Ram Niwas Goel

{{Short description|6th Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ram Niwas Goel | image = | alt = | caption = | office = 7th Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly | lieutenant_governor = Vinai Kumar Saxena | deputy = Rakhi Birla | constituency1 = Shahdara | term_start = 14 February 2015 | term_end = 20 February 2025 | successor = Vijender Gupta | term_end1 = 8 February 2025 | predecessor1 = Jitender Singh Shunty | term_start1 = 14 February 2015 | successor1 = Sanjay Goyal | office1 = Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly | constituency2 = Shahdara | term_start2 = November 1993 | term_end2 = November 1998 | predecessor2 = ''Constituency established'' | successor2 = Narender Nath | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|01|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Safidon, East Punjab, India<br/>(present-day Haryana) | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | parents = | party = Aam Aadmi Party | other_party = Bharatiya Janata Party | spouse = Mithilesh Goel | alma_mater = Hansraj College, University of Delhi | occupation = {{hlist|Businessperson|politician}} | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 =  | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = | predecessor = Maninder Singh Dhir }}

'''Ram Niwas Goel''' (born 5 January 1948) is an Indian politician who served as Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2025. He represented the Shahdara constituency in Delhi Legislative Assembly.<ref name=" Election result ">{{cite news|title=Election result|publisher=Election commission of India|accessdate=10 February 2015|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm|archive-date=27 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227005206/http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=" Comprehensive Election results ">{{cite news|title=Comprehensive Election results|publisher=Election Commission of India website|accessdate=12 February 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ElectionStatistics.aspx}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Ram Niwas Goel was born in Safidon Mandi, Haryana on 5 January 1948 to a business family. Goel is the eldest of eight siblings (five brothers and three sisters). In 1964, their family moved to Delhi. He completed his secondary and senior secondary education in Haryana and Delhi and subsequently he attended Hansraj College to attain B.Com. degree. He has been actively involved in social work especially in the field of Education & Health for the weaker sections. He has been associated with numerous social organizations active in providing medical services, health services, promotion of religious harmony and servicing kanwad yaatris.

Some of prominent positions held by him from time to time are: Founder Member, Maharaja Agrasen Sewa Sansthan, Pathological Lab, X-Ray, Ultrasound, E.C.G. etc. on not-for-profit basis. Chief Organiser, Delhi-UP Border Shiv Kanwad Samiti which is the most popular camp for Kanwad Yatris in Delhi. Chief Advisor of Maharaja Agrasen Sewa Sangh which provides ambulance service and hearse service to general public on not-for-profit basis.<ref name=" Biography ">{{cite news|title=Biography|publisher=Official website|accessdate=12 February 2015|url=http://www.ramniwasgoel.com/biography.php|archive-date=18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518190728/http://ramniwasgoel.com/biography.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Political career== Ram Niwas Goel was elected as Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly on 23 February 2015. His term as MLA in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was his second term and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.. He defeated Jitender Singh Shunty of Bhartiya Janata Party by a margin of 11,731 votes in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. In 1993, for the first First Legislative Assembly of Delhi he contested the elections as a BJP candidate and was elected.<ref name=" Biography "/><ref name="Comprehensive Election results"/>

==Posts held== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments |-

| 01 || 1993 || 1998 || Member, First Legislative Assembly of Delhi|| |-

| 02 || 2015 || 2020 || Speaker Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi|| |- |03 |2020 | 2025 |Speaker Member, Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi | |}

==Electoral performance == {{transcluded section|source=Shahdara Assembly constituency}} {{#section:Shahdara Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

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