Brajesh Pathak

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.

Brajesh Pathak
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byDinesh Sharma
Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byJai Pratap Singh
Minister of Medical Education
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byJai Pratap Singh
Minister of Maternity & Child Welfare
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byJai Pratap Singh
Minister of Law & Justice
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byYogi Adityanath
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2022
Preceded bySuresh Chandra Tiwari
ConstituencyLucknow Cantonment
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byRavidas Mehrotra
Succeeded byRavidas Mehrotra
ConstituencyLucknow Central
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
26 November 2008 – 25 November 2014
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2008
Preceded byDeepak Kumar
Succeeded byAnnu Tandon
ConstituencyUnnao
Personal details
Born (1964-06-25) 25 June 1964
Mallawan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations		Bahujan Samaj Party (2004–2016)
Spouse(s)Namrata Pathak
ChildrenTrayambak Pathak, Shambhavi Pathak, Vedika Pathak
WebsiteOfficial website
As of 29 March 2022
Source:

Early life and education

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]

Political career

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

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

References
  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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