Mansukh Mandaviya

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya is the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilisers. He has also held the independent charge of the Union Shipping Ministry. He was Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 2012 and 2018. He also worked as the General Secretary of the Gujarat unit of the BJP.

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya was born on June 1, 1972. He belongs to Palitana in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. He studied Political Science from Bhavnagar University and became active in politics during his student life. His political career started from the ABVP and reached the BJP through the BJYM. In 2002, he became an MLA from Palitana. In 2011, he became the chairman of Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Limited. Dr. Mandaviya did his PhD in Political Science. He has undertaken three yatras in Gujarat to create awareness about girls’ education and to spread the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi.