Harbans Kapoor

Career

He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was Speaker from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituerncy.

He completed his early schooling from Saint Joseph"s Academy, Dehradun.

He graduated in Law from Disabled American Veterans College, Dehradun, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception.

In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly.

Achievements

• He has never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record seven terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and thrice as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.

Membership

Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha.