Vajpayee , Shri Atal Bihari

Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Lucknow
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 10 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14

Father's Name : Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 25 Dec 1924
Profession : Journalist Social Worker
Positions held :
1951 Founder-Member, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S)1957 1957 Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha1957-77 Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party1962 Member, Rajya Sabha1966-67 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances1967 Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1967-70 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee1968-73 President, Bhartiya Jana Sangh1971 Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term)1977-79 Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs1977-80 Founder- Member, Janata Party1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term)1980-86 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)1980-84, 1986 and 1993-96 Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party1986 Member, Rajya Sabha1988-89 Member, General Purposes Committee1988-90 Member, House CommitteeMember, Business Advisory Committee1990-91 Chairman, Committee on Petitions1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term)1991-93 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee1991-93 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee1993-96 Chairman, Committee on External AffairsLeader of Opposition, Lok Sabha1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term)16 May 1996- 31 May 1996 Prime Minister of India; and in charge of other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister1996-97 Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha1997-98 Chairman, Committee on External Affairs1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)1998-99 Prime Minister of India; Minister of External Affairs; and also incharge of Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term) Leader, B.J.P., Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha13 Oct.1999- May 2004 Prime Minister of India and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister2004 Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha (10th term) Chairman, B.J.P. and N.D.A. Parliamentary Party
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Books Published
(i) Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); (ii) Mrityu Ya Hatya; (iii) Amar Balidan, (iv) Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency); (v) New Dimensions of India`s Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); (vi) Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; (vii) Three Decades in Parliament (Speeches in three volumes); (viii) Amar Aag Hai(a collection of poems) 1994; (ix) Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen; (x) Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4 Volumes of Speeches in Parliament, 1957-95

(xi) 21 Poems; (xii) Gathbandhan ki Rajneeti; (xiii) Bindu bindu vichaar; (xiv) Shakti se shanti; (xv) Rajneeti ki raptili raahein; (xvi) Decisive days; (xvii) Kuch lekh kuch bhashan; and (xviii) Na dainyam na palayanam
 
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, (i) Rashtra-Dharma (monthly); (ii) Panchajanya (weekly); and Swadesh and Veer Arjun, both dailies
 
Social And Cultural Activities
Member, National Integration Council since 1961; President, (i) All India Station Masters and Assistant Station Masters Association, 1965-70; (ii) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Samarak Samiti, 1968-84; (iii) Deendayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P.; (iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards and (v) Krishna Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Trust, Gwalior
 
Special Interests
International affairs; upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and women and child welfare; economic development
 
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing, travelling, cooking and watching movies
 
 
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, (i) Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965; (ii) Parliamentary Delegations to Australia, 1967, European Parliament, 1983, and Canada, 1987; (iii) Indian Delegations to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings held in Canada, 1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, Isle of Man 1984; (iv) Indian Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974, Sri Lanka, 1975, Switzerland, 1984; (v) Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996; and (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, 1997; Leader, Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission Meeting, Geneva, 1993; and Delegation of Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf countries- Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait ; As Prime Minister travelled extetrsively across the globe, for various international conferences and goodwill visits notable among which are United Nations General Assembly Session, SARRC Summit, CHOGM Summit, Indo -EU Summit , ASEAN Summit NAM Summit, G-8 Border Dialogue and bilateral visits to many countries
 
Other Information
Participated in Freedom Struggle and went to jail in 1942; detained during Emergency in 1975-77; was awarded Padma Vibhushan by President of India in recognition of his services to the Nation; Conferred, (i)Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by Kanpur University,1993; (ii) Lok Manya Tilak Puruskar, 1994; (iii) Bharat Ratna Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian, 1994