Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak | |
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| Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office August 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Suresh Kumar Khanna |
| MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ravidas Mehrotra |
| Constituency | Lucknow Central |
| Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office March 2017 – August 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Succeeded by | Nand Gopal Gupta |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Deepak Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Annu Tandon |
| Constituency | Unnao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1964 Mallawan, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party (2004–2016) Bharatiya Janata Party (2016–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Namrata Pathak |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
As of 17 September 2019 Source: [1] | |
Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he is serving as the Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is also an ex Member of Parliament of Unnao from 2004 to 2009.
Early life and education[]
Pathak was born on 25 June 1964 to Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is an Lawyer by profession. He received a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Lucknow.[1]
Political career[]
In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.
He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of its national president Amit Shah and Union minister Mahesh Sharma in Lucknow. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Lucknow Central of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes.[2] After winning this high-profile seat, he appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3]
On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service.[4]
Personal life[]
On August 5, 2020, he got infected with COVID-19.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Member profile". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2017: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Uttar Pradesh". The Financial Express. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "UP cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID-19". New Indian Express. 5 August 2020.
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Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh: Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Hardoi
- Politicians from Lucknow
- People from Unnao district
- Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
- Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
- State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022
- Yogi ministry
- 14th Lok Sabha members