Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhu | |
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Prabhu in January 2018 | |
| Indian emissary to the G20 & G7 | |
| In office 24 June 2019 – 7 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Shaktikanta Das |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Union Minister of Civil Aviation | |
| In office 12 March 2018 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Succeeded by | Hardeep Singh Puri (as MoS I/C) |
| Union Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Union Minister of Railways | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Union Minister of Power | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 25 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (BJP) |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete (SHS) |
| Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilisers | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 29 September 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Office raised to Cabinet rank |
| Succeeded by | Sunder Lal Patwa (BJP) |
| Union Minister of Environment and Forests | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Saifuddin Soz |
| Succeeded by | T.R. Baalu (DMK) |
| Union Minister of Industry | |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | K. Karunakaran |
| Succeeded by | Murasoli Maran |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 15 May 1996 – 18 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhir Sawant |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Rajapur, Maharashtra |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 22 June 2016 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | R. Krishnaiah |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| In office 29 November 2014 – 21 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ranbir Singh Parjapati |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Subhash Chandra |
| Constituency | Haryana |
| Chairperson of the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu 11 July 1953 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Shiv Sena (before 2014) |
| Spouse |
Uma Prabhu (m. 1984) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession |
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| Website | www |
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Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1996 to 2009, representing Rajapur in the Lok Sabha. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing Andhra Pradesh and Haryana from 2014 to 2022. Prabhu was PM Narendra Modi's Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual summit 2014-2015.
He held several ministerial portfolios in the cabinet of the Union Government, including the Minister of Civil Aviation, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, the Minister of Railways, the Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, and the Minister of Environment and Forests. He is the current chancellor of Rishihood University and chairman of the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA).
Prabhu was appointed to the Bloomberg New Economy Advisory Board as the only representative from India. He has also worked in the Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum.