Gulab Chand Kataria

Gulab Chand Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 29th Governor of Assam since 15 February 2023.

He hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Udaipur from 1989 to 1991.

He was booked by the C.B.I. in the Sheikh fake encounter killing.

Kataria served as education minister in Bhairon Singh Shekhawat government between 1993 and 1998.

He was MLA of Barisadri from 1993 to 2003.

He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan state unit from 1999 to 2000.He was also the member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur from 2003 to 2023 and from 1977 to 1986 and from Bari Sadri from 1993 to 2003.

Kataria was born in Rajsamand.

He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters.

Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018.

He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018, 2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998.

He is a senior leader of BJP in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party.

He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003.