# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mansukhbhai-vasava
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:42.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mansukhbhai-vasava"
name: "Mansukhbhai Vasava"
slug: "mansukhbhai-vasava"
description: "Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava is an Indian politician associated with Bharatiya Janata Party and former Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi. He is a senior leader of the bharatiya janata party. He first got elected to 12th Lok Sabha in a by-election held on 25 November 1998 from the Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat, once a stronghold of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the same constituency ; five times in a row. He also served in the Government of Gujarat in 1994 as a Deputy Minister. He holds a master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahemadabad and was graduated (B.A.) from\nSouth Gujarat University."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mansukhbhai_Dhanjibhai_Vasava_addressing_a_meeting_on_effective_and_efficient_implementation_mechanism_of_schemes_of_Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs_for_development_of_Tribals%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_05%2C_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-06-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.46
  momentum:             5.176848874598072
  historical:           4.233984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "మన్సుఖ్ భాయ్ వాసవ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump