Ramanlal Vora is an Indian politician of the

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from

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state of

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. He is elected to

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for five consecutive terms from

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from 1995 to 2017. He was serving as a speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 22 August 2016.

Career

Ramanlal Vora, son of Indian independence activist Ishwarlal Vora, is a retired Bank Employee and was associated with the Trade Union Activities. He was the Secretary, Ahmedabad City BJP Unit. He is a member of Gujarat State BJP Executive Committee since 1992 and has also performed duties as President of Gujarat State BJP Scheduled Cast Morcha. He was elected M.L.A. in

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from Idar constituency and became Deputy Minister, Energy, Petrochemicals and Co-Operation Department. In

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he was re-elected from the same constituency and became State Minister for Co-Operation (Independent Charge) and Administrative Reforms. He was re-elected for the third time in 2002 from Idar constituency and has held cabinet rank as Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Labour & Employment Department. He is (Prabhari) In-charge Minister of Sabarkantha, Dahod, Kutch and Surendranagar District. He has been re-elected for the fourth time in 2007 from Idar constituency and has held cabinet rank as Minister for Education, (Primary, Secondary, Adult), Higher and Technical Education Department. He again won from Idar in

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. He lost in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Dasada against

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candidate Naushadji Solanki. He constested again from Idar in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vora, Ramanlal Living people State cabinet ministers of Gujarat People from Sabarkantha district 1952 births Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998 Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002 Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007 Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly