Joba Majhi

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Joba Majhi
Minister of Women and Child Development Government of Jharkhand
In office
29 December 2019 – 2 February 2024
Preceded byLouis Marandi
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byGurucharan Nayak
ConstituencyManoharpur
Personal details
Born (1960-05-24) 24 May 1960 (age 63)
Chakradharpur, West Singhbhum
Political partyJharkhand Mukti Morcha
Other political
affiliations
Independent (UGDP symbol)
SpouseLate Devendra Majhi
OccupationAgriculture, Gardening & Social Worker

Joba Majhi is an Indian politician.She was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Manoharpur in 2014 as a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. She is a 5 time MLA and was the Minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development and Tourism from 2019 to 2024 in the Hemant Soren government. She was the wife of now Late Devendra Majhi, a leader of Singhbhum's Jungle Andolan in the Saranda, Porahat and Kolhan forest areas.[1][2]

She was a independent before joining JMM and has been a minister in the Babulal Marandi cabinet, in the First Arjun Munda cabinet, in the Shibu Soren cabinet and also in the Rabri Devi cabinet before the formation of Jharkhand.[3][4][5]

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