A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: NARENDRA DAMODARDAS MODI

Narendra Damodardas Modi: 15th Prime Minister of India;Chief Minister of Gujarat (4 times); MP Lok Sabha (1 time ); MLA (4 times); total votes secured : 18,45,411); total votes secured by Bharatiya Janata Party: 20,57,14,134

Narendra Modi : son of Damodardas Mulchand Modi and Heeraben Modi; born on September 17, 1950 in Vadnagar, a small town in North Gujarats Mehsana District, Gujarat in India Brothers : Somabhai Modi, Amritbhai Modi, Prahladbhai Modi, Pankajbhai Modi, Sister : Vasantiben Hasmukbhai Modi

Education : Masters in Political Science from Gujarat University 1971: Joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

1985 : Joined Bharatiya Janata Party

1988: Organizing Secretary, Bharatiya Janta Party Gujarat unit.

1995: National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party

1998 : General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party

2001 :MLA from Rajkot II (Now Rajkot West) (secured 45298 votes ; margin 14728 )

07.10.2001 - 21.12.2002 : Chief Minister of Gujarat (first time)

2002 : MLA from Maninagar (secured 113589 votes ; margin 75333 )

22.12.2002 24-12-2007 : Chief Minister of Gujarat (second time)

2007 : MLA from Maninagar (secured 139568 votes ; margin 87161)

25.12.2007 25.12.2012 : Chief minister of Gujarat (third time)

2012 : MLA from Maninagar (secured 120470 ; margin 86373)

26.12.2012 21.05.2014 : Chief Minister of Gujarat (fourth time)

31.03.2013 : Member, Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Board

09.06.2013 : Chairman, Bharatiya Janata Party Central Election Committee

13.09.2013 : Elected as the Prime Ministerial candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party for 2014 Parliamentary General Election

2014 : MP from Vadodara (secured 845464 votes ; margin 570128) (resigned)

2014 : MP from Varanasi (secured 581022 votes ; margin 371784)

20.05.2014 : Leader, Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Party

26.05.2014 till date : Prime Minister of India