{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ramvichar Netam | image = Enhanced Image ofF81A7648.jpg | office = Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare<br/>Government of Chhattisgarh | term_start = 22 December 2023 | term_end = | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Vishnu Deo Sai | predecessor = Ravindra Choubey | successor = | office1 = Minister of ST, SC, OBC & Minority Development<br/>Government of Chhattisgarh | term_start1 = 22 December 2023 | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = Vishnu Deo Sai | predecessor1 = Mohan Markam | term_start2 = 8 December 2003 | term_end2 = 18 June 2005 | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = Raman Singh | predecessor2 = Madhav Singh Dhruw | successor2 = Kedar Nath Kashyap | office3 = Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | term_start3 = 3 December 2023 | predecessor3 = Brihaspat Singh | constituency3 = Ramanujganj | term_start4 = 2008 | term_end4 = 2013 | predecessor4 = ''Constituency established'' | successor4 = Brihaspat Singh | constituency4 = Ramanujganj | term_start5 = 2000 | term_end5 = 2008 | predecessor5 = ''himself'' | successor5 = ''Constituency abolished'' | constituency5 = Pal | office6 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start6 = 30 June 2016 | term_end6 = 29 June 2022 | predecessor6 = Nand Kumar Sai | successor6 = Ranjeet Ranjan | constituency6 = Chhattisgarh | office7 = Minister of Water Resources<br/>Government of Chhattisgarh | term_start7 = 18 February 2012 | term_end7 = 10 December 2013 | 1blankname7 = Chief Minister | 1namedata7 = Raman Singh | predecessor7 = Hemchand Yadav | successor7 = Brijmohan Agrawal | office8 = Minister of Rural Development<br/>Government of Chhattisgarh | term_start8 = 22 December 2008 | term_end8 = 18 February 2012 | 1blankname8 = Chief Minister | 1namedata8 = Raman Singh | predecessor8 = Ajay Chandrakar | successor8 = Hemchand Yadav | office9 = Minister of Home Affairs<br/>Government of Chhattisgarh | term_start9 = 18 June 2005 | term_end9 = 8 December 2008 | 1blankname9 = Chief Minister | 1namedata9 = Raman Singh | successor9 = Nanki Ram Kanwar | predecessor9 = Brijmohan Agrawal | office10 = Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | term_start10 = 1990 | term_end10 = 2000 | predecessor10 = Deosai | successor10 = ''himself'' | constituency10 = Pal | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|3|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Sanawal, Chhattisgarh, India | party = {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}} Bharatiya Janata Party | spouse = {{marriage|Pushpa Netam|1987}} | children = 2 daughters | father = Ramlochan Netam | mother = Jeerhuliya Netam | education = SSC }}
'''Ramvichar Netam''' (born 1 March 1961) is an Indian politician currently serving as Minister of Agriculture and ST, SC, OBC & Minority Development in Government of Chhattisgarh. Previously, he served as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh and was Cabinet Minister during Raman Singh's Ministry between 2003 and 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/netam-chhaya-verma-elected-to-rs-from-c-garh-116060301329_1.html|title=Netam, Chhaya Verma elected to RS from C'garh|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=3 June 2016|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> He represents Ramanujganj in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
==Political career== Netam was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 from Pal Constituency and was re-elected 1993 & 1998. After the creation of Chhattisgarh out of Madhya Pradesh, he was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 from same seat and became Cabinet Minister for Minister of ST, SC, OBC & Minority Development. In 2005 Cabinet reshuffle, he became Minister of Home and Jail. In 2008, Pal Constituency got abolished in delimitation and Netam contested from Newly created Ramanujganj and defeated Congress candidate Brihaspat Singh by margin of 4579 votes and became Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in second Raman Singh's Ministry. However, he lost 2013 Assembly election to Congress candidate Brihaspat Singh by margin of 11,592 votes. In 2015, Amit Shah appointed him as National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, and in 2016 he was appointed as Co-incharge of Jharkhand state BJP With Trivendra Singh Rawat.<ref>https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-ramvichar-netam-biography-who-is-ramvichar-netam-again-got-ministerial-post-in-vishnu-deo-goverment-8259249</ref>
On 29 May 2016, he was nominated as the BJP candidate from Chhattisgarh for the Rajya Sabha elections on 11 June.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.abplive.in/india-news/naidu-naqvi-goyal-among-12-in-bjps-rs-list-352440|title = Naidu, Naqvi, Goyal among 12 in BJP's RS list|date = 29 May 2016|access-date = 30 May 2016|archive-date = 30 May 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160530152104/http://www.abplive.in/india-news/naidu-naqvi-goyal-among-12-in-bjps-rs-list-352440|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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