Tirath Singh Rawat

Tirath Singh Rawat (Hindi: तीरथ सिंह रावत; Born 9 April 1964) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Tirath Singh Rawat
Party Chief of Uttarakhand BJP Unit
In office
9 February 2013 – 31 December 2015
Preceded byBishan Singh Chuphal
Succeeded byAjay Bhatt
Personal details
Born (1964-04-09) 9 April 1964
Sinro, Pauri Garhwal district, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Dr. Rashmi Tyagi Rawat
OccupationNational Secretary
WebsiteOfficial website

He was party chief of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand from 9 February 2013 to 31 December 2015 and former member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Chaubttakhal constituency from 2012 to 2017.

Currently he is BJP national secretary. .[1][2][3] [4] [5][6] [7][8][9] [10][11]

Early life

He was born in village sinro of Pauri Garhwal district, India. His father was Kalam Singh Rawat, and mother Gaura Devi.

Political career

He was the state vice president of Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

In 1997, he was elected as member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and was elected as president of the legislative council of Uttar Pradesh.

He was the first education minister of newly formed state Uttarakhand.

After this he was elected as state general secretary of Uttarakhand in 2007 and after that state chief electoral officer and state membership chief.

In 2012, he was elected as legislative assembly member (MLA) and in 2013 he became Uttarakhand BJP Chief.

As Uttarakhand BJP President he won four mayoral posts in municipal corporations out of six as weel as Bharatiya Janata Party wins all five seats in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand was in second position in terms of voting percent throughout India. He was elected as M.P. from Pauri Lokasabha Seat on 23 May 2019. He defeated his nearest rival Mr. Manish Khanduri by more than 03.50 lakh votes.

References
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  10. "Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Tirath Singh appointed BJP's national secretary". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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