Murli Manohar Joshi

Murli Manohar Joshi
Minister of Human Resource Development
In office 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	S. R. Bommai
Succeeded by	Arjun Singh
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Shankarrao Chavan
Succeeded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 19 March 1998 – 21 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Kapil Sibal
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Sriprakash Jaiswal
Succeeded by	Satyadev Pachauri
Constituency	Kanpur
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Rajesh Kumar Mishra
Succeeded by	Narendra Modi
Constituency	Varanasi
In office 1996-2004
Preceded by	Saroj Dubey
Succeeded by	Rewati Raman Singh
Constituency	Prayagraj
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Narendra Singh Bisht
Succeeded by	Harish Rawat
Constituency	Almora
Member of the Rajya Sabha
In office 5 July 1992 – 11 May 1996
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1934-01-05) 5 January 1934 (age 90) Delhi, British India (now India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Tarla Joshi
Education	BSc, MSc, PhD
Alma mater	University of Allahabad
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2017)
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Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993. Joshi is the former Member of Parliament from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] He is a former professor of physics in University of Allahabad. He is one of the senior most leaders of the BJP and one of the founding members. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources & Development Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government.^[2] Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.^[3] Joshi has been a member of RSS since his college days.