A political and social worker and farmer Kamal Nath was elected for the first time for the Lok Sabha from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency of Madhya Pradesh in the year 1980. After this, he was elected for the second time for the 8th Lok Sabha in the year 1985, the third time for the 9th Lok Sabha in year 1989 and the fourth time from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency for the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991.
Nath was the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests in the year 1991-95 and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles in year 1995-96. In 1998, Kamal Nath was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha for the fifth time from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency. Nath was a member of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemical related matters, Parliamentary Committee on Local Area Development and Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Power during the year 1998 to 1999.
In the year 1998, Kamal Nath was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha for the fifth time from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency. Kamalnath was elected for the sixth time for the 13th Lok Sabha from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency in the year 1999. He was a member of the Finance related Standing Committee between year 1999 to year 2000 and was a member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Mines and Minerals in the period of 2002-2004.
Nath was the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress during the period between year 2001 to 2004 and was elected for the 7th time in 2004 as member of the 14th Lok Sabha. Nath took over the responsibility of the Union Commerce and Industry Minister during the period from May 23, 2004 to the year 2009. He was re-elected from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency in 2009 for the eighth time for the 15th Lok Sabha and was the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways from year 2009 to January 18, 2011.
Thereafter, he was also the Union Urban Development Minister from January 19, 2011 to May 26, 2014 and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs from October 28, 2012 to May 26, 2014. Nath was re-elected for the 9th time to the 16th Lok Sabha from Chhindwara parliamentary constituency in May 2014. Nath was made the temporary Speaker of Lok Sabha from June 4-6, 2014. He was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee related to Commerce from September 1, 2014 and the member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Prominent among Nath’s published books are India’s Environmental Concerns, India’s Century and Bharat ki Shatabdi. Nath has special interest in the development of tribal and Dalit sections, wildlife, horticulture, socio-economic issues. He enjoys listening to music in the form of amusement and entertainment.