Murli Manohar Joshi - Positions Held

Positions Held

  • 1934 Born
  • 1944 Member, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.)
  • 1949 Member, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (A.B.V.P.)
  • 1953–56 General Secretary, A.B.V.P., Uttar Pradesh; All India General Secretary, A.B.V.P.
  • 1957 Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Allahabad
  • 1959–67 Zonal Organising Secretary, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh
  • 1967–75 Secretary, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh; Treasurer, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh; Vice-President, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh (prior to its merger in Janata Party)
  • 1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
  • 1977–79 General-Secretary, Janata Party in Parliament
  • 1980 Founder General Secretary, B.J.P.
  • 1981–83 Treasurer, B.J.P.
  • 1986–90 General-Secretary, B.J.P.
  • 1991–93 President, B.J.P.
  • 1992 Member, Rajya Sabha
  • 1992–96 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; Member, Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, Select Committee on Patent Law; Member, Select Committee on Trade Marks Bill
  • 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  • 16 May – 1 June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs
  • 1996–97 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee; Member, Committee on Finance; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence; Member, Expert Committee on Low Productivity Areas, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operation
  • 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • 1998–99 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development; and Science and Technology
  • 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • Oct–Nov 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development and Science & Technology
  • 22 Nov 1999 – 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development; Science & Technology and Department of Ocean Development
  • 2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Varanasi, UP
  • February 2009 Member, Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  • March 2009 Chairman, Ministry of Finance
  • April 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
  • May 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics
  • January 2010 Member, General Purpose Committee
  • October 2010 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
  • November 2010 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
  • December 2010 Member, Committee on Budget

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