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Deepender Singh Hooda | |
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 Hooda in 2013 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Arvind Kumar Sharma,BJP |
| Constituency | Rohtak, Haryana |
| In office 1 October 2005 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bhupinder Singh Hooda,INC |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Kumar Sharma,BJP |
| Constituency | Rohtak, Haryana |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 10 April 2020 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Selja Kumari,INC |
| Succeeded by | Kiran Choudhry,BJP |
| Constituency | Haryana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1978-01-04)4 January 1978 (age 48) Delhi, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Deepender Singh Hooda (born 4 January 1978)[1] is an Indian politician. He is a five-termMember of Parliament from theIndian National Congress. He was elected as theMember of the Lok Sabha fromRohtak in 2024.[2] He was also aMember of Parliament, Rajya Sabha fromHaryana. He is a special invitee to theCongress Working Committee.[3]
Hooda was the youngest parliamentarian when he entered politics in 2005.[4] He writes frequently on Indian economics and international affairs in theIndian Express and other prominent publications.[5]
Hooda has served three terms as Member of Parliament inLok Sabha fromRohtak. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020. Earlier he was elected to the Lok Sabha fromRohtak for three terms. During the 16th Lok Sabha, he was theWhip ofIndian National Congress in Parliament.[6] He served on several other statutory and parliamentary bodies in various capacities as an elected board member of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology; as a Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy; as chairman of Indo-UK forum of Parliamentarians. In past, he has been a member of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Finance, External Affairs, Agriculture and Human Resource Development.[7]
He is the fourth generation of his family to be in public service. His fatherBhupinder Singh Hooda served as the Chief Minister of Haryana for two terms while his grandfather,Ranbir Singh Hooda, was a freedom fighter, a member of the Constituent Assembly, a member of the 1st and 2nd Lok Sabha from Rohtak,[8] and Minister in Punjab (when Haryana was part of Punjab)[9] and a member of Rajya Sabha. His great grandfatherChoudhary Matu Ram[dead link] was a social reformer and a freedom fighter who worked closely withMahatma Gandhi.
| SI No. | Year | House | Constituency | Party | Committee |
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| 1. | 2005 (By Poll) | 14th Lok Sabha | Rohtak | INC | Consultative Committee on External Affairs. Committee on Agriculture. |
| 2. | 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | Rohtak | INC | Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme. |
| 3. | 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | Rohtak | INC | Standing Committee on Energy. |
| Lost theelection in 2019 toBJP'sArvind Kumar Sharma. | |||||
| 4. | 2020 | Rajya Sabha | Haryana | INC | |
| 5 | 2024[10] | 18th Lok Sabha | Rohtak | INC | |
He then took a break to finish his MBA at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, where he majored in finance and strategy. After his MBA, he joined American Airlines, Sabre Holdings, Dallas, USA as a senior manager.[11]
Deepender Hooda holds aBachelor of Technology andMaster of Business Administration and abachelor's degree in law. He did his engineering from theTechnological Institute of Textile & Sciences,Bhiwani. He did his MBA fromKelley School of Business at theIndiana University, Bloomington, where he majored in Finance and Strategy. At the Indiana University, he was awarded honorary Beta Gamma Sigma (top 1% of class) and was elected president of Asian Students Association at the university. During this period, he successfully led team of Asian students from the top 15 business schools in United States in holdingAsian Business Conference atHarvard Business School.[7]
He is an alumnus ofMayo College,Ajmer.[12]
Deepender Hooda married Sweta Mirdha, granddaughter of Nathuram Mirdha who is a member of the Indian National Congress inRajasthan.[16] Her older sister,Jyoti Mirdha, is a former Congress MP fromNagaur in Rajasthan. Sweta and Deepender have a son Kesarvir.
Hooda was earlier married to Geeta Grewal, they divorced in 2005.
