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Ravi Shankar Prasad

1954 - Today

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Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30 August 1954) is an Indian politician and lawyer, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. A Member of Parliament since 2000, first in the Rajya Sabha (2000–2019) and then in the Lok Sabha (since 2019), Prasad has served as Union Minister multiple times: As Minister of State, he served in the ministries of Coal (2001–2003), Law and Justice (2002–2003), and Information and Broadcasting (2003–2004) under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's premiership; as Cabinet Minister, he held the Law and Justice (2014, 2016–2021), Communications (2014–2016, 2019–2021), and Electronics and Information Technology (2014–2021) portfolios under Narendra Modi's premiership. His term as Union Minister was marked with the repeal of 1500 archaic laws, handling of litigation over the purchase of Rafale fighter planes, and digitization of 15000 trial courts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the 18,707th most popular politician (down from 17,804th in 2024), the 1,226th most popular biography from India (down from 1,029th in 2019) and the 290th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 18,707 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikola Lončar, Salabat Jung, Cailtram, Lulzim Basha, Devendra Fadnavis, and Charles Kennedy. After him are Nils Ušakovs, Nadine Heredia, Dorothee Bär, Ted Strickland, Eduardo Bolsonaro, and Fu Mingxia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 716. Before him are Mark Linn-Baker, Moon Moon Sen, Mitch Kupchak, Greg Ginn, Phil Bryant, and Mudashiru Lawal. After him are John Ousterhout, Mike Rounds, Aleksandr Tarkhanov, Ken MacLeod, Ted Jensen, and John O'Hurley.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 1,226 out of 1,861. Before him are Sohrab Modi (1897), Sohail Khan (1970), Rohan Bopanna (1980), Salabat Jung (1718), R Vaishali (2001), and Devendra Fadnavis (1970). After him are Sonu Nigam (1973), Ila Arun (1929), Vinesh Phogat (1994), Jasodhara Bagchi (1937), Shiva Ayyadurai (1963), and Diana Penty (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 290. Before him are Om Birla (1962), Manik Sarkar (1949), Uma Bharti (1959), Michael Bennet (1964), Salabat Jung (1718), and Devendra Fadnavis (1970). After him are Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Raman Singh (1952), Akhilesh Yadav (1973), Gopalkrishna Gandhi (1945), Asaduddin Owaisi (1969), and Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963).

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