Champai Soren (born 1 November 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

from 2 February 2024 to 3 July 2024, following the arrest of former

Hemant Soren Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician who is serving as the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand since 4 July 2024. He previously held the office from 2019 to 2024 and from 2013 to 2014. He is also the president of the Jhark ...

by the

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(ED) on allegations of money laundering. He served as a cabinet minister under Hemant Soren both before and after his tenure as Chief Minister.

Early life and education

Soren was born in Jilinggora village in

Seraikela Kharsawan district Seraikela Kharsawan district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Seraikela town is the district headquarters of Saraikela Kharsawan district . The district is well known for Seraikela Chhau, one of the three di ...

. He is a tribal leader and his father Simal Soren is a farmer. He studied till Grade 10 in a government school before entering politics. He has seven children.

Career

Soren is an eight-time MLA. He was first elected from Seraikella in 1991 and served two-terms in the

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till 2000. During the separate Jharkhand state movement, he became a member of the

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

(JMM). Before joining JMM, he served as an independent MLA. Later, he represented Seraikella assembly constituency in the

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continuously for four terms from 2000 to 2024. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Transport, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste & Backward class welfare,

Government of Jharkhand The Government of Jharkhand also known as the State Government of Jharkhand, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its Districts of Jharkhand, 24 districts. It consists of an exec ...

in the cabinet of 2nd Hemant Soren ministry from 2019 to 2024. In a sudden turn of events after former Chief Minister Hemant Soren was arrested, he was made the Chief Minister on 2 February 2024. Hemant Soren once again assumed the office of Chief Minister of Jharkhand after his release from prison in June 2024. Champei Soren left

after being allegedly humiliated by the party leadership and joined

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in 2024.

Positions held

Electoral history

Indian general elections

Legislative Assembly elections

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