Rabi Ray
| Rabi Ray | |
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| 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office December 19, 1989 – July 9, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Balram Jakhar |
| Succeeded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Constituency | Kendrapara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1926 Bhanagarh, Puri district |
| Political party | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| As of July 11, 2009 Source: [1] |
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Rabi Ray (born November 26, 1926) is an Indian socialist politician, a former speaker of Lok Sabha and a former Union minister of India. He hails from Orissa. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular).[1]
[edit] Early life
Ray was born on 26 November 1926 at Bhanaragarh village in the Puri district of Orissa, He passed his B.A. examination in History from the Ravenshaw College in Cuttack and later studied Law in the Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack.[1]
[edit] Political career
In 1967,he was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha from Puri constituency in Orissa. In the 4th Lok Sabha, he was the leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP). In 1974, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Orissa and he completed his term in Rajya Sabha in 1980. He was the Union minister of health and family welfare in Morarji Desai Ministry from January 1979 to January 1980.[1]
In 1989, he was re-elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from the Kendrapara constituency in Orissa as a Janata Dal candidate. On 19 December, 1989, he was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 9th Lok Sabha. In 1991, he was re-elected to the 10th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. Since 1997, he is associated with a non-political organization, the Lok Shakti Abhiyan[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Former speakers - Rabi Ray". The Speaker, Lok Sabha official website. http://speakerloksabha.gov.in/former/rabiray.asp. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
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