Babubhai Bokhiria (born 12 March 1953) is an Indian politician and member of BJP. He was twice elected as an MLA in the

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in 2012 and 2017.

Education

Babubhai Bokhiria holds a B.Sc. in chemistry from Saurashtra University, which he graduated from in 1974.

MLA

He was twice elected as an MLA in the

in 2012 and 2017 from Porbandar Assembly constituency. He was a member of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat in 13th

of the Indian state of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

. Between 7 August 2016 and 26 December 2017 he held the post of cabinet minister of Water Resources (except Kalpsar project), Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cow protection in the 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He contested

2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Gujarat, Gujarat from 2022 elections in India, 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, 182 members of 15th Gujarat Assembl ...

from Porbandar as a BJP candidate but was defeated by his nearest rival and INC candidate Arjun Modhwadia.

Family

Babubhai Bokhiria has two sons.

References

Living people State cabinet ministers of Gujarat Place of birth missing (living people) Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat 1953 births Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub