Naresh Gujral
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Naresh Gujral | |
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 Gujral in 2012 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 22 March 2007 – 9 April 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Raghav Chadha |
| Constituency | Punjab |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1948 Jalandhar, East Punjab, India |
| Party | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| Spouse |
Anjali Gujral (m. 1987) |
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| Relatives | Avtar Narain Gujral (grandfather) Satish Gujral (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Delhi University- B.A. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - F.C.A. |
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Naresh Gujral (born 19 May 1948)[1] is a Chartered Accountant, Shiromani Akali Dal party politician and former member of the Parliament of India representing Punjab in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
He is the son of Inder Kumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India and Sheila Gujral, a noted Hindi poet. He is the grandson of Indian politician Avtar Narain Gujral; his uncle Satish Gujral was a noted artist. He graduated from the Modern School in 1965, and completed his Bachelor's degree St. Stephen's College of the University of Delhi in 1968.[2]
Business career
He started a clothing company "SPAN", because he had “nothing better to do”, as he put it.[3]
Political career
He contested the 2004 elections for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency as a Shiromani Akali Dal candidate and lost.[4]