Gulab Chand Kataria

Gulab Chand Kataria
Official portrait, 2023
31st Governor of Assam
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 February 2023
Chief Minister	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Preceded by	Jagdish Mukhi
Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 17 January 2019 – 16 February 2023
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Preceded by	Rameshwar Lal Dudi
Succeeded by	Rajendra Singh Rathore
In office 21 February 2013 – 9 December 2013
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Preceded by	Vasundhara Raje
Succeeded by	Rameshwar Lal Dudi
In office 25 August 2002 – 4 December 2003
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Preceded by	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded by	Bulaki Das Kalla
Cabinet Minister, Government of Rajasthan
In office 20 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Ministry	Term
Minister of Home Affairs	28 October 2014 – 11 December 2018
Minister of Rural Development	20 December 2013 – 28 October 2014
In office 8 December 2003 – 13 December 2008
Ministry	Term
Minister of Home Affairs	31 May 2004 – 13 December 2008
Minister of Public Works Department	8 December 2003 – 30 May 2004
In office 13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Ministry	Term
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education	13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 2003 – 16 February 2023
Preceded by	Trilok Poorbiya
Constituency	Udaipur
In office 1993–2003
Preceded by	Chhagan Lal
Succeeded by	Prakash Chaudhary
Constituency	Bari Sadri
In office 1977–1985
Preceded by	Bhanu Kumar Shastri
Succeeded by	Girija Vyas
Constituency	Udaipur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	Indubala Sukhadia
Succeeded by	Girija Vyas
Constituency	Udaipur, Rajasthan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
In office 27 May 1999 – 19 June 2000
Preceded by	Raghuveer Singh Koshal
Succeeded by	Bhanwar Lal Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1944-10-13) 13 October 1944 (age 79) Rajsamand, Rajputana Agency, British India (present-day Rajasthan, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Anita Kataria
Children	5
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Guwahati, Assam, India

Gulab Chand Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 31st Governor of Assam since 22 February 2023.^[1][2] He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018, 2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a senior leader of BJP in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party. He hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Udaipur from 1989 to 1991. He was booked by the C.B.I. in the Sheikh encounter killing.^[3] during the rule of the Congress Government at the Centre, but was found not guilty by the Court. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003.^[4] He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan state unit from 1999 to 2000. He was also the member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur from 2003 to 2023 and from 1977 to 1986 and from Bari Sadri from 1993 to 2003.