Tapir Gao

Tapir Gao
Tapir Gao
	Gao at an event in Itanagar, 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Ninong Ering
Constituency	East Arunachal Pradesh
	In office; 13 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Wangcha Rajkumar
Succeeded by	Ninong Ering
Constituency	East Arunachal Pradesh
Personal details
Born	1 October 1964 (age 60); Molom, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Yamot Dui Gao (m. 1989)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Ruksin, East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Arunachal University of Studies
	As of 1 March, 2006Source: [1]

Tapir Gao (born 1 October 1964) is an Indian politician. He is the president of Arunachal Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009), representing the Arunachal East constituency for BJP. He lost from that seat in 2009 and 2014, but was elected to Lok Sabha for the second time in 2019. Gao was General Secretary of BJP in 2011^[1] and is currently^{[as of?]} national executive member of the BJP.^[2]

In February 2020, in the Lok Sabha, he raised the issue of several areas in Arunachal Pradesh being left out from the political map of India.^[3]^[4] This included "Hadigra Dakahru Pass, Galai Tagaru Pass... in Chaglagam area"^[4]

He resides at Village Ruksin in East Siang district.^[5]

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

References

^ "Press statement issued by BJP National General Secretary Shri Tapir Gao". Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ http://www.bjp.org/organisation/national-executive
^ "MP Tapir Gao bats for new political map of Arunachal Pradesh". EastMojo. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Tapir Gao pleads Centre for redrawing political map to include several places - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Member's Bioprofile".

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[1] "Press statement issued by BJP National General Secretary Shri Tapir Gao". Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[2] ttp://www.bjp.org/organisation/national-executive

[3] "MP Tapir Gao bats for new political map of Arunachal Pradesh". EastMojo. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[:0-4] "Tapir Gao pleads Centre for redrawing political map to include several places - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[5] "Member's Bioprofile".

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