Amit Shah
Politician

Amit Shah

Union Minister of Home Affairs · Bhartiya Janta Party · 6A, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Born22 Oct 1964
FromBombay, Maharashtra, India (present-day Mumbai)
OccupationUnion Minister Of Home Affairs
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Amit Shah

Overview

Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 32nd Minister of Home Affairs since May 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation since July 2021. He is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gandhinagar. He served as the 10th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He had been elected as a member of the upper house of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019. A chief strategist of the BJP, he is a close aide to Narendra Modi. He was also the member of the Gujarat…

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Career

Shah started his political career in 1982 after joining the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu volunteer organisation. Soon after, he got acquainted with Narendra Modi, a pracharak (propagator) of the RSS at that time. Reportedly, he was adviced by Modi to join the student wing of the RSS, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Soon after Shah joined the ABVP in the year 1983. Later on, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1987, one year before Modi joined the party. He became an activist of the BJP's youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), in 1987. He gradually rose in the BJYM hierarchy, in which he held various posts including ward secretary, taluka secretary, state secretary, vice-president and general secretary. He became known for his management…

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Media

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