Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
'Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1923 – 15 May 2010) was the 11th Vice-President of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant, until he resigned on 21 July 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil. Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a leading member of the National Democratic Alliance at the time of election.
Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Bhairaon Singh Shekhawat served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998.
He won every election to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, except in 1972 when he lost from Gandhi Nagar in Jaipur.
Offices held
Shekhawat was a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on the following occasions:
- 1952-1957, first Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1957-1962, second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1962-1967, third Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1967-1972, fourth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1977-1980, sixth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1980-1985, seventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1985-1990, eighth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1990-1992, ninth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1993-1998, tenth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1998-18 August 2002 - eleventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Other important offices held
- 1974–77 - Member of Rajya Sabha (from Madhya Pradesh).
- 1977–18 August 2002 - Opposition Leader - Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 22 June 1977 – 16 February 1980 - Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
- 1980–90 - Leader of the Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
- 4 March 1990 – 15 December 1992 Chief Minister of Rajasthan (second term).
- 4 December 1993 – 29 November 1998 - Chief Minister of Rajasthan (third term).
- December 1998–August 2002 - Leader of the Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
- 19 August 2002 – 21 July 2007 - Vice-President of India and ex officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
Death
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat succumbed to cancer and other age-related health problems, when he breathed his last on 15 May 2010 at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur.
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