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Rahul Gandhi
Indian politician (born 1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rahul Gandhi (born 19 June 1970) is politician and member of the political party Indian National Congress. His great-grandfather was Jawaharlal Nehru, who was India's first Prime-Minister.[1] His grandmother was Indira Gandhi who was India's first woman Prime Minister.[1] His father Rajiv Gandhi was India's youngest Prime Minister.[2] He is the chief of the Indian National Congress. He also heads the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India.[3] He is a former member of the Indian Parliament and represented Amethi, Uttar Pradesh in the 16th Lok Sabha.[4]
Rahul Gandhi | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | M. I. Shanavas |
Constituency | Wayanad, Kerala |
Assumed office 17 May 2004 | |
Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi |
Succeeded by | Smriti Irani |
Constituency | Amethi, Uttar Pradesh |
President of the Indian National Congress | |
In office 16 December 2017 – 10 August 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi |
Succeeded by | Sonia Gandhi (Interim) |
Vice-President of the Indian National Congress | |
In office 19 January 2013 – 16 December 2017 | |
President | Sonia Gandhi |
Preceded by | Jitendra Prasada |
Succeeded by | Post Vacant |
General Secretary of Indian National Congress | |
In office 25 September 2007 – 19 January 2013 | |
President | Sonia Gandhi |
Chair of Indian Youth Congress | |
In office 25 September 2007 – 17 December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Chair of National Students’ Union of India | |
Assumed office 25 September 2007 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-06-19) 19 June 1970 (age 54) New Delhi, India |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Parents | Rajiv Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi |
Relatives | Nehru–Gandhi family |
Education | University of Delhi Harvard University Rollins College (BA) Trinity College, Cambridge (MPhil) |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Official website |
Gandhi completed his primary education in New Delhi and Dehradun.[5] After his father became the Prime Minister, he was taught at home because of security problems.[6] He studied at Rollins College under an assumed name.[7] Later, he also attended Cambridge.[8]
Gandhi entered politics in 2004 and won the elections from Amethi. Amethi is a constituency that was earlier held by his father.[9] He won both the 2009 and 2014 elections from the same constituency.[10] [11]He became the General Secretary of the Congress in 2007 and was elected Vice-President of the party in 2013.[12] Gandhi led the Indian National Congress campaign for the 2014 Indian general elections. The party suffered its worst defeat in that election. It won only 44 seats.[13]
On 23 March 2023, Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court in Surat, Gujarat, under charges of defamation because of remarks he had made against Narendra Modi during the 2019 Indian general election campaign. On 24 March 2023, he was disqualified by the Lok Sabha speaker from the membership of the Parliament. The notification issued stated he was an Ex-MP and said that he was disqualified under Article 102 of the Constitution. On 4 August, Gandhi's conviction was stayed by the Supreme Court of India pending appeal.[14]