Suresh Prabhu

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Suresh Prabhu
Indian emissary to the G20 & G7
In office 24 June 2019 – 7 September 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 12 March 2018 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Succeeded by	Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Minister of Railways
In office 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
Minister of Power
In office 30 September 2000 – 25 August 2002
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Succeeded by	Anant Geete
Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals
In office 13 October 1999 – 29 September 2000
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Office raised to Cabinet rank
Succeeded by	Sunder Lal Patwa
Minister of Environment and Forests
In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Saifuddin Soz
Succeeded by	T.R. Baalu
Minister of Industry
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	K. Karunakaran
Succeeded by	Murasoli Maran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 15 May 1996 – 18 May 2009
Preceded by	Sudhir Sawant
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Rajapur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 22 June 2016 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded by	R. Krishnaiah
Constituency	Andhra Pradesh
In office 29 November 2014 – 21 June 2016
Preceded by	Ranbir Singh Parjapati
Succeeded by	Dr. Subhash Chandra
Constituency	Haryana
Chairperson, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers
In office 2002–2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born	Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (1953-07-11) 11 July 1953 (age 70) Bombay, Bombay State, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–present)
Other political affiliations	Shiv Sena (before 2014)
Spouse	Uma Prabhu (m. 1984)
Children	1
Residence(s)	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Alma mater	University of Mumbai ICAI
Profession	Chartered accountant Chancellor, Rishihood University[1] Professor, London School of Economics[2]
Website	www.sureshprabhu.in

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and chancellor of Rishihood University who was the^[3] Minister of Civil Aviation, Railways, Commerce & Industry in the First Modi ministry.^[4]

He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). From 1996, Prabhu retained the seat as a Member of Parliament for the Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He resigned from Shiv Sena and joined the BJP on 9 November 2014. Since June 2016, he has represented Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha.^[5][6] He is also the founding Chancellor of Rishihood University.^[7] He is also a visiting professor at London School of Economics.^[2] He is also a chairman of National Cooperative Policy.^[8]