Kamal Nath

Kamal Nath
Nath in 2012
18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
In office
17 December 2018 – 23 March 2020
GovernorAnandiben Patel
Lalji Tandon
Preceded byShivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded byShivraj Singh Chouhan
17th Leader of the Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
17 July 2020 – 28 April 2022
Preceded byGopal Bhargava
Succeeded byGovind Singh
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 June 2019
Preceded byDeepak Saxena
ConstituencyChhindwara
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Ministerial offices
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
DeputyRajeev Shukla
Preceded byPawan Kumar Bansal
Succeeded byVenkaiah Naidu
Union Minister of Urban Development
In office
19 January 2011 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
DeputySaugata Roy
Deepa Dasmunsi
Preceded byJaipal Reddy
Succeeded byVenkaiah Naidu
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
In office
28 May 2009 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
DeputyMahadeo Singh Khandela
R. P. N. Singh
Preceded byT. R. Baalu
Succeeded byC. P. Joshi
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
23 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
DeputyS. S. Palanimanickam
E. V. K. S. Elangovan
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Succeeded byAnand Sharma
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles
In office
15 September 1995 – 20 February 1996
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byGaddam Venkatswamy
Succeeded byGaddam Venkatswamy
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
21 June 1991 – 15 September 1995
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byManeka Gandhi
Succeeded byRajesh Pilot
Parliamentary offices
Protem Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office
11 June 2014 – 14 June 2014
Preceded byManikrao Gavit
Succeeded byVirendra Kumar Khatik
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1998 – 2018
Preceded bySunder Lal Patwa
Succeeded byNakul Nath
ConstituencyChhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
In office
1980 – 1996
Preceded byGargi Shankar Mishra
Succeeded byAlka Nath
ConstituencyChhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1946-11-18) 18 November 1946
PartyIndian National Congress
Spouse
(m. 1973)
Children2 (including Nakul Nath)
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Kolkata (B.Com)
Signature
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Kamal Nath (born 18 November 1946; Hindi pronunciation: [kəməl n̪aːt̪ʰ]) is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2018 to 2020 and resigned after a political crisis. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2020 to April 2022.

As a leader of the Indian National Congress he has served as the Minister of Urban Development. He is one of the longest serving and most senior members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament. He was appointed the Pro Tem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. He has been elected nine times from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh. Nath was elected president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee in May 2018, leading the party in the November–December 2018 assembly election. He assumed the office of Chief Minister on 17 December 2018 and resigned on 20 March 2020 due to lack of majority in government. He was elected as MLA of Chhindwara in 2019 after Deepak Saxena vacated his seat.