The incumbent CM Ashok Gehlot was born on 3rd May 1951. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time from Jodhpur for the 7th Lok Sabha (1980-1984). He was also the member of the 8th Lok Sabha (1984-1989). Gehlot has held the post of Union Deputy Minister for Tourism & Civil Aviation in the Cabinet headed by Indira Gandhi in 1982. He also held the same post in the Cabinet of Rajiv Gandhi in 1984-1985. He held the portfolios of Home and PHED in the State during 1989. He has also held the independent charge of Textile Ministry in the Cabinet of P V Narsimha Rao during 1991. He is representing Sardarpura constituency in the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha. He was appointed as the president of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee in September, 1985. He was again elected as president of Pradesh Congress Committee in December, 1994 and for the third time in June, 1997.