Brajesh Pathak

Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 March 2022 Serving with Keshav Prasad Maurya
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Dinesh Sharma
Minister of Health & Family Welfare; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Jai Pratap Singh
Minister of Medical Education; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Jai Pratap Singh
Minister of Maternity & Child Welfare; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Jai Pratap Singh
Minister of Law & Justice; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Succeeded by	Yogi Adityanath
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2022
Preceded by	Suresh Chandra Tiwari
Constituency	Lucknow Cantonment
	In office; 2017–2022
Preceded by	Ravidas Mehrotra
Succeeded by	Ravidas Mehrotra
Constituency	Lucknow Central
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 26 November 2008 – 25 November 2014
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2004–2008
Preceded by	Deepak Kumar
Succeeded by	Annu Tandon
Constituency	Unnao
Personal details
Born	25 June 1964 (age 59); Bangarmau Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Other political; affiliations	Bahujan Samaj Party (2004–2016)
Spouse(s)	Namrata Pathak
Children	Trayambak Pathak, Shambhavi Pathak, Vedika Pathak
Website	www.brajeshpathakup.com
	As of 29 March 2022; Source: [1]

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Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister & Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is also an ex Member of Parliament of Unnao from 2004 to 2009.

Early life and education[edit]

Pathak was born on 25 June 1964 to Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is a lawyer by profession. He received a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Lucknow.^[1]

And also member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.- CMA.

Political career[edit]

In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of its national president Amit Shah and Union minister Mahesh Sharma in Lucknow. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Lucknow Central of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes.^[2] After winning this high-profile seat, he appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in Government of Uttar Pradesh.^[3]

On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service.^[4] On 25 March 2022, he became deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh along with Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Personal life[edit]

On August 5, 2020, he got infected with COVID-19.He is married to Namrata Pathak.^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "Member profile". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
↑ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
↑ "Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2017: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Uttar Pradesh". The Financial Express. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
↑ Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
↑ "UP cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID-19". New Indian Express. 5 August 2020.

External links[edit]

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

[1] "Member profile". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[2] "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[3] "Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2017: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Uttar Pradesh". The Financial Express. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

[4] Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[5] "UP cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID-19". New Indian Express. 5 August 2020.

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