Shri Suresh Prabhu
Minister of Commerce & Industry
| Permanent Address: | B-21, Sadhana, 16th Road, Khar (West), Mumbai 400052 |
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| Present Address: | 12, Akbar Road, New Delhi. |
| Education Qualifications: | B.Com.(Hons.), LL.B., F.C.A. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi |
| Countries Visited: | Widely travelled (more than 80 countries in Asia, Pacific, North America, Africa, Europe and Latin America) ; led seventeen delegations to different countries as Union Minister for Environment & Forests /Chemicals & Fertilizers/ Power; two as Chairman, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers and six delegations as Member of Parliament |
| Positions Held: | 1995-96 Chairman, First Maharashtra State Finance Commission (Constitutional Post) 1996 - 98 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha Member, Joint Committee to Draft Women`s Reservation Bill Member, Committee on Finance May - June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Industry 1998-99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term) Union Cabinet Minister, Environment and Forests 1999 - 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term) 13 Oct. 1999 - 30 Sep. 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers 30 Sep. 2000 - 8 May 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Power 9 May 2002 - 30 June 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Power with additional charge of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises 1 July 2002 - 24 Aug. 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Power Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Member, Public Accounts Committee 2002 - 2004 Member, Committee on External Affairs 13 Dec. 2002-31 March 2004 Chairman, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers (Cabinet Minister rank) 2004 - 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term) Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Finance Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management Nov. 2014 Elected to Rajya Sabha 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017 Union Minister of Railways 3 September 2017 onwards Union Minister of Commerce & Industry |
