Narendra Modi: 14th and current Prime Minister of India

He is the current Prime Minister of India serving since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. Modi was elected as the Prime Minister of India in May 2014. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Narendra Modi
Official portrait, 2022
14th Prime Minister of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind Draupadi Murmu
Vice President	Mohammad Hamid Ansari Venkaiah Naidu Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Additional ministries Incumbent Assumed office 26 May 2014 Ministry and Departments Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Space, Department of Atomic Energy Preceded by Manmohan Singh
Leader of the House, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
Preceded by	Sushilkumar Shinde
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 June 2014
Preceded by	Murli Manohar Joshi
Constituency	Varanasi
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 Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office 15 December 2002 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Kamlesh Patel
Succeeded by	Suresh Patel
Constituency	Maninagar
In office 24 February 2002 – 19 July 2002
Preceded by	Vajubhai Vala
Succeeded by	Vajubhai Vala
Constituency	Rajkot II
Personal details
Born	Narendra Damodardas Modi (1950-09-17) 17 September 1950 (age 73) Vadnagar, Bombay State, Republic of India (present-day Gujarat)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance
Spouse(s)	Jashodaben Modi (m. 1968; estranged)
Mother	Hiraben Modi
Father	Damodardas Mulchand Modi
Residence	7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Alma mater	University of Delhi (BA) Gujarat University (MA)
Net worth	₹ 2.85 Crore (June 2020)
Awards	List of state honours
Website	Official website Government website
Nickname(s)	see article

Narendra Modi was born into a Gujarati family in Vadnagar. As a child, he used to help his father, who ran a tea stall at Vadnagar railway station. Later, he and his brother ran a tea stall of their own at a bus terminus.

In 1978, Modi received a B.A. degree in political science from School of Open Learning at the University of Delhi, graduating with a third class. Five years later, in 1983, he received a Master of Arts degree in political science from Gujarat University, as an external distance learning student.

Modi led the BJP in the 2014 Indian general election which gave the party a majority in the Indian lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, the first time for any single party since 1984. He soon became Prime Minister of India.

PM Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign investment in the Indian economy and cut spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. The Modi government has made amendments to existing environmental and labour laws.

Following his party's victory in the 2019 Indian general election, introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act, which resulted in widespread protests across the country.

Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001. Modi was elected to the legislative assembly soon after. His administration oversaw the 2002 Gujarat riots, and he was criticized for how he handled them initially,which was his starting career as a chief minister .There have been multiple investigations into the Gujarat riots, including a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which cleared Modi of any wrongdoing.

As a Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has had high approval ratings. In early 2017, a survey from Pew Research Center showed Modi to be the most popular figure in Indian politics.

In 1968, he married Jashodaben. However, the couple has been separated. Narendra has a close relationship with his mother, Hiraben(who died). He is a vegetarian.