Ashok Gehlot is the present Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He is the 21st and 23rd Chief Minister of the state. He is a renowned politician and belongs to the Indian National Congress party. His first tenure of Chief Ministership was during the period 1998-2003. As the current Chief Minister, Gehlot was sworn in on 13 December 2008. Previously he was the minister of the Lok sabha and a junior minister in the Central Government of India. Ashok Gehlot comes from the city of Jodhpur and belongs to the Sainik kshatriyas Rajput community of Mandore, Marwar.

Early Life of Ashok Gehlot
Ashok Gehlot was born on 3 May 1951 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He did his graduation in science and his master degree in economics. He is married to Smt. Sunita Gehlot. Together this couple has a son Vaibhav and a daughter Sonia.

Political Career of Ashok Gehlot
In the year 1980 Ashok Gehlot was elected as the member of Public Accounts Committee in the Lok sabha. He had been the Union Deputy minister in the department of tourism in the year 1982. Shri Gehlot served as the Home and PHED Minister, Government of Rajasthan from June 1989 to November 1989. In 1991 he was appointed as the Union minister of the state in the department of Textiles.

Gehlot became the member of the 11th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in February 1999 after elected from Sardarpura (Jodhpur) Assembly Constituency. Shri Gehlot was re-elected from the same Assembly Constituency on 4 December 2003 for the 12th Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha and on 8 December 2008 for the 13th Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha.

Gehlot also served for the Union Cabinet of former Indian Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi P.V. Narsimha Rao for three times. He was made the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee on 17 July 2004. He was sworn in as the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan on 13 December 2008 preceded by Vasundhara Raje Scindia.

Position held by Ashok Gehlot
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha):
1980 - 84 - Seventh Lok Sabha
1984 - 89 - Eighth Lok Sabha
1991 - 96 - Tenth Lok Sabha
1996 - 98 - Eleventh Lok Sabha
1998 - 99 - Twelfth Lok Sabha

Others:
1980 - 82 - Member, Public Accounts Committee, Lok Sabha
1982 - 83 - Union Deputy Minister, Department of Tourism
1983 - 84 - Union Deputy Minister, Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1984 - 84 - Union Deputy Minister, Department of Sports
1984 - 85 - Union Minister of State, Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1989 - 89 - Minister, Department of Home and PHED, Govt. of Rajasthan
1991 - 93 - Union Minister of State, Department of Textiles (Independent Charge)
1991 - 96 - Consultative Committee on Communication (Lok Sabha)
1991 - 98 - Standing Committee on Railway (10th & 11th Lok Sabha)
1996 - 98 - Consultative Committee on External Affairs (Lok Sabha)
01-12-98 to 04-12-03 - Chief Minister, Rajasthan
13-12-2008 to Present - Chief Minister, Rajasthan

Other positions held:
1974 - 79 - President, Rajasthan NSUI
1979 - 82 - President, City District Congress Committee, Jodhpur
1982 - General Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
1985 - 89, 1994-97, 1997 - 99 - President, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee