J. P. Nadda
Jagat Prakash "J. P." Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to Narendra Modi.[1] He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020.[2][3] Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the third Modi ministry.[5]
J. P. Nadda
Vasundhara Raje, Saudan Singh, Saroj Pandey, Baijayant Panda, D. K. Aruna, A. P. Abdullakutty, Rekha Verma, M. Chuba Ao, Laxmikant Bajpai, Lata Usendi, Tariq Mansoor, Anil Antony
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Forest, Environment, Science and Technology
Health & Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs
Tilak Raj Sharma
Bumber Thakur
Sada Ram Thakur
Tilak Raj Sharma
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Jayashree Banerjee (mother-in-law)
- • Patna College
(B.A.) - • Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University
(L.L.B)
•St. Xavier's High School, Patna
Previously, he was an MLA from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the Himachal Pradesh Government.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Nadda was born on 2 December 1960 in Patna, Bihar in the family of Narain Lall Nadda and Krishna Nadda, with roots in Himachal Pradesh.[7][8][9] He has a brother named Jagat Bhushan Nadda.[10]
Nadda was educated at St. Xavier's School, Patna. Thereafter he did his B.A. from Patna College, Patna University and LL.B. from Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. As a child, he represented Bihar in the All India Junior Swimming Championship held at Delhi.
Nadda married Mallika Nadda (née Banerjee) on 11 December 1991, with whom he has two sons.[9] His mother-in-law Jayashree Banerjee was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.[11][12]