# Gulab Chand Kataria

Gulab Chand Jain 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. 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 the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party.
Kataria 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 Central Bureau of Investigation in the Sheikh encounter killing, during the rule of the national Congress government, but was found not guilty by a special 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. He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan 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. He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters.

## Political career

Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018. 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 |
| 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 | 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 |