Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

FERNANDES, SHRI GEORGE
SAMATA PARTY - NALANDA (BIHAR)


Father's Name:   Shri John Fernandes

Date of Birth:   3 June 1930

Place of Birth:   Mangalore (Karnataka)

Marital Status:   Married on 21 July 1971

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Leila Kabir

Children:   One son

Profession :
   Trade Unionist, Agriculturist and Journalist

Permanent Address :
   3, Leonard Road, Richmond Town, Bangalore-560025 (Karnataka)

Present  Address :
   3, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi-110011
Tels. 3016035, 3017172

Positions Held :
   
1967Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth)
1967-70Member, Committee on Petitions
1969-71General Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party
1971-77Chairman, Socialist Party
1973-77President, All India Railwaymen's Federation
1977Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth)
March-Union Cabinet Minister, Communications 
July 1977
July 1977-Union Cabinet Minister, Industry
July 1979
1980Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) for the third time
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the fourth time
Dec. 1989-Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
Nov. 1990
March 1990-Minister of Kashmir Affairs (Additional charge)
May 1990
Feb.1990-91Member, Railway Convention Committee
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fifth time
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the sixth time

Books Published:
   (i) "What Ails the Socialists"; (ii) "Railway Strike of 1974"  and 
(iii) "George Fernandes Speaks"

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
   Editor, "The Otherside" (English); Chairman,  Editorial  Board  of 
"Pratipaksha" (Hindi) 

Special Interests :
   Human rights and civil liberties movements all over the world and 
anti-nuclear and environmental compaigns

Countries Visited :
   Widely travelled

Other Information :
   Founder Chairman, The New India Cooperative Bank; Co-Chairman, 
Indo-Libyan, Indo-GDR and Indo-Hungarian Joint Commissions, 1977-79; 
Chairman (i) India Development Group, London, 1979;  (ii) Schumacher, 
Foundation, 1979; President, Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat; Member 
(i) Amnesty International; (ii) Press Council of India; and 
(iii) People's Union for Civil Liberties


Election Result :
    
Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 11,73,101
Total votes polled  8,90,894
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri George Fernandes (S.A.P.) 4,86,703
(2) Shri Vijai Kumar Yadav (C.P.I.) 3,18,839
(3) Shri Mitra Nand Singh [C.P.I.(ML)(L)]    33,184
(4) Shri Satish Kumar (I.N.C.)   25,722