caption residence date predecessor successor birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
shanta kumar , former chief minister of himachal pradesh yamini himachal pradesh parisar , palampur , distt . kangra , yes 1934 9 12 thakur ram lal virbhadra singh thakur ram lal virbhadra singh garhjamula , kangra indian bharatiya janta party chief , food and public distribution minister of rural development minister of himachal pradesh minister of consumer affairs 12 september 1934 22 1 july 2002 june 1977 5 march 1990 13 oct. 1999 santosh shailja shanta kumar
 14 6 april 2003 february 1980 15 december 1992 30 june 2002 shanta kumar
shanta kumar

shanta kumar -lrb- born 12 september 1934 -rrb- is a former chief minister of himachal pradesh and a former minister in government of india .
he is a member of the bharatiya janata party .
he was elected to the 9th lok sabha from kangra constituency in 1989 .
he was re-elected to the lok sabha in 1998 and 1999 from the same constituency .
he has written a number of books .
