C. P. Joshi

C. P. Joshi
Official Portrait
Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 16 January 2019 – 20 December 2023
Governor	Kalyan Singh Kalraj Mishra
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Preceded by	Kailash Chandra Meghwal
Succeeded by	Vasudev Devnani
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
In office 19 January 2011 – 16 June 2013
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Succeeded by	Oscar Fernandes
Minister of Railways
In office 11 May 2013 – 16 June 2013
Preceded by	Pawan Kumar Bansal
Succeeded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
In office 22 September 2012 – 28 October 2012
Preceded by	Mukul Roy
Succeeded by	Pawan Kumar Bansal
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
In office 22 May 2009 – 18 January 2011
Preceded by	Mani Shankar Aiyar
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Vijayendrapal Singh
Succeeded by	Subhash Chandra Baheria
Constituency	Bhilwara
Cabinet Minister of Rajasthan Government
In office 7 December 1998 – 4 December 2003
Departments	Education, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ground Water, Public Health Engineering, Science and Technology.
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 2018 – 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Kalyan Singh Chouhan
Succeeded by	Vishvaraj Singh Mewar
Constituency	Nathdwara
In office 1998–2008
Preceded by	Shiv Dan Singh Chauhan
Succeeded by	Kalyan Singh Chouhan
Constituency	Nathdwara
In office 1980–1990
Preceded by	Navneet Kumar
Succeeded by	Shiv Dan Singh Chauhan
Constituency	Nathdwara
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-29) 29 July 1950 (age 73) Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Professor of Psychology
Website	cpjoshi.com

C. P. Joshi (born 29 July 1950) is an Indian politician and a five-time MLA from Nathdwara, Rajasthan. He was born in a Brahmin family in Nathdwara, Rajasthan and he is a member of the Indian National Congress.^[1] He has previously served as Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Previously, he was the Member of Parliament of India from Bhilwara in the 15th Lok Sabha. He was one of the first 19 members of India's new cabinet sworn in on 22 May 2009, despite being a first-time member of the Lok Sabha. As a union minister, Joshi held key portfolios like Road Transport and Highways, and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry. Moreover, he was also a Cabinet Minister of the Government of Rajasthan from 1998 to 2003.

He lost Nathdwara constituency against Vishvaraj Singh Mewar, a great descendant of Maharana Pratap family for Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.^[2][3]