Arjun Munda

Arjun Munda
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
In office
7 December 2023[1] – 11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byShivraj Singh Chauhan
Minister of Tribal Affairs
In office
30 May 2019 – 11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJual Oram
Succeeded byJual Oram
2nd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
In office
11 September 2010 – 8 January 2013
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byPresident's rule
In office
12 March 2005 – 14 September 2006
Preceded byShibu Soren
Succeeded byMadhu Koda
In office
18 March 2003 – 2 March 2005
Preceded byBabulal Marandi
Succeeded byShibu Soren
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 5 June 2024
Preceded byKaria Munda
ConstituencyKhunti
President, Archery Association of India
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Preceded byVijay Kumar Malhotra
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2010 - 2014
Preceded byMangal Singh Soy
Succeeded byDashrath Gagrai
In office
2000 - 2009
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byMangal Singh Soy
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1995 - 2000
Succeeded byoffice abolished
ConstituencyKharsawan
Personal details
Born (1968-05-03) 3 May 1968 (age 56)
Krangajhar, Jamshedpur,
Bihar (now Jharkhand), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseMeera Munda
Children3
ResidenceJamshedpur / New Delhi
Websitearjunmunda.in

Arjun Munda (born 3 May 1968) is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in the Second Modi ministry. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also Chief Minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand. He has also served as a member of parliament, having been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Jamshedpur constituency in the 2009 parliamentary elections. The BJP has appointed him as one of the general secretary of the party.

He lost his seat to Dashrath Gagrai of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha by 11,966 votes in Kharasawan in a 2014 state assembly election.[2]

  1. ^ "Arjun Munda to become Union Agriculture Minister after Narendra Tomar's resignation". India Today. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ "BJP gets clear majority in Jharkhand; Arjun Munda loses election". The Indian Express. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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