Pankaj Choudhary

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Pankaj Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07) Serving with Bhagwat Karad
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Nirmala Sitaraman
Preceded by	Anurag Thakur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Maharajganj
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2014
Preceded by	Harsh Vardhan
In office May 2004 – May 2009
Preceded by	Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Succeeded by	Harsh Vardhan
In office June 1991 – April 1999 (3 Times)
Preceded by	Harsh Vardhan
Succeeded by	Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Personal details
Born	(1964-11-15) 15 November 1964 (age 57) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Citizenship	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Bhagya Shree Chaudhary ​ ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary (father) Ujjwal Chaudhary (mother)
Residence	20, Canning Lane, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	Gorakhpur University
Profession	Industrialist Agriculturist
As of 9 June, 2020 Source: [1]

Pankaj Choudhary (born 15 November 1964) is an Indian politician and member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 16th and 17th Loksabha from Maharajganj (Lokasabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh of India as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life[]

He was born on 15 November 1964 to Late Shri Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary. He has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Gorakhpur University.

Politics[]

He was first elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 and then got elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996, 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 however, lost to Akhilesh Singh of Samajwadi Party in 1999 General elections. He later won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.

In 2009, he lost again to the Indian National Congress candidate Harsh Vardhan from Maharajganj. In 2014, he won from the same constituency and is now a member of 16th Lok Sabha.^[1]

He became Ministers of State of Finance in Second Modi ministry after the Cabinet reshuffle.^[2]

Position Held[]

• 1989–91 : Member, Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
• 1990–91 : Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
• 1990 onwards Member, Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)
• 1991 : Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
• 1991–96 : Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table & Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
• 1996 : Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 1996–97 : Member, Committee on Communications & Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
• 1998 : Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1998–99 : Member, Committee on Railways; Member, Committee on Petitions & Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• 2004 : Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)

Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Member, Committee on Tourism

• 2007 onwards Member, Committee on MPLADS
• 2014 : Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
• 2019 : Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)
• 2021 : Union Ministers of State for Ministry of Finance^[3][4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official biography from Parliament of India records^{[permanent dead link]}