15th Prime Minister of India Incumbent Assumed office 26 May 2014 Presid ent Pranab Mukherjee Preced ed by Manmohan Singh 14th Chief Minister of Gujarat In office 7 October 2001 – 22 May 201 Govern or Sunder Singh Bhandar Kailashpati Mishra Balram Jakhar Nawal Kishore Sharm S. C. Jamir Kamla Beniwal Preced ed by Keshubhai Patel Succee ded by Anandiben Patel Member of Parliament for Varanasi Incumbent Assumed office 16 May 2014 Preced ed by Murli Manohar Joshi Member of Gujarat Legislativ Assembly for Maninagar In office 1 January 2002 – 16 May 201 Preced ed by Kamlesh Patel Personal details Born Narendra Damodardas 17 September 1950 (age 64 Vadnagar, Bombay State, Gujarat ) India Nation ality Indian Politic al party Bharatiya Janata Part Spouse (s) Jashodaben Chimanlal (1 estranged) Reside nce 7, Race Course Road Alma mater University of Delhi Gujarat University Religio n Hinduism Signat ure Websit e Official website Government website Narendra Damodardas Modi ([nəreːnd̪rə d̪ɑːmoːd̪ərəd̪ɑːs moːd̪iː] ( ), born 17 September 1950) is the 15th and current Prime Minister of India , in office since May 2014. [1][2] Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), previously served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat state from 2001 to 2014. He is currently the Member of Parliament (MP) from Varanasi . Modi led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which resulted in an outright majority for the BJP in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament) – the last time that any party had secured an outright majority in the Lok Sabha was in 1984. Since then, Modi has also been credited for the BJPs electoral victories in the states of Haryana and Maharashtra in October 2014. [3] Modi is a Hindu Nationalist and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). [4][5] He is a controversial figure both within India as well as internationally [6][7][8][9] as his administration has been criticised for failing to act to prevent the 2002 Gujarat riots .[9][10] Modi has been praised for his economic policies, which are credited with creating an environment for a high rate of economic growth in Gujarat. [11] However, his administration has also been criticised for failing to make a significant positive impact upon the human development of the state. [12]
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