitician
Hotelier
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Dilip Ray (born 9 January 1954) is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of Odisha. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only Odia parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Prime Ministers. He is the founder and CMD of Mayfair Group of Hotels, largely based in eastern India.