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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Shivakant Ojha<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|07|31|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| residence = Lalganj Ajhara, [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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| term_start= 18 January 2014<br />
| constituency=Raniganj[[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]<br />
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| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| spouse = Dr. Madhuri ojha<br />
| profession = [[Politician]]<br />
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'''Prof. ''Dr.''Shivakant Ojha''' is an [[India]]n [[politician]] affiliated with [[Samajwadi Party]]. He is member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] representing Raniganj constituency in [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]], of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. On 18 January 2014, Prof. Ojha was assigned as Minister for Technical Education in [[Akhilesh Yadav]]'s cabinet.<ref>{{cite news |title=Akhilesh rejigs UP govt, 3 Brahmins get cabinet rank|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/akhilesh-rejigs-up-govt-3-brahmins-get-cabinet-rank-177386-2014-01-18 |publisher=India Today |date=18 January 2014 | first=Ashish | last=Mishra | access-date=4 November 2018 }}</ref> He was removed as the Minister for Technical Education on 29 October by the Chief Minister of the state, [[Akhilesh Yadav]]. Later he was reinducted in the cabinet again as a Health Minister of the state on 26 September 2016. He was minister in Kalyan singh cabinet.<br />
He was minister for 9 years.<br />
He won election 4 times and 3 times in a row.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
He lives in Ramaiyapur village, post Prithviganj in [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh]]. He is post graduate in [[Master of Arts]] from [[Allahabad University]] in 1973 and did [[Master of Philosophy]] from [[Meerut University]] in 1986. By profession, he teaches in college.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
He was [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Raniganj constituency of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh from 2012–2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=PRO. SHIVAKANT OJHA (Winner) RANIGANJ (PRATAPGARH)|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=1322|date=7 February 2014}}</ref> He won 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election with 38.96% votes gain. On 18 January 2012, Ojha was assigned as minister in [[Akhilesh Yadav]]’s cabinet.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Muslim Ministers elevated to Cabinet rank in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-muslim-ministers-elevated-to-cabinet-rank-in-uttar-pradesh/article5615655.ece|newspaper=The Hindu |date=25 January 2014|first=Atiq|last=Khan|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> He was formerly affiliated with [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]. He unsuccessfully contested [[2009 Lok Sabha elections]] on the ticket of [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]],> defeated by [[Rajkumari Ratna Singh]].<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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