Amit Shah

Indian Union Home Minister · age 61

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life in chapters

6 milestones from birth to now, with Amit's age at every one.

1960s

  1. Birth

    Born October 22, 1964

1990s

  1. age ~33 Career milestone

    Elected MLA from Sarkhej, Gujarat

    MLA

    Won his first Gujarat Legislative Assembly seat, beginning his electoral career.

2010s

  1. age ~50 Career milestone

    Appointed National President of the BJP

    party president

    Became the ninth national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2014.

  2. age 54 Career milestone

    Elected to the Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar

    Member of Parliament

    Won the Gandhinagar parliamentary constituency in Gujarat in the 2019 general election.

  3. age 54 Career milestone

    Sworn in as Union Home Minister

    Home Minister

    Assumed office as India's Minister of Home Affairs in the second Modi government.

2020s

  1. age 56 Career milestone

    Becomes first Union Minister of Cooperation

    Cooperation Minister

    Took charge of the newly created Ministry of Cooperation in July 2021.

age 61 now

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