Kamal Nath is an Indian politician representing Indian National Congress party. Currently he is the Union Cabinet Minister of Urban development. He represents the Chhindwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh. Kamal Nath as Union Commerce Minister has looked for an aggressive trade and investment policy, which helped, in enhancing exports and therefore resulted in a marked increase in FDI inflows. For that The FDI magazine and the Financial Times Business have conferred the prestigious FDI `Personality of the year 2007` award on Kamal Nath for being instrumental in bringing large foreign investments to India.

Early Life of Kamal Nath
Shri Kamal Nath was born on 18th November 1946 to father Late Shri Mahendra Nath and mother Smt. Leela Nath at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh). He studied at the Doon School and did his graduation at St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata (West Bengal). He married Alka Nath and the couple is blessed with two sons.

Political Career of Kamal Nath
As a Youth Worker, in the year1968, he joined the Indian National Congress. For the first time in 1980, he was elected to Parliament from the Chhindwara constituency. Again in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2004, he has afterward won Parliamentary elections from the same constituency. He has also served as the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress and a Member of the Congress Working Party, the highest decision making body of the Congress Party, during September 2002 to July 2004.

In 1982 and 1983, as a Member of Parliament, Mr. Kamal Nath represented India in the United Nations General Assembly. He also served for sometime on the Board of Directors of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) - a Government of India Undertaking.

In June 1991, Mr. Kamal Nath was first appointed as Minister of Environment & Forests into the Union Council of Ministers. During his tenure, the forestation and development of dishonoured wastelands in India was taken up on a massive scale. He articulated global concepts on Environmental Tariffs and conceptualized Global Emission Quotas.

Mr. Kamal Nath led the Indian Delegation as Minister to the World Forestry Conference in Paris in the year 1991. He also led the delegations to the UNEP Governing Council meeting in Nairobi, the PREPCOM IV discussions in New York and the Kuala Lumpur Conference, all in 1992. During his tenure as Textile Minister following this, the country touched new heights in production and export of Cotton.

On May 24, 2004, Mr. Kamal Nath arrogated as the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry. As the Commerce & Industry Minister his tenure has witnessed major trade policy initiatives.

On May 16, 2009 he again won the elections from his constituency for the 15th Lok Sabha and re-entered the Cabinet. He was shunted out of the Surface transport ministry to the Urban Development ministry in a Cabinet reshuffle.

Mr. Kamal Nath has an exquisite interest in welfare issues, in particular tribal uplift and rural development. He is also holding the post of the President of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad district; Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Child Development Council; and Patron, Bharat Yuvak Samaj (Youth Wing of All India Bharat Seva Samaj).