Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha | |
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Sinha in 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Babul Supriyo |
| Constituency | Asansol, West Bengal |
| In office 2009 – 2019 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Constituency | Patna Sahib, Bihar |
| 35th Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 22 July 2002 – 29 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | C. P. Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| 3rd Union Minister of Shipping | |
| In office 30 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ved Prakash Goyal |
| Succeeded by | K. Chandrashekhar Rao |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1996 – 2008 | |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shatrughan Prasad Sinha 15 July 1946 Patna, Bihar, British India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2019–2022) Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–2019) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Sonakshi Sinha and Luv Sinha |
| Residence(s) | 10, Talkatora Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Patna Science College, Patna FTII, Pune |
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| Nickname(s) | Shotgun, Shatru |
Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 15 July 1946) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) from Patna Sahib. He was also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha during 1996–2002 and 2002–2008. He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was a member of standing committee on transport, tourism and culture and member of consultative committee in ministry of external affairs and overseas Indian affairs from 2014 to 2019. In 2016, his biography, Anything but Khamosh, was released.