S. P. Singh Baghel

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Satya Pal Singh Baghel
| honorific_prefix =
| image =
| office = [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of State for Law and Justice]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| term_end =
| minister = [[Kiren Rijiju]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Agra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Agra]]
| term_start1 = May 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Ram Shankar Katheria]]
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|6|21}}
| birth_place = [[Etawah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Agra]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otherparty =
*[[Samajwadi Party]] (1998 - 2009)
*[[Bahujan Samajwadi Party]] (2009 - 2014)
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2014 - present)
| spouse = Madhu Baghel

| children = 1 Daughter and 1 Son
| net_worth = {{INR convert|7.0|c}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Satyapal Singh baghel =http://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=5522|publisher=My Neta }}</ref>
| footnotes =
| date = 16 May 2014
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=31
| website = http://www.spsinghbaghel.com

}}

'''Satya Pal Singh Baghel''' (born 21 June 1960) is an Indian politician and current Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]] in [[Second Modi ministry]]. A member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he got elected to [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Agra (Lok Sabha constituency)| Agra]]. He previously was a member of [[Samajwadi Party]], in which he got elected to [[Lok Sabha]] thrice and to [[Rajya Sabha]] once as a member of [[Bahujan Samajwadi Party]].

==Personal life and education==
Baghel was born in Bhatpura, Umari, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh in 1960. He was born in [[Gaderia]] family.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> His father was Rambhrose Singh and his mother was Ram Shree Devi. Baghel married on 30 November 1989 and has two children. Baghel has a bachelor of law degree, a master's degree in science and a doctoral degree. He attended Maharaja Jiwaji Rao University in [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and the [[Meerut University]] in [[Meerut]], Uttar Pradesh.

==Career==
In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Baghel represented the Samajwadi Party in the Jalesar Lok Sabha, Uttar Pradesh. After these three terms, Baghel was suspended from his party. He then unsuccessfully contested two Lok Sabha elections as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP) candidate. In 2014, Baghel was elected to the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) but then in the following election, lost to the [[Bhartiya Janta Party]] candidate.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/BJP-to-play-OBC-card-in-2017-UP-polls/articleshow/48518148.cms|title=BJP to play OBC card in 2017 UP polls}}</ref>

On 3 July 2015, Baghel became president of the BJP OBC Morcha (the "Other Backward Class" wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bjp-creates-obc-morcha-ahead-of-bihar-election-2101564|title=BJP creates OBC morcha ahead of Bihar election|date=4 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/eye-on-bihar-up-polls-bjp-forms-obc-morcha-to-boost-poll-fortunes/|title=With an eye on Bihar, UP polls, BJP forms OBC Morcha to boost electoral fortunes|date=4 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">[http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/obc-morcha-to-fight-for-rights-of-backward-classes-115070801225_1.html OBC Morcha to fight for rights of backward classes] Business Standard website.</ref>

In 2017, Baghel became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 
In 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha from Agra seat on BJP ticket.

1998 - 1999 : M.P. LOKSABHA JALESAR (FIRST TERM, Samajwadi Party) 
1999 - 2004 : M.P. LOKSABHA JALESAR (SECOND TERM), Samajwadi Party) 
2004 - 2009 : M.P. LOKSABHA JALESAR (THIRD TERM), Samajwadi Party) 
2010 - 2014 : M.P. Rajya Sabha. (Bahujan samaj Party) 
2017 - 2019 : M.L.A. from Tundla as BJP member 
2017 - 2019 : [[Cabinet Minister]] of Livestock, Minor Irrigation and Fisheries in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] . 
2019 - present : [[Member of Parliament]] [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Agra (Lok Sabha constituency)| Agra]] (FOURTH TERM, this time as BJP member) 
2021 - present :[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of state for Law and Justice]] in Union Cabinet [[Government of India]]

==Public office activities==
In 1998 and 1999, Baghel was a member of committees on subordinate legislation, human resource development and health and family welfare. In 1999 and 2000, he was a member of committees on food, civil supplies and public distribution and an estimates committee. Between 2000 and 2004, he worked in the Ministry of Home Affairs and on a committees on public undertaking, external affairs and member attendance in the House.

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[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Chaudhary Charan Singh University alumni]]
[[Category:Jiwaji University alumni]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:People from Etawah]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Yogi ministry]]
[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:12th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:People from Etah district]]
[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]

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