Narendra Damodardas Modi is the 15th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since May 2014. Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, previously served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat state from 2001 to 2014. He is currently the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. Modi was a key strategist for the BJP in the successful 1995 and 1998 Gujarat state election campaigns. He became Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001 and served longer in that position than anyone else to date. He led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which resulted in an outright majority for the BJP in the Lok Sabha ? the last time that any party had secured an outright majority in the Lok Sabha was in 1984. Modi is a Hindu Nationalist and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He is a controversial figure both within India as well as internationally as his administration has been criticised for failing to act to prevent the 2002 Gujarat riots. Modi has been praised for his economic policies, which are credited with creating an environment for a high rate of economic growth in Gujarat. 

September 17th, 1950 in Vadnagar (Age 74)