Murli Deora
Member of Parliament

65, Lodhi Estate
New Delhi-110003
Phone: (011) 24615316, 24693941

Mr. Deora is a member of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. Prior to this, he represented the prestigious South Mumbai constituency for three consecutive terms in 1984, 1989, 1991 in the Lok Sabha and was re-elected to the same seat in 1998.

He also holds several other positions as well. He is Member, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Finance; Member, Standing Committee on Finance; Vice President, Federation of International Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, Geneva; Vice Chairman, Indian Red Cross Societies; Vice Chairman, Gandhi Institute of Computer Education & Information Technology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan.

Mr. Deora, a graduate in Economics from the University of Mumbai, is an industrialist by profession. He entered public life in 1968 with a spectacular win in the Mumbai Municipal elections and was Councilor for two consecutive terms. Mr. Deora has held several key positions including the post of the Leader of the House during his decade long civic career which he rounded off by being elected Mayor of Mumbai with the highest ever majority.

His contributions to Mumbai brought him recognition with the Maharashtra government nominating him Member of Legislative Council in 1992. He was also the Chief of Mumbai Region of Indian National Congress for a record period of 22 years.

Apart from being politically active, Mr. Deora has been a dedicated social worker. His social & community development work drew him to the Junior Chamber Movement where he rose to become the Vice President of IJC, India. He also takes special interest in problems of urbanization, urban transport, population control, employment, world peace & disarmament, energy conservation and pollution control. He travels extensively abroad to study problems of urban renewal, city transport, water supply and sewage disposal and public health, etc. He has regularly organised free eye camps in the last 15 years benefiting thousands in Mumbai. He introduced India's first ever project to impart free training in computers to educated unemployed youth from the weaker sections.

Mr. Deora has many achievements to his credit. The Parliament for Global Action (PGA) appointed him Councilor from India & later elected him President for Asia for the year 1992. He was the first Indian to be elected International President in 1995 & re-elected to the post the next year. He led the UN Conference on Population Planning at Cairo and the UN World Social Summit in Employment & Poverty Alleviation at Copenhagen, in March 1995. He chaired the 50th anniversary of UN- global Action Meeting in Japan, September 1995.