Kanwar Pal Gujjar | |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1960 |
Birth Place: | Bahadurpur, Punjab, India |
Office1: | Cabinet Minister Government of Haryana |
Term Start1: | 14 November 2019 |
Term End1: | 17 October 2024 |
2Blankname1: | Minister of Education |
2Namedata1: | 14 November 2019 -17 October 2024 |
3Blankname1: | Minister of Forest |
3Namedata1: | 14 November 2019 - 17 October 2024 |
4Blankname1: | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
4Namedata1: | 14 November 2019 -17 October 2024 |
5Blankname1: | Minister of Tourism, Hospitality, Art & Cultural Affairs |
5Namedata1: | 14 November 2019 - 17 October 2024 |
Office2: | Speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly |
Term Start2: | 3 November 2014 |
Term End2: | 4 November 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Kuldeep Sharma |
Successor2: | Gian Chand Gupta |
Office3: | Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly |
Constituency3: | Jagadhri |
Term Start3: | 2014 |
Term End3: | 2024 |
Predecessor3: | Akram Khan (politician) |
Successor3: | Akram Khan (politician) |
Constituency4: | Chhachhrauli |
Term Start4: | 2000 |
Term End4: | 2005 |
Predecessor4: | Akram Khan (politician) |
Successor4: | Arjan Singh |
Spouse: | Sunita Gujjar |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Chandigarh |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nationality: | Indian |
Kanwar Pal Gujjar is an Indian politician who was the speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from 26 October 2014 to 4 November 2019. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to the assembly from Jagadhri two times. He was born in Yamunanagar, Haryana.
Gujjar was born to a Hindu Gujjar family on 8 May 1960 in Bahadurpur to father Chandan Singh and mother Jagwati Devi. He did matriculation from Haryana Board of School.
Education, Bhiwani in 1976-1977 and then pursued Bachelor of Arts from Mukund Lal College Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra University in 1979, but dropped out in the second year. Gujjar is married to Sunita Gujjar, with whom he has two daughters and a son, Nischal Chaudary.[1] [2]
He became MLA twice. He was elected MLA in 2000 when INLD-BJP ruled the state.[3]