Narendra Modi

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Narendra Modi
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"#th Prime Minister of $ndia
$ncumbent
%ssumed office
&' May &(")
President Pranab Mukher*ee
Preceded by Manmohan +ingh
")th ,hief Minister of -u*arat
$n office
. /ctober &((" 0 && May &(")
-o1ernor +under +ingh 2handari
3ailashpati Mishra
2alram 4akhar
Na5al 3ishore +harma
+. ,. 4amir
3amla 2eni5al
Preceded by 3eshubhai Patel
+ucceeded by %nandiben Patel
Member of Parliament for
6aranasi
$ncumbent
%ssumed office
"' May &(")
Preceded by Murli Manohar 4oshi
Member of -u*arat 7egislati1e %ssembly for
Maninagar
$n office
&((& 0 "' May &(")
Preceded by 3amlesh Patel
Personal details
2orn Narendra !amodardas Modi
". +eptember "8#( (age '9)
6adnagar, $ndia
Nationality $ndian
Political party 2haratiya 4anata Party
+pouse(s) 4ashodaben ,himanlal ("8':; estranged)
<esidence ., <ace ,ourse <oad
%lma mater =ni1ersity of !elhi
-u*arat =ni1ersity
<eligion >induism
+ignature
Website /fficial 5ebsite
-o1ernment 5ebsite
Narendra !amodardas Modi (?n re n r mo r s mo i @ ( listen), born ". +eptember dd dd dd dd dd
"8#() is the "#th and current Prime Minister of $ndia.?"@ >e is the first Prime minister to be born
after $ndian $ndependence.?&@ Modi, a leader of the 2haratiya 4anata Party (24P), also ser1ed as the
,hief Minister of -u*arat state from &((" to &("). >e is currently the Member of Parliament (MP)
from 6aranasi.
Modi 5as a key strategist for the 24P in the successful "88# and "88: -u*arat state election
campaigns. >e became ,hief Minister of -u*arat in /ctober &((" and ser1ed longer in that position
than anyone else to date. Modi 5as a ma*or campaign figure in the &((8 general election, 5hich the
24Pled National !emocratic %lliance lost to the ,ongressled =nited Progressi1e %lliance (=P%).
>e led the 24P in the &(") general election, 5hich resulted in an outright ma*ority for the 24P in the
7ok +abha (the lo5er house of the $ndian parliament) 0 the last time that any party had secured an
outright ma*ority in the 7ok +abha 5as in "8:).
Modi is a >indu Nationalist and a member of the <ashtriya +5ayamse1ak +angh (<++).?9@?)@ >e is
a contro1ersial figure both 5ithin $ndia as 5ell as internationally?#@?'@?.@?:@ as his administration
has been criticised for failing to act to pre1ent the &((& -u*arat riots.?:@?8@ Modi has been praised
for his economic policies, 5hich are credited 5ith creating an en1ironment for a high rate of
economic gro5th in -u*arat.?"(@ >o5e1er, his administration has also been criticised for failing to
make a significant positi1e impact upon the human de1elopment of the state.?""@