Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Rajiv Gandhi (Hindi pronunciation:  [ˈraːɦʊl ˈɡaːndʱiː]

( listen); born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a
Rahul Gandhi
member of the Indian Parliament, who represents the
constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the Lok Sabha. He previously
represented the constituency of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. He is a
member of the main opposition party, the Indian National
Congress and was the party president from December 2017 to
July 2019. He is the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress,
the National Students Union of India and a trustee of the Rajiv
Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. On 23
March 2023, he was convicted and sentenced to two years
imprisonment by a court in Gujarat for a 2019 speech made
against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on defamation
allegations related to his surname;[13] the conviction resulted in
his disqualification from the Parliament.[3][4] However, in
August 2023, the Supreme Court of India stayed his conviction,
which allowed him to contest the next election and to be
reinstated as an MP for Wayanad.[14] On 7 August 2023, he was Gandhi in 2019
reinstated as Member of Parliament.[15] Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Born in New Delhi, Gandhi spent his early childhood between Incumbent
Delhi and Dehradun and stayed away from the public sphere for Assumed office
much of his childhood and early youth. He received primary 7 August 2023[1]
education in New Delhi and then the elite all-boys boarding Preceded by Vacant
school The Doon School, Dehradun, but was later homeschooled
because of security concerns. He began his undergraduate degree Constituency Wayanad, Kerala
at St. Stephen's College before moving to Harvard University. In office
Later he transferred to Rollins College in Florida, from which he 23 May 2019 – 23 March 2023 [9]
graduated in 1994 due to security threats following the
Preceded by M. I. Shanavas
assassination of his father, the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The next year, he obtained his M.Phil. from Cambridge. Post- Succeeded by Vacant
graduation, he began his professional career with the Monitor Constituency Wayanad, Kerala
Group, a management consulting firm in London. He soon
returned to India and established the Mumbai-based technology In office
outsourcing firm, Backops Services Private Ltd. 17 May 2004 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by Sonia Gandhi
In 2004, Gandhi announced his entrance to politics and
Succeeded by Smriti Irani
successfully contested the general elections held that year from
Amethi, a seat that was earlier held by his father; he won again Constituency Amethi, Uttar
from the constituency in 2009 and 2014. Amidst calls from Pradesh
Congress party veterans for his greater involvement in party President of the Indian National
politics and national government, he was elected Congress vice- Congress
president in 2013, having served as the general secretary