Girija Vyas

Girija Vyas
Vyas in 2017
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Government of India
In office
17 June 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byAjay Maken
Succeeded byVenkaiah Naidu
Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Government of India
In office
21 June 1991 – 17 March 1993
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byS. Krishna Kumar
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Chairperson
National Commission for Women
In office
16 February 2005 – 8 April 2011
Preceded byPoornima Advani
Succeeded byMamta Sharma
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 — 16 May 2014
Preceded byShrichand Kriplani
Succeeded byChandra Prakash Joshi
ConstituencyChittorgarh
In office
6 October 1999 — 13 May 2004
Preceded byShanti Lal Chaplot
Succeeded byKiran Maheshwari
ConstituencyUdaipur
In office
19 June 1991 — 3 March 1998
Preceded byGulab Chand Kataria
Succeeded byShanti Lal Chaplot
ConstituencyUdaipur
Personal details
Born(1946-07-08)8 July 1946
Died1 May 2025(2025-05-01) (aged 78)
PartyIndian National Congress
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Girija Vyas (8 July 1946 – 1 May 2025) was an Indian politician, poet, and author. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, from the Chittorgarh constituency and previously served four terms as Udaipur's Lok Sabha representative. She was president of the fifth National Commission for Women of India and had published 8 books.