Murli Manohar Joshi
Murli Manohar Joshi | |
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Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Union Minister of Human Resource Development | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | S. R. Bommai |
| Succeeded by | Arjun Singh |
| 3rd National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Lal Krishna Advani |
| Succeeded by | Lal Krishna Advani |
| Union Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Shankarrao Chavan |
| Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Union Minister of Science and Technology | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 21 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Yoginder K Alagh |
| Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sriprakash Jaiswal |
| Succeeded by | Satyadev Pachauri |
| Constituency | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Narendra Modi |
| Constituency | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 10 May 1996 — 17 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Saroj Dubey |
| Succeeded by | Rewati Raman Singh |
| Constituency | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 22 March 1977 – 10 January 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Narendra Singh Bisht |
| Succeeded by | Harish Rawat |
| Constituency | Almora, Uttar Pradesh |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 5 July 1992 – 11 May 1996 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1934 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 1980) |
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| Spouse | Tarla Joshi |
| Education | BSc, MSc, PhD |
| Alma mater | University of Allahabad |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2017) |
| Signature | |
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Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is one of the founding members and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as its President from 1991 to 1993. In addition to his role in the BJP, he has been a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organisation. Joshi is the former Member of Parliament from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency. He is a former professor of physics in University of Allahabad. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources & Development Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.