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Amitbhai Anilchandra "Amit" Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician from Gujarat and the current President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Shah was elected as an MLA from Sarkhej in four consecutive elections: 1997 (by-election), 1998, 2002 and 2007. He is a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and held a number of portfolios in the state government during Modi's tenure as Chief Minister of Gujarat. He is the MLA from Naranpura, winning the constituency with the second-largest margin of victory in the 2012 elections. Shah was the BJP's in-charge for India's largest and most politically crucial state, Uttar Pradesh, during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its allies swept the entire state, registering their best ever performance, by winning 73 out of 80 seats. As a result, Shah rose to national prominence and was appointed as the party's national president in July 2014. == Early life == Amit Shah was born in Mumbai, in a well-to-do Jain Gujarati family.〔〔 His father Anilchandra Shah, a businessman from Mansa, owned a successful PVC pipe business.〔 He did his schooling in Mehsana and moved to Ahmedabad to study biochemistry at CU Shah Science College. He graduated with a B.Sc. degree in biochemistry, and then worked for his father's business.〔 He also worked as a stockbroker and in co-operative banks in Ahmedabad. Shah was involved with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood, participating in the neighbourhood ''shakhas'' (branches) as a boy. He formally became an RSS ''swayamsevak'' (volunteer) during his college days in Ahmedabad.〔 He first met Narendra Modi in 1982 through Ahmedabad RSS circles. At that time, Modi was an RSS ''pracharak'' (propagator), working as in-charge of youth activities in city.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amit Shah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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