Suresh Prabhu

Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhu
Indian emissary to the G20 & G7
In office
24 June 2019  7 September 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byShaktikanta Das
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India
In office
12 March 2018  30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAshok Gajapathi Raju
Succeeded byHardeep Singh Puri
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
In office
3 September 2017  30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Railways, Government of India
In office
9 November 2014  3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byD. V. Sadananda Gowda(BJP)
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Power, Government of India
In office
30 September 2000  25 August 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byRangarajan Kumaramangalam(BJP)
Succeeded byAnant Geete(Shiv Sena)
Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Government of India
In office
13 October 1999  29 September 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byOffice raised to Cabinet rank
Succeeded bySunder Lal Patwa(BJP)
Minister of Environment and Forests, Government of India
In office
19 March 1998  13 October 1999
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySaifuddin Soz
Succeeded byT.R. Baalu(DMK, NDA)
Minister of Industry, Government of India
In office
16 May 1996  1 June 1996
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byK. Karunakaran
Succeeded byMurasoli Maran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
15 May 1996  18 May 2009
Preceded bySudhir Sawant
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyRajapur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
22 June 2016  21 June 2022
Preceded byNirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded byR. Krishnaiah
ConstituencyAndhra Pradesh
In office
29 November 2014  21 June 2016
Preceded byRanbir Singh Parjapati
Succeeded byDr. Subhash Chandra
ConstituencyHaryana
Chairperson, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers
In office
2002–2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu

(1953-07-11) 11 July 1953
Bombay, Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(since 2014)
Other political
affiliations
Shiv Sena (before 2014)
Spouse
Uma Prabhu
(m. 1984)
Children1
Residence(s)Mumbai, Maharashtra
Alma mater
Profession
Websitewww.sureshprabhu.in

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1996 to 2009, representing Rajapur in the Lok Sabha. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing Andhra Pradesh and Haryana from 2014 to 2022. He held several ministerial portfolios in the Union Government, including Ministry of Civil Aviation, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Railways, Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, and Minister of Environment and Forests. He is the current chancellor of Rishihood University and chairman of the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA).

Prabhu was appointed to the Bloomberg New Economy Advisory Board as the only representative from India.

In addition, he also worked in the Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum.