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 Gandhi in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 7 August 2023[1] – 17 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Wayanad, Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 May 2019 – 23 March 2023[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | M. I. Shanavas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Wayanad, Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 17 May 2004 – 23 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Smriti Irani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Amethi, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Rahul Rajiv Gandhi 19 June 1970 New Delhi, Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Indian National Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Rajiv Gandhi (father) Sonia Gandhi (mother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (sister) Nehru–Gandhi family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Rollins College (B.A.) Trinity College, Cambridge (M. Phil. Development Studies) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi (Hindi pronunciation: [ˈraːɦʊl raːdʒiːʋ ˈɡaːndʱiː] ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh since 2024 in the Lok Sabha.[a] He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the INC from December 2017 to July 2019 and is the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress, the National Students Union of India, and a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. He is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi political family.
Born in New Delhi, Gandhi spent his early childhood between Delhi and Dehradun and stayed away from the public sphere for much of his childhood and early youth. He received primary education in New Delhi and then attended the elite all-boys' boarding The Doon School in Dehradun. Due to security concerns, he was later home-schooled. Gandhi commenced his undergraduate degree at St. Stephen's College before moving to Harvard University. The following year, due to security threats following the assassination of his father, he moved to Rollins College in Florida, completing his degree in 1994. The next year, he obtained his M.Phil. from Cambridge. After completing his post-graduation, he initiated his professional career with the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London. Soon thereafter, he returned to India and founded Backops Services Private Ltd, a technology outsourcing firm based in Mumbai.
Gandhi contested and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from Amethi in 2004, winning reelection in 2009 and 2014. Gandhi led the INC in the 2014 and 2019 Indian general elections, with the party facing significant losses in both, winning only 44 and 52 seats, respectively. In Parliament, Gandhi has served as a member of several Parliamentary Committees including Home Affairs, Human Resource Development, External Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs and Defence. Before the 2024 general elections, Gandhi led the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, and helped the INC in securing 99 seats, thus garnering the party the Official Opposition status for the first time in 10 years, with himself being nominated to serve as leader of the Official Opposition. He won the seat of Rae Bareli in the election, succeeding his mother, Sonia Gandhi.[10][11][12]
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