Union minister nitin gadkari biography

Indian politician (born 1957)

Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra^[2] who is serving as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014.^[3] He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, currently in his tenure for over ten years, and is the only person to serve under a single portfolio for three consecutive terms.^[4] Being one of senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he served as the President of his party from 2009 to 2013.^[5]

He currently represents the Nagpur constituency in the Lok Sabha and is a lawyer by profession.

He has previously served as a Minister in various departments, including Water resources and River development, Shipping, Rural Development and MSME. He is often referred to as the "Expressway Man of India" by the media due to his initiation of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and his con