Dinesh Sharma (politician)

Dinesh Sharma
Dinesh Sharma
	Sharma in 2017
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 March 2017 Serving with Keshav Prasad Maurya
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Narain Singh
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology of Uttar Pradesh
Additional Ministries
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 March 2017
Minister of Secondary and Higher Education
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 March 2017
Minister of Science and Technology of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 March 2017
Leader of the House of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 May 2017
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan
Member of Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 September 2017
Mayor of Lucknow
	In office; 14 November 2006 – 22 March 2017
Preceded by	S. C. Rai
Succeeded by	Suresh Awasthi
Personal details
Born	12 January 1964 (age 60); Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Jayalakshmi Sharma
Alma mater	Lucknow University (M.Com) (Ph.D)
Occupation	Academician

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Dinesh Sharma is an Indian politician serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was previously the mayor of Lucknow, the state capital. A university professor by profession, he is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he has held various posts in the party.

Political career[edit]

Sharma, in the right, with Keshav Prasad Maurya and Venkaiah Naidu in 2017.

Sharma's political talent was first noticed by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Like many politicians in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sharma began his political career with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was later named the state President of the BJP's Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Youth Wing).^[1] Sharma was subsequently elected as Mayor of Lucknow in 2006. He stood for re-election in 2012 and defeated his nearest rival, Neeraj Bora of the Indian National Congress by over 171,000 votes.^[2] On 16 August 2014 he became the National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party, following his contribution to the party's success in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. On 19 March 2017, he was appointed as one of two Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh. He is not an elected member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is elected for Legislative Council (Upper House) on 9 September 2017.

He was allocated the ministries of Higher and Secondary Education, Science and Technology, Electronics and IT departments.^[3]^[4]

Academic career[edit]

Sharma joined the University of Lucknow in 1992. He was professor in the commerce department.^{[better source needed]}^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "Deputy CM-designate, Dinesh Sharma: A professor known to have good rapport with Lucknow Muslims". Indian Express. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
↑ "The slow and steady rise of Dinesh Sharma". Deccan Herald. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
↑ "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights". Hindustan Times. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
↑ "Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios, keeps home". Live Mint. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
↑ "Dinesh Sharma takes oath as Lucknow Mayor - Indian Express". Indian Express. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

External links[edit]

Dinesh Sharma on Twitter

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[1] "Deputy CM-designate, Dinesh Sharma: A professor known to have good rapport with Lucknow Muslims". Indian Express. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[2] "The slow and steady rise of Dinesh Sharma". Deccan Herald. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[3] "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights". Hindustan Times. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[4] "Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios, keeps home". Live Mint. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[5] "Dinesh Sharma takes oath as Lucknow Mayor - Indian Express". Indian Express. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

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Party presidents	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86) Lal Krishna Advani (1986–91) Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93) Lal Krishna Advani (1993–98) Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000) Bangaru Laxman (2000–01) Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02) Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04) Lal Krishna Advani (2004–06) Rajnath Singh (2006–09) Nitin Gadkari (2009–13) Rajnath Singh (2013–14) Amit Shah (2014–2020) Jagat Prakash Nadda (2020–present)
Current vice presidents	Raman Singh Vasundhara Raje Radha Mohan Singh Baijayant Panda Raghubar Das Mukul Roy Rekha Verma Annapurna Devi Yadav Bharti Shiyal D. K. Aruna M. Chuba Ao A. P. Abdullakutty
Prime ministers	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996; 1998–2004) Narendra Modi (2014–present)
Deputy prime ministers	Lal Krishna Advani (2002–2004)
Other prominent leaders	Nirmala Sitharaman Piyush Goyal Kalyan Singh Anandiben Patel Smriti Irani Ravi Shankar Prasad Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sushil Kumar Modi Himanta Biswa Sarma Ram Naik
Current chief ministers	Shivraj Singh Chouhan Manohar Lal Khattar Sarbananda Sonowal Vijay Rupani Pema Khandu N. Biren Singh Trivendra Singh Rawat Yogi Adityanath Jai Ram Thakur Biplab Kumar Deb Pramod Sawant B. S. Yediyurappa
Current deputy chief ministers	Chowna Mein Renu Devi Tarkishore Prasad Manohar Ajgaonkar Chandrakant Kavlekar Nitinbhai Patel C. N. Ashwath Narayan Govind Karjol Laxman Savadi Yanthungo Patton Jishnu Dev Varma Dinesh Sharma Keshav Prasad Maurya
Current national spokespersons	Anil Baluni Sanjay Mayukh Sambit Patra Sudhanshu Trivedi Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Rajiv Pratap Rudy Nalin Kohli Rajeev Chandrasekhar Gaurav Bhatia Syed Zafar Islam Tom Vadakkan Sanju Verma Gopal Krishna Agarwal Iqbal Singh Lalpura R. P. Singh Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Aparajita Sarangi Heena Gavit Guruprakash Mmhonlumo Kikon Nupur Sharma Raju Bista K. K. Sharma
Current general secretaries	Bhupender Yadav Arun Singh Kailash Vijayvargiya Dushyant Kumar Gautam Daggubati Purandeswari C. T. Ravi Tarun Chugh Dilip Saikia B. L. Santhosh (Organisation)
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