Kalraj Mishra

Kalraj Mishra
Mishra in 2023
44th Governor of Rajasthan
In office 9 September 2019 – 30 July 2024
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot Bhajan Lal Sharma
Preceded by	Kalyan Singh
Succeeded by	Haribhau Bagade
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office 22 July 2019 – 8 September 2019
Preceded by	Acharya Devvrat
Succeeded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In office 26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
Preceded by	K. H. Muniyappa
Succeeded by	Giriraj Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal
Succeeded by	Ramapati Ram Tripathi
Constituency	Deoria, Uttar Pradesh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2012–2014
Preceded by	Vidya Sagar Gupta
Succeeded by	Ashutosh Tandon
Constituency	Lucknow East
Minister of Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 March 1997 – 17 August 2000
Chief Minister	Mayawati Kalyan Singh Ram Prakash Gupta
Succeeded by	Om Prakash Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 7 June 2001 – 21 March 2012
Preceded by	Rajnath Singh
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
In office 3 April 1978 – 2 April 1984
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 7 July 1986 – 7 June 2001
Constituency	elected by members of Legislative Assembly
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
In office 17 August 2000 – 24 June 2002
Preceded by	Om Prakash Singh
Succeeded by	Vinay Katiyar
In office 1991–1997
Preceded by	Kalyan Singh
Succeeded by	Rajnath Singh
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-01) 1 July 1941 Malikpur, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Satyawati Mishra ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	3
Occupation	Politician
Website	kalrajmishra.com (defunct)
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Kalraj Mishra (born 1 July 1941) is an Indian politician who served as the governor of Rajasthan from 2019 to 2024. He is the former governor of Himachal Pradesh and cabinet minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Being affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he was a member of Parliament from Deoria constituency in Uttar Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.

He was a member of Rajya Sabha and a MLA from Lucknow East assembly constituency. He was also President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the BJP.

He was appointed the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

Personal life

Mishra was born on 1 July 1941 as the fourth son in a middle-class family in Malikpur, Ghazipur. His father, Ramagya Mishra, was a teacher. He obtained his M.A. degree from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi. He married Satyawati Mishra on 7 May 1963, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.

Political career

In 1955, Mishra became a swayamsevak of RSS and in 1963 became RSS purnkalik pracharak. In 1977, he was vice–president of Janata Yuva Morcha (Youth organisation of Janata Party), with Subramanian Swamy as its president. In 1979, he was elected as President of Janata Yuva Morcha. He was the first elected National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

He was a three term member of Rajya Sabha in 1978, 2001 and 2006. He entered politics and held many party positions at state and national level. He was a Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh holding the portfolios of Public Works, Medical Education and Tourism during March 1997 – August 2000 period.

Mishra started a campaign wherein all state highways would be made crater free. He played an important role in the formation of Uttarakhand. By his efforts and organisational capability he was able to make a good & competent organisation.

First time ever Mishra contested Vidhan Sabha election in 2012 as a BJP candidate from Lucknow East assembly constituency and won the seat for BJP. He initiated many developmental projects. In 2014 Mishra became MP from Deoria constituency & later appointed Cabinet Minister in the Modi government. He was the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from 26 May 2014 to 2 September 2017. On 15 July 2019 he was appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh replacing Acharya Devvrat who was transferred to Gujarat as Governor.

Governorship

In July 2019, he was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh replacing Acharya Devvrat. In September 2019, he was appointed the Governor of Rajasthan.