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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ramapati Shastri
| honorific-suffix =
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| alt =
| caption =
| constituency1 = [[Mankapur (Assembly constituency)|Mankapur]], [[Gonda district]]
| constituency3 = Diksir, [[Gonda district]]
| office = Minister of Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare<br /> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = March 2017
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = March 2017
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Babulal
| predecessor2 = Babulal
| successor2 = Babulal
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = Babulal
| term_start2 = December 1989
| term_end2 = March 2002 (4 terms)
| term_start3 = March 1974
| term_end3 = February 1980 (2 terms)
| office4 = Minister of Medical Health and Family Welfare Department<br /> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start4 = September 1997
| term_end4 = November 1999
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| office5 = Minister of Social welfare and Revenue Department<br /> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start5 = June 1991
| term_end5 = December 1992
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|10|10}}
| birth_place = Bishnoharpur, [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| residence = [[Nawabganj, Gonda|Nawabganj]], [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| parents =
| spouse = Mangala Devi (deceased)
| children = 2
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| profession = Politician<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher= my neta.info|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4278}}</ref>
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'''Ramapati Shastri''' is an Indian politician and a member of 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] of [[India]]. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare and Minister of [[Scheduled Castes|SC]] & [[Scheduled Tribes|ST]] Welfare in the [[Yogi Adityanath ministry|Yogi Adityanath government]]. He represents the [[Mankapur (Assembly constituency)]] in [[Gonda district]] of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/mankapur-mla-results|title=MANKAPUR Election Result 2017, Winner, MANKAPUR MLA, Uttar Pradesh|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Shastri was born 15 October 1952 in Bishnoharpur village of [[Gonda district]] to his father Ram Laut. He belong from [[Scheduled Caste]] (Kori) Community.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=No question of banning the word 'Dalit', says Uttar Pradesh social welfare minister|url=https://scroll.in/latest/931791/no-question-of-banning-the-word-dalit-says-uttar-pradesh-social-welfare-minister|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="auto" /> He married Lt. Mangla Devi, with whom he has one son and one daughter.<ref name=auto>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19820|title=Member Profile|website=Official website of Legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref> He passed [[Secondary school|high school]] and [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|intermediate]] examination from Gandhi Inter College, [[Nawabganj, Gonda|Nawabganj]]. In 1984, he received the degree of Shastri from [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya|Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]], [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]].<ref name=KK>{{Cite news|url=https://m.khaskhabar.com/news/news-ramapati-shastri-become-minister-in-yogi-government-news-hindi-1-186557-KKN.html|title=रमापति शास्त्री, सातवीं बार जीते हैं चुनाव|date=20 March 2017|work=Khas Khabar|language=hi}}</ref>

==Political career==
Shastri has [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for seven strength terms. In 1974, his first election, he became an MLA on the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jan Sangh]] ticket from the Dixir reserved seat. He lost the elections to Babulal of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1980 and 1985. In 1989, he became MLA from [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] for the third time. Fourth time after winning elections in Ramlahar in 1991, he was made a cabinet minister in [[Kalyan Singh]]'s government. During this tenure, he held the ministry of Social Welfare and Revenue Department. Fifth time he again won election in 1993 from diksir. In 1996, after winning sixth time he again appointed as Cabinet Minister for Medical Health and Family Welfare Department in the BJP government. In the 2002 election, he lost to [[Samajwadi Party|SP's]] Babulal. During this time, the BJP made him the National President of the Scheduled Castes Morcha. In the 2007 election, he lost by [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate Ramesh Gautam.<ref name=KK/>

In 2012, the Dixir assembly seat became out of reservation in the name of [[Tarabganj (Assembly constituency)|Tarabganj]]. This time Shastri contested from [[Balrampur (Assembly constituency)|Balrampur Sadar]] secured seat, but lost.<ref name=KK/> Since 2017, he has represented the [[Mankapur (Assembly constituency)]] in [[Gonda district]] of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]. In 2017 elections, he defeated his nearest rival [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate Ramesh Chandra Gautam by a record margin of 60,161 votes.

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments!! Ref
|-
| 10 ||March 2017 || Incumbent ||Cabinet Minister in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] ||[[Yogi Adityanath ministry|Yogi Adityanath Cabinet]]||
|-
| 09 ||March 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||7th term||
|-
| 08|| October 1996 || March 2002|| Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|13th Legislative Assembly]] ||6th term||<ref name="1996 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1996 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=16 September 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 07 ||September 1997 || November 1999 ||Cabinet Minister in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] ||[[Kalyan Singh|Kalyan Singh Cabinet]]||
|-
| 06|| December 1993 || October 1995|| Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|12th Legislative Assembly]] ||5th term||<ref name="1993 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1993 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=16 September 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/StatisticalReport_UP_1993.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 05|| June 1991 || December 1992|| Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|11th Legislative Assembly]] ||4th term||<ref name="1991 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1991 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=16 September 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/Stat_Rep_UP_91.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 04 ||June 1991|| December 1992||Cabinet Minister in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] ||[[Kalyan Singh|Kalyan Singh Cabinet]]||
|-
| 03|| December 1989 || April 1991|| Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|10th Legislative Assembly]] ||3rd term||<ref name="1989 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1989 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=16 September 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report_%20UP_1989.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 02|| June 1977 || February 1980|| Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|7th Legislative Assembly]] ||2nd term||<ref name="1977 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1977 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=16 September 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201977.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 01|| March 1974 || April 1977|| Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|6th Legislative Assembly]] ||1st term||<ref name="1974 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1974 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=16 September 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1974/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201974.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
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