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Narendra Damodardas Modi pronounced [ˈnəɾeːndrə daːmoːdəɾˈdaːs ˈmoːdiː] (About this sound listen); born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Narendra Modi
MP
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14th Prime Minister of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 May 2014
President
Pranab Mukherjee
Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Manmohan Singh
14th Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office
7 October 2001 – 22 May 2014
Governor
Sunder Singh Bhandari
Kailashpati Mishra
Balram Jakhar
Nawal Kishore Sharma
S. C. Jamir
Kamla Beniwal
Preceded by
Keshubhai Patel
Succeeded by
Anandiben Patel
Member of the Lok Sabha
for Varanasi
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded by
Murli Manohar Joshi
Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
for Maninagar
In office
1 January 2002 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by
Kamlesh Patel
Succeeded by
Suresh Patel
Personal details
Born
Narendra Damodardas Modi
17 September 1950 (age 68)
Vadnagar, Bombay State, India
(present-day Gujarat)
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Jashodaben (m. 1968) (estranged)
Residence
7, Lok Kalyan Marg
Alma mater
University of Delhi
Gujarat University
Government website
Born to a Gujarati family in Vadnagar, Modi helped his father sell tea as a child and later ran his own stall. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight, beginning a long association with the organisation. He left home after graduating from school, partly because of an arranged marriage which he rejected. Modi travelled around India for two years and visited a number of religious centres. He returned to Gujarat and moved to Ahmedabad in 1969 or 1970. In 1971 he became a full-time worker for the RSS. During the state of emergency imposed across the country in 1975, Modi was forced to go into hiding. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985, and he held several positions within the party hierarchy until 2001, rising to the rank of general secretary.