Gulab Chand Kataria
Gulab Chand Jain Kataria | |
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Kataria, c. 2024 | |
| Governor of Punjab | |
| Assumed office 31 July 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Preceded by | Banwarilal Purohit |
| 17th Administrator of Chandigarh | |
| Assumed office 31 July 2024 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Preceded by | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Cabinet Minister in Rajasthan | |
| In office 20 December 2013 – 11 December 2018 | |
Ministry | Term |
| Home Affairs | 28 October 2014 – 11 December 2018 |
| Rural Development | 20 December 2013 – 28 October 2014 |
Ministry | Term |
| Home Affairs | 31 May 2004 – 13 December 2008 |
| Public Works Department | 8 December 2003 – 30 May 2004 |
| In office 13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998 | |
Ministry | Term |
| Primary & Secondary Education | 13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998 |
| Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2003 – 16 February 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Trilok Poorbiya |
| Succeeded by | Tarachand Jain |
| Constituency | Udaipur |
| In office 1993–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Chhagan Lal |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Chaudhary |
| Constituency | Bari Sadri |
| In office 1977–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Bhanu Kumar Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Girija Vyas |
| Constituency | Udaipur |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Indubala Sukhadia |
| Succeeded by | Girija Vyas |
| Constituency | Udaipur, Rajasthan |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan | |
| In office 27 May 1999 – 19 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Raghuveer Singh Koshal |
| Succeeded by | Bhanwar Lal Sharma |
| 31st Governor of Assam | |
| In office 22 February 2023 – 29 July 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
| Preceded by | Jagdish Mukhi |
| Succeeded by | Lakshman Acharya |
| Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 17 January 2019 – 16 February 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rameshwar Lal Dudi |
| Succeeded by | Rajendra Singh Rathore |
| In office 21 August 2013 – 9 December 2013 | |
| In office 24 August 2002 – 4 December 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 October 1944 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Anita Kataria |
| Children | 5 |
Gulab Chand Jain Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 37th Governor of Punjab and 17th Administrator of Chandigarh since 31 July 2024. He was the Governor of Assam from 22 February 2023 to 29 July 2024. He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018, 2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party.
Kataria hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Udaipur from 1989 to 1991. He was booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Sheikh encounter killing, during the rule of the national Congress government, but was found not guilty by a special court. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003. He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan from 1999 to 2000. He was also the member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur from 2003 to 2023 and from 1977 to 1986 and from Bari Sadri from 1993 to 2003.