Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Gandhinagar
State : Gujarat
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri K. D. Advani
Mother's Name : Smt. Gyani Devi
Date of birth : 08 Nov 1927
Profession : Journalist Diplomat, Trade Unionist
Positions held :
1947 Secretary, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.), Karachi1966-67 Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Interim Metropolitan Council1967-70 Chairman, Metropolitan Council, Delhi1970-72 President, Bhartiya Jana Sangh, Delhi1970 Elected to Rajya Sabha1973-77 President, B.J.S.1974-76 Leader, B.J.S., Rajya Sabha1976 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)1977-80 General-Secretary, Janata Party1977-79 Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Leader of the House, Rajya SabhaJan.-Apr. 1980 Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha1980-86 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)Leader, B.J.P., Rajya Sabha1982 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)1986-91 President, B.J.P.1988 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (4th term)1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1989-91 Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaLeader of Opposition, Lok Sabha1990-91 Chairman, Committee to Review the Lok Sabha Secretariat (Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 1955)Apr.-May 1990 Chairman, Committee of Parliament appointed to advise the structure of pay and allowances and other terms & conditions of service for the post of Secretaries-General of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-93 Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha1993-98 President, Bharatiya Janata Party1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1998-99 Union Cabinet Minister, Home AffairsChairman, Committee on Official Language1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)13 Oct. 1999 - May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs29 Jun. 2002 - May 2004 Deputy Prime Minister1 Jul. 2002 - 25 Aug. 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines (Additional Charge)29 Jan. 2003 - 21 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Personnel, Pensions and Public Grievances (Additional Charge)2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 5th term)Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha5 Aug. 2006 - May 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)May 2009 - 21 Dec. 2009 Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha4 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Installation of Potraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs15 Dec. 2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House ComplexMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology15 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Chairperson, Committee on Ethics8 Oct. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex
More Information :
Books Published
(i) A Prisoner`s Scrap Book (an account of unfolding of events of the Internal Emergency imposed on the country as seen from a prison house; (ii) The People Betrayed (an account of the rise and fall of the Janata Government headed by Shri Morarji Desai) and (iii) My Country My Life (an autobiographical account)
Social And Cultural Activities
Organised the work of R.S.S. in Alwar, Bharatpur, Kota, Bundi and Jhalawar, 1947-51
Special Interests
Electoral reforms
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Books, theatre, cinema, sports and music
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to, (i) Czechoslovakia, 1972; (ii) Australia, 1974; (iii) I.P.U. Conference at Ottawa, 1985; Leader, (i) Indian Delegation to Inter-Governmental Conference on Communication Policies in Asia and Oceania (ASIOCOM), Kuala Lumpur, 1977; (ii) UNESCO General Conference, 1978; and (iii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Strasbourg Conference on Parliamentary Democracy, September 1991; visited Germany, Turkey, UAE (2001); USA (2002 & 2003); Spain (2002); U.K. (2002 & 2003); Qatar & France (2003);Thailand & Singapore (2003) as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs; visited Pakistan (2005) in the capacity of Leader of Opposition (LS)
Other Information
Detained under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during Emergency, June 1975-January 1977; Member, (i) Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), 1942 onwards; (ii) Press Council of India, 1990; conferred Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, 1999 by Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG)
