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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Tapir Gao
| image               = Himalayan University - Prize Distribution by Chief Guest, Shri Tapir Gao Ji.jpg
| caption             = Gao at an event in [[Itanagar]], 2019
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|10|01}}
| birth_place         = [[West Siang district|Molom]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India
| residence           = [[East Siang district|Ruksin, East Siang]], Arunachal Pradesh, India
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency        = [[Arunachal East (Lok Sabha Constituency)|East Arunachal Pradesh]]
| term_start          = 23 May 2019
| predecessor         = [[Ninong Ering]]
| constituency1       = [[Arunachal East (Lok Sabha Constituency)|East Arunachal Pradesh]]
| term_start1         = 13 May 2004
| term_end1           = 16 May 2009
| predecessor1        = [[Wangcha Rajkumar]]
| successor1          = [[Ninong Ering]]
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Yamot Dui Gao|1989}}
| children            = 3
| website             = 
| alma_mater          = [[Arunachal University of Studies]]
| date                = 1 March|
| year                = 2006|
| source              = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3973
}}

'''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 (Lok Sabha Constituency)|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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bjp.org/media-resources/press-releases/press-statement-issued-by-bjp-national-general-secretary-shri-tapir-gao |title=Press statement issued by BJP National General Secretary Shri Tapir Gao |access-date=1 October 2015 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106055132/http://www.bjp.org/media-resources/press-releases/press-statement-issued-by-bjp-national-general-secretary-shri-tapir-gao |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is currently{{as of when?|date=September 2019}} national executive member of the [[BJP]].<ref>http://www.bjp.org/organisation/national-executive</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-02-05|title=MP Tapir Gao bats for new political map of Arunachal Pradesh|url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2020/02/05/mp-tapir-gao-bats-for-new-political-map-of-arunachal-pradesh/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=EastMojo}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-02-06|title=Tapir Gao pleads Centre for redrawing political map to include several places - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/arunachal-news/tapir-gao-pleads-centre-for-redrawing-political-map-to-include-several-places/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref> This included "Hadigra Dakahru Pass, Galai Tagaru Pass... in [[Chaglagam]] area"<ref name=":0" />

He resides at Village Ruksin in [[East Siang district]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Member's Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3973}}</ref>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107071944/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3973 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

==References==
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{{18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states}}
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:India MPs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:People from East Siang district]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:India MPs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election]]
[[Category:State presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party]]
[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]


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