Shankar Chaudhary

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shankar Chaudhary

| office = Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 20 December 2022

| term_end =

|deputy = Jethabhai Ahir

| predecessor= Dr. Nimaben Acharya

| 1blankname = Leader of the House

| 1namedata = Bhupendra Patel

| office2 = Minister of State for Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) & Urban Development, Government of Gujarat

| image = SC Pro Pic 10-04-2016.jpg

| term_start2 = 7 August 2016

| term_end2 = 26 December 2017

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| office1 = Minister of State for Urban Housing (Independent Charge), Health, Family Welfare and Transport, Government of Gujarat

| term_end1 = 7 August 2016

| term_start1 = 22 May 2014

| office4 = Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

| termstart4 = 2022

| predecessor4 = Gulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput

| constituency4 = Tharad

| termstart5 = 2012

| termend5 = 2017

| predecessor5 = Parbatbhai Patel

| successor5 = Geniben Thakor

| constituency5 = Vav

| termstart6 = 1998

| termend6 = 2012

| predecessor6 = Lavingji Muljiji Solanki

| successor6 = Nagarji Thakor

| constituency6 = Radhanpur

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|12|03}}

| birth_place = Vadnagar, Gujarat, India

| nationality =

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Shankar Chaudhary (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian politician from Gujarat state. He is the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since December 2022.{{Cite news |title=Newspaper |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/shankar-chaudhary-elected-unopposed-as-speaker-of-gujarat-assembly/article66284380.ece |work=The Hindu}} He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2017 and again since 2022.

Political career

He contested his first ever election of the Legislative Assembly at the age of just 27 years against the then Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela in 1997 from Radhanpur. However, in the subsequent election held in 1998, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur constituency.

He was the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) and Urban Development, Government of Gujarat under Anandiben Patel ministry.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-16 |title=Gujarat OBC leader Shankar Chaudhary is BJP's pick for speaker |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/gujarat-obc-leader-shankar-chaudhary-is-bjp-s-pick-for-speaker-101671161120882.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

In 2015, he was elected unopposed as the chairman of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur (Banas Dairy) ending 24-year reign of Parthi Bhatol.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-27 |title=Shankarbhai Chaudhary becomes new Chairman of Banas dairy,reduces Ghee price |url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2015/12/27/shankarbhai-chaudhary-becomes-new-chairman-of-banas-dairy-reduces-ghee-price/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=DeshGujarat |language=en-US}} He was the Chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and Vice-Chairman of The Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and General Secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh Bharatiya Janta Party.

He lost in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Vav against Indian National Congress candidate Geniben Thakor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-heavyweights-mlas-ministers-bite-the-dust-1789711|title=Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Heavyweights, MLAs, Ministers Bite The Dust|work=NDTV|access-date=2017-12-23|language=en}}

He was elected from Tharad constituency in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He was elected as the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly on 20 December 2022.

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