Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal
Minister of Textiles
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySmriti Irani
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Assumed office
8 October 2020
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRam Vilas Paswan
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
28th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
14 July 2021
Deputy
Rajya Sabha ChairpersonVenkaiah Naidu
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded byThawar Chand Gehlot
Indian emissary to the G20 & G7
In office
7 September 2021 – 7 July 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byAmitabh Kant
Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office
12 June 2019 – 13 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
LeaderThawar Chand Gehlot
Rajya Sabha ChairpersonVenkaiah Naidu
Preceded byunknown
Succeeded byMukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Minister of Railways
In office
3 September 2017 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded byAshwini Vaishnaw
Minister of Coal
In office
26 May 2014 – 31 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byShriprakash Jaiswal
Succeeded byPralhad Joshi
Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
In office
14 May 2018 – 23 August 2018
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
In office
23 January 2019 – 15 February 2019
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Succeeded byArun Jaitley
Minister of Mines (Independent Charge)
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Minister of New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byFarooq Abdullah
Succeeded byRaj Kumar Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
5 July 2010
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Personal details
Born
Piyush Ved Prakash Goyal

(1964-06-13) 13 June 1964 (age 59)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance
SpouseSeema Goyal
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Parents
ResidenceMumbai
Alma materHR College (B.Com)
Government Law College (L.L.B)

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (C.A)

ProfessionChartered accountant
Websitewww.piyushgoyal.in

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is an Indian politician and chartered accountant serving as a cabinet minister in the Government of India, having portfolios such as Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the current Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.

Earlier, he held the post of the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee where he oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014. Goyal has also held additional charge of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs twice in 2018 and 2019. Earlier he was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy (2014–2017), and Mines (2016–17).[2]

Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy. He has been allocated the cabinet ministry for Narendra Modi led NDA government in May 2019.

In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate for the Mumbai North constituency in the 2024 General Elections.[3]

  1. ^ "Rajya Sabha-Members in Council of Minister". rajyasabha.nic.in. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Piyush Goyal Interim Finance Minister: Piyush Goyal named interim Finance & Corporate Affairs minister". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Second list of BJP candidates for ensuing General Elections 2024 to the Parliamentary Constituencies of different states finalised by BJP CEC". 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

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