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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pankaj Chaudhary
| image = Pankaj Chaudhary in 2021 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| office = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 14 December 2025
| 1blankname = National President
| 1namedata = [[J. P. Nadda]]<br />[[Nitin Nabin]]
| predecessor = [[Bhupendra Chaudhary]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Union Minister of State for Finance]]
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2021|07|07|df=yes}}
| alongside1 = [[Bhagwat Karad]] (till 2024)
| minister1 = [[Nirmala Sitaraman]]
| predecessor1 = [[Anurag Thakur]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh]]
| constituency3 = [[Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh]]
| constituency4 = [[Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 16 May 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Harsh Vardhan (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| term_start3 = 22 May 2004
| term_end3 = 16 May 2009
| predecessor3 = Akhilesh Kumar Singh
| successor3 = [[Harsh Vardhan (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| term_start4 = 19 June 1991
| successor4 = Akhilesh Kumar Singh
| term_end4 = 26 April 1999
| predecessor4 = [[Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh|Bhupendra Chaudhary]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| citizenship =
| party = [[File:BJP Flag.svg|25px]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Bhagya Shree Chaudhary|1990}}
| children = 2
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 9 June
| year = 2020
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3479&lastls=17
| parents =
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts]]
| alma_mater = [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University|Gorakhpur University]]
| profession = {{hlist|Industrialist|agriculturist}}
}}

'''Pankaj Chaudhary''' (born 20 November<ref>{{Cite web |title=श्री पंकज चौधरी {{!}} Department of Financial Services {{!}} Ministry of Finance {{!}} Government of India |url=https://financialservices.gov.in/beta/hi/minister/sarai-pankaja-caaudharai |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=financialservices.gov.in}}</ref> 1964) is an Indian politician who currently serves as the Union Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]], [[Government of India]]. He is also the current state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh|Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh]] He is also a Member of Parliament in the [[Lok Sabha]], representing the [[Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj constituency]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] for the seventh term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref> Chaudhary is affiliated with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]].

== Early life and family ==
Born in Uttar Pradesh in a Zamindar Kurmi family, Chaudhary graduated from Gorakhpur University. Born to Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashraf |first=Zainab |title=Pankaj Chaudhary: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/pankaj-chaudhary-76518.html |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.oneindia.com |language=en}}</ref> and Ujjwal Chaudhary, he comes from a political background, with his mother, Ujjwal Chaudhary, having served as the Maharajganj District Panchayat President.<ref>{{Cite web |title=तस्वीरें: केंद्रीय वित्त राज्य मंत्री बने पंकज चौधरी के घर खुशियों की बरसात, अपनों ने इस पल को ऐसे बनाया यादगार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/gorakhpur/union-minister-pankaj-chaudhary-happiness-in-house-celebration-from-family |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref> Pankaj Chaudhary is married to Bhagya Shree Chaudhary, with whom he has two children.

His political career began at the local level when he served as a Member of the Municipal Corporation in Gorakhpur from 1989 to 1991. During this period, he also held the position of Deputy Mayor<ref>{{Cite web |title=श्री पंकज चौधरी {{!}} Department of Financial Services {{!}} Ministry of Finance {{!}} Government of India |url=https://financialservices.gov.in/beta/hi/minister/sarai-pankaja-caaudharai |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=financialservices.gov.in}}</ref> of the Municipal Corporation in Gorakhpur from 1990 to 1991. His leadership abilities were quickly recognized, and he was appointed Deputy Mayor of Gorakhpur during the same period. In 1990, Chaudhary became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Working Committee,<ref>{{Cite web |title=श्री पंकज चौधरी {{!}} Department of Financial Services {{!}} Ministry of Finance {{!}} Government of India |url=https://financialservices.gov.in/beta/hi/minister/sarai-pankaja-caaudharai |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=financialservices.gov.in}}</ref> further solidifying his political affiliation.

== Politics ==
He was first elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] in 1991 and then to the [[11th Lok Sabha]] in 1996 and the [[12th Lok Sabha]] in 1998. However, he lost to Akhilesh Singh of the [[Samajwadi Party]] in the 1999 General elections. He later won the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha elections]].

In 2009, he lost again to the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Harsh Vardhan (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Harsh Vardhan]] from [[Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj]]. In 2014, he won from the same [[Electoral district|constituency]] and is now a member of [[List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha|16th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2463.htm?ac=63 | title = Constituency-wise results: Maharaganj | access-date = 21 March 2016 | archive-date = 14 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170314104014/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2463.htm?ac=63 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

He became [[Union Council of Ministers#Ministers of State|Union Minister of State (Finance)]] in [[Second Modi ministry]] after the Cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|date=7 July 2021 |access-date=2021-07-11|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707132605/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref>

Re-elected to 18th Lok Sabha(7th term) June 2024 and Joined 11 June 2024 as Union Minister of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India.<ref>https://dpe.gov.in/en/shri-pankaj-chaudhary-mos</ref>

On 14 December 2025, he was appointed as the new president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh|Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh]].

== Positions held ==
''Source''<ref>{{cite news |title=Shri Pankaj Chaudhary |url=https://financialservices.gov.in/beta/en/minister/shri-pankaj-chaudhary |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Department of Financial Services {{!}} Ministry of Finance {{!}} Government of India}}</ref>
* 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 - 9 June 2024: Minister of State, Ministry of Finance.
* 11 June 2024:Union Ministers of State for Ministry of Finance.
* 14 December 2025:15th and current state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh|Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
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{{16th LS members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet|state=collapsed}}

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