About Suresh Prabhu
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1996 to 2009, representing Rajapur in the Lok Sabha. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing Andhra Pradesh and Haryana from 2014 to 2022. Prabhu was PM Narendra Modi's Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual summit 2014-2015. He held several ministerial portfolios in the cabinet of the Union Government, including the Minister of Civil Aviation, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, the Minister of Railways, the Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, and the Minister of Environment and Forests. He is the current chancellor of Rishihood University and chairman of the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA). Prabhu was appointed to the Bloomberg New Economy Advisory Board as the only representative from India. He has also worked in the Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum. In the first term of the Narendra Modi government, Suresh Prabhu was appointed Minister of Railways but resigned in 2017 following train accidents. In the final period of the first term of the Narendra Modi government, he served as Minister of Civil Aviation. Suresh Prabhu is a chartered accountant by profession, becoming qualified in 1977. Suresh Prabhu has been elected from Rajapur constituency, Maharashtra, from 1996 to 2004 under Shiv Sena.
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