Kantilal Bhuria

Kantilal Bhuria (born 1 June 1950) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress and was till July 2011 the Minister of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India. He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the United Progressive Alliance-2 government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009. Earlier, he was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. His successor, the new Minister of Tribal Affairs is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.

Kantilal Bhuria
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assenbly
In office
24 October 2019  3 December 2023
Preceded byGuman Singh Damor
Succeeded byVikrant Bhuria
ConstituencyJhabua
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
24 November 2015  23 May 2019
Preceded byDileep Singh Bhuria
Succeeded byGuman Singh Damor
ConstituencyRatlam
In office
1998–2014
Preceded byDileep Singh Bhuria
Succeeded byDileep Singh Bhuria
ConstituencyRatlam
Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office
24 May 2004  2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Succeeded byRam Vilas Paswan
Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
In office
29 May 2009  19 July 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Personal details
Born (1950-06-01) 1 June 1950
Jhabua, Madhya Bharat, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseKalpana Bhuria
Children2 sons
Sandeep Bhuria
Vikrant Bhuria
Parents
  • Nanu Ram Bhuria (father)
  • Ladki Bai (mother)
ResidenceJhabua
EducationM.A., LLB
Alma materChandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua
ProfessionPolitician
As of 29 May, 2018
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