Rabi Ray
Rabi Ray | |
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Portrait of Rabi Ray | |
| 9th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 19 December 1989 – 9 July 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Vishwanath Pratap Singh Chandra Sekhar |
| Deputy | Shivraj Patil |
| Preceded by | Balram Jakhar |
| Succeeded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 25 January 1979 – 14 January 1980 | |
| Prime Minister | Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Raj Narain |
| Succeeded by | Mohsina Kidwai |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1989–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Sarat Kumar Deb |
| Succeeded by | Srikant Kumar Jena |
| Constituency | Kendrapara, Odisha |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Bibudhendra Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Banamali Patnaik |
| Constituency | Puri, Odisha |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1974 – 2 April 1980 | |
| Constituency | Odisha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1926 Bhanagarh, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India |
| Died | 6 March 2017 (aged 90) Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Political party | Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Party (Secular), Janata Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Dr. Saraswati Swain |
As of 11 July, 2009 Source: | |
Rabi Ray (26 November 1926 – 6 March 2017) was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister. He hailed from Odisha. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Janata Dal.