Biographical Sketch

 

Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Chief Minister of Haryana

 

Constituency:                     Kiloi (District Rohtak)

Party :                                Indian National Congress (INC)

 

Father’s Name                  : Choudhary Ranbir Singh

Date of Birth                     : September 15, 1947

Place of Birth                    : Village Sanghi, District Rohtak (Haryana)

Marital Status                    : Married

Date of Marriage               : October 15, 1976

Spouse’s Name                 : Smt.Asha Hooda

No. of Sons                       : 1

No. of Daughters               : 1

Educational Qualifications : B.A., LL.B. Educated at Panjab University, Chandigarh  and 
                                             University of  Delhi  ,   Delhi  

Profession                        : Agriculturist, Advocate 

Permanent Address          : Matu Ram Bhawan,  Model  Town,  Delhi Road,  Rohtak (Haryana)

                                           Ph: (01262) 42283, 42212 

Present Address               : Kothi No. 1, Sector 3,   Chandigarh,  (0172) 2749394, 2749395

 

Positions held

1972-1977                          : President, Block Congress Committee, Kiloi,                                                                 Haryana

1980-82                             : Senior Vice-President, Haryana Pradesh Youth                                                            Congress

1982-83                             : President, Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress

1983-87                             : Chairman, Panchayat Samiti, Rohtak

1984-87                             : Chairman, Panchayat Parishad, Haryana

1991                                  :  Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1992 onwards                   :  Member, All India Congress Committee

1994 onwards                   :  Member, Executive, Congress Parliamentary Party

1994-1996                          :  Convenor, Haryana Congress Parliamentary Group

1996                                  : Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97                             :  Member, Committee on Agriculture

1997-2002                          :  President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee

1998                                  :  Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) Member,  Executive Committee

1998-99                             :  Member. Committee on Agriculture; Member, Committee on Subordinate
                                            Legislation; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communication.

2000                                  :  Elected to 9th Haryana Vidhan Sabha from Kiloi Constituency

2002-2004                          : Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly

2004                                  :  Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)

2005                                  :  Elected to 10th Haryana Vidhan Sabha (bye election  from Kiloi
                                            constituency) with a record margin of 1,03,635 votes

March 4, 2005                    :  Elected Leader of Haryana Legislature Party

March 5, 2005                    :  Sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana.  

Social and Cultural           :  Secretary, Jat Education Society, Rohtak, Haryana;
Activities                               Member, Managing Committee, D.A.V.Educational

                                            Society, Hasangarh, Haryana

Special Interests               :  Social service in rural areas

Favourite Pastime and      :  Reading and Sports

Recreation                       

Sports and Clubs               :  Cricket, Badminton and Lawn Tennis; Colour holder in Lawn-Tennis and
                                             promotion of  sports in rural areas. 

Countries visited               :  Hong-Kong ,  Japan, South Korea , UAE and former  USSR , 
                                             Pakistan  ,   China  and Nepal   

International Conferences :  World Youth Festival in U.S.S.R, World Parliamentary Conference in  
                                              China  ,International Conference in   USSR  as a delegate of AICC and
                                             
OISCA and International Conferences  in   Japan  and  South Korea . 

Other Information              : President, All India Young Farmers’ Association, Haryana ; Ex-Member,
                                            Market  Committee, Rohtak; Director, Bank of India, 1989-92; Secretary,
                                           
Farmers’  Parliamentary Forum, 1991 onwards; Founder-Member and
                                             Working President of All India Freedom Fighters’ Successors’
                                             Organisation; Working President, National Federation Railway Porters,
                                             Vendors and Bearers.

 

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