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Annpurna Devi

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Annpurna Devi
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Assumed office
10 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySmriti Zubin Irani
Minister of State in Ministry of Education
Government of India
In office
7 July 2021 – 9 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySanjay Shamrao Dhotre
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRavindra Kumar Ray
ConstituencyKodarma
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1998–2014
Preceded byRamesh Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byNeera Yadav
ConstituencyKodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Born (1970-02-02) 2 February 1970 (age 54)
Ajmeri, Bihar, India (present-day Jharkhand)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Rashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseRamesh Prasad Yadav[1]
Residence(s)Kodarma, Jharkhand, India
Alma materPG at Ranchi University
Source: [1]

Annpurna Devi Yadav[2] (born 2 February 1970) is an Indian politician who serving as 5th Minister of Women and Child Development since 2024.[3] She is also a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from Kodarma, Jharkhand in which she won the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] She is also one of the National Vice Presidents of BJP. Previously, she was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, from Kodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "पति की मृत्यु के बाद 1998 में विरासत में मिली थी राजनीति". www.bhaskar.com (in Hindi).
  2. ^ "Union minister Annapurna Devi gets grand welcome in tribal belt of state Hailing from the Yadav community, the Koderma MP lauds the present govt for being all inclusive".
  3. ^ "Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0: Full list of Union ministers, profiles, portfolios, all you need to know". 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ "BJP-AJSU Party alliance wins 12 of 14 seats in Jharkhand". The Economic Times. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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