Ramanlal Vora is an Indian politician of the

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from

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. He is elected to

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for five consecutive terms from Idar 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

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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

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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 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

. He lost in

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from Dasada against

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candidate Naushadji Solanki. He contested 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