Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha | |
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Sinha in 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Babul Supriyo |
| Constituency | Asansol, West Bengal |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Constituency | Patna Sahib, Bihar |
| 35th Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 22 July 2002 – 29 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | C. P. Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| 3rd Union Minister of Shipping | |
| In office 30 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ved Prakash Goyal |
| Succeeded by | K. Chandrashekhar Rao |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 10 April 1996 – 9 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shatrughan Prasad Sinha 15 July 1946 |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2019–2022) Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–2019) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3; including Sonakshi and Luv |
| Alma mater | Patna Science College, Patna FTII, Pune |
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Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 15 July 1946) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol constituency as a member of Trinamool Congress. Earlier, he was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) from Patna Sahib. He was also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha during 1996–2002 and 2002–2008. He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was a member of standing committee on transport, tourism and culture and member of consultative committee in ministry of external affairs and overseas Indian affairs from 2014 to 2019. In 2016, his biography, Anything but Khamosh, was released.
Sinha first gained popularity in the early-1970s playing supporting roles in successful films, including Mere Apne, Bombay to Goa, Raampur Ka Lakshman, Do Yaar, Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Heera, Dost and Do Thug. He achieved stardom with Kalicharan (1976) and consistently starred in top–grossing Indian films from the late-1970s to the 1980s, such as Vishwanath, Jaani Dushman, Kaala Patthar, Dostana, Kranti, Naseeb, Ilzaam, Khudgarz and Aag Hi Aag, as well as some of his acclaimed performances, include Paras, Tanhai, Blackmail, Muqabla, Bombay 405 Miles, Naram Garam, Haathkadi, Phaansi Ke Baad, Khoon Bhari Maang and Adharm.