Pema Khandu

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Pema Khandu
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Minister of Toursim and Water Resources
Constituency 3- Mukto (ST) AC
Personal details
Born (1979-08-21)21 August 1979
Gyangkar village, Tawang District
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Children 3 (2 son and 1 daughter)
Residence Tawang and Itanagar
Occupation Politician
Religion Buddhist

Pema Khandu is an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. As of 2014 he served as Minister of Tourism and Water Resources in the state government.[1]

Khandu is a graduate from Hindu College (Delhi University).[2] He is the eldest son of Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, who died in a helicopter crash. On May 20, 2011, following his father's death, Khandu was included in the state government as Cabinet Minister of Water Resource Development and Tourism.[3][4] He won an uncontested election to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from his father's constituency Mukto on 30 June 2011. He stood as an Indian National Congress candidate.[5][6]

Khandu became a secretary of the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee in 2005, and the president of the District Congress Committee in Tawang in 2010.[1]

Khandu was re-elected unopposed from Mukto in the 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[7]

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