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Gulab Chand Kataria
Gulab Chand Kataria
30th Governor of Punjab
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 July 2024
Chief Minister	Bhagwant Mann
Preceded by	Banwarilal Purohit
Administrator of Chandigarh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 July 2024
Preceded by	Banwarilal Purohit
Cabinet Minister, Government of Rajasthan
	In office; 20 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Ministry	Term
Minister of Home Affairs	28 October 2014 – 11 December 2018
Minister of Rural Development	20 December 2013 – 28 October 2014
Ministry	Term
Minister of Home Affairs	31 May 2004 – 13 December 2008
Minister of Public Works Department	8 December 2003 – 30 May 2004
	In office; 13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Ministry	Term
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education	13 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2003 – 16 February 2023
Preceded by	Trilok Poorbiya
Constituency	Udaipur
	In office; 1993–2003
Preceded by	Chhagan Lal
Succeeded by	Prakash Chaudhary
Constituency	Bari Sadri
	In office; 1977–1985
Preceded by	Bhanu Kumar Shastri
Succeeded by	Girija Vyas
Constituency	Udaipur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1989–1991
Preceded by	Indubala Sukhadia
Succeeded by	Girija Vyas
Constituency	Udaipur, Rajasthan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
	In office; 27 May 1999 – 19 June 2000
Preceded by	Raghuveer Singh Koshal
Succeeded by	Bhanwar Lal Sharma
31st Governor of Assam
	In office; 22 February 2023 – 29 July 2024
Chief Minister	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Preceded by	Jagdish Mukhi
Succeeded by	Lakshman Acharya
Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
	In office; 17 January 2019 – 16 February 2023
Succeeded by	Rajendra Singh Rathore
Personal details
Born	13 October 1944 (age 80); Rajsamand, Rajputana Agency, British India; (present-day Rajasthan, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Anita Kataria
Children	5
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh, Punjab, India

Gulab Chand Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh since 31 July 2024. He was the 31st Governor of Assam from 22 February 2023 to 29 July 2024.^[1]^[2] 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 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 encounter killing.^[3] during the rule of the Congress Government at the Centre, but was found not guilty by the Court. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003.^[4] 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.

Early life

Kataria was born in Rajsamand.^[5] He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters.^[6]

Political career

Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018.^[7] Kataria served as education minister in Bhairon Singh Shekhawat government between 1993 and 1998. He was MLA of Barisadri from 1993 to 2003.

Positions held

Departmental positions

SI No.	Post	Department	Government or Legislature	Tenure
1.	Member	Estimates Committee	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	1980 - 1981
2.	Member	Estimates Committee (A)	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	1981 - 1985
3.	Member	Committee on Papers laid on the Table	Lok Sabha	1990
4.	Member	Committee on Agriculture	Lok Sabha	1990
5.	Minister	Primary & Secondary Education and Bhasha	Govt. of Rajasthan	1993 - 1998
6.	Minister	Sanskrit Shiksha, Lingual Minority, Language (Bhasha Vibhag), Devasthan	Govt. of Rajasthan	1993 - 1998
7.	Chairman	Public Accounts Committee	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	1999 - 2000
8.	Member	House Committee	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	1999 - 2000
9.	MLA	Leader of the Opposition	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	2002 - 2003
10.	Minister	Home and Public Works Department	Govt. of Rajasthan	2004
11.	Minister	Home	Govt. of Rajasthan	2004 - 2008
12.	Minister	Rural Development and Panchayati Raj	Govt. of Rajasthan	2013
13.	Minister	Home	Govt. of Rajasthan	2013 - 2018
14.	MLA	Leader of the Opposition	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	2018- 16 February 2023 ^[8]
15.	Governor	Governor of Assam	Assam	February 2023- July 2024
16.	Governor	Governor of Punjab	Punjab	28 July 2024- Incumbent
17.	Administrator	Administrator of Chandigarh	Chandigarh	28 July 2024- Incumbent

Memberships of Legislature

SI No.	Legislature	Post	Tenure	Party
1.	6th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	1977 - 1980	JP
2.	7th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	1980 - 1985	BJP
3.	9th Lok Sabha	MP	1989 - 1991	BJP
4.	10th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	1993 - 1998	BJP
5.	11th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	Badi Sadri MLA	1998 - 2003	BJP
6.	12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	2003 - 2008	BJP
7.	13th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	2008 - 2013	BJP
8.	14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	2013 - 2018	BJP
9.	15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	MLA	2018-16 February 2023 ^[8]	BJP

Party posts held

SI No.	Post	Tenure	Organization	Party
1.	Vice President & General Secretary	1977 - 1980	Janta Yuva Morcha	JP
2.	Secretary	1980 - 1985	Rajasthan BJP	BJP
3.	General Secretary	1986 - 1993	Rajasthan BJP	BJP
4.	President	1999 - 2000	Rajasthan BJP	BJP