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Suresh Prabhu | |
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| 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 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation,Government of India | |
| In office 12 March 2018 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Succeeded by | Hardeep Singh Puri |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry,Government of India | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Railways,Government of India | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Power,Government of India | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 25 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete |
| Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals,Government of India | |
| 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 |
| Minister of Environment and Forests,Government of India | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Saifuddin Soz |
| Succeeded by | T.R. Baalu |
| Minister of Industry,Government of India | |
| 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 |
| 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, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (1953-07-11)11 July 1953 (age 71) Bombay,Bombay State (present dayMaharashtra), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Shiv Sena(before 2014) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai,Maharashtra |
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| Website | www |
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is anIndian politician and the current chancellor ofRishihood University. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP), representingRajapur in theLok Sabha from 1996 to 2009. Later, he served as a memberRajya Sabha, representingAndhra Pradesh andHaryana from 2014 to 2022.[3][4]
Suresh Prabhu is a chartered accountant (CA) by profession. He completed his CA in 1977, securing ninth rank in the country.[5] He completed his schooling from Sharad Ashram Vidya Mandir,Dadar,Mumbai. Prabhu later pursued a Bachelor's degree in Commerce with Honors fromM. L. Dahanukar College, Vile Parle, Mumbai and a Bachelor of Law degree from the New Law College (Ruparel College campus),Mumbai.[6]
Prabhu held various ministerial positions in theAtal Bihari Vajpayee government (1998–2004), includingMinister of Industry (1996),Minister of Environment and Forests (1998–99),Minister of Fertilizers and Chemicals,Minister of Power (2000–02), and chairperson of the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (2002–04). He later served in theNarendra Modi government asMinister of Railways (2014–17),Minister of Commerce and Industry (2017–19) andMinister of Civil Aviation (2018–19).
On 18 August 2016, Prabhu was received the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj MaharathaAward.[7][8] Media surveys conducted between 2014 and 2017 consistently ranked him among the top five performing ministers in India.[9][10] In 2024, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Economic Policy Group (EPG).[11]
Suresh Prabhu has been named in several controversies, including:
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