Birendra Prasad Baishya

{{short description|Indian Politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Birendra Prasad Baishya

| native_name =

| office = Member of Parliament
Rajya Sabha

| constituency = Assam

| term_start = 15 June 2019

| term_end =

| predecessor = Santiuse Kujur

| constituency1 = Assam

| term_start1 = 2008

| term_end1 = 2014

| successor1 = Sanjay Sinh

| office2 = Minister of Steel & Mines
Government of India

| primeminister2 = H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral

| term_start2 = 29 June 1996

| term_end2 = 19 March 1998

| predecessor2 = H. D. Deve Gowda

| successor2 = Naveen Patnaik

| office3 = Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha

| term_start3 = 1996

| term_end3 = 1998

| predecessor3 = Probin Deka

| successor3 = Madhab Rajbangshi

| constituency3 = Mangaldoi

| party = Asom Gana Parishad

| nationality = {{flag|India}}n

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|01|29|df=y}}

| children =

| website =

| relatives =

| source =

| education = Darrang College

Guwahati University

| image =

}}

Birendra Prasad Baishya is an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam. He was elected in Lok Sabha election in 1996 from Mangaldoi constituency and union minister of Steel and Mines. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2008 to 2014[http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2064 Detailed Profile: Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya][https://web.archive.org/web/20140515000716/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140418/jsp/northeast/story_18251998.jsp Retired but an untiring Baishya who Sir could never ignore][http://www.iwf.net/2009/12/28/newly-elected-indian-weightlifting-federation-president-birendra-prasad-baishya/ Newly-elected Indian Weightlifting Federation President Birendra Prasad Baishya]{{Cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1516/state053 |title=AGP has not drifted away from goals: Atul Bora |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207145905/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1516/state053 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.assamtimes.org/node/16435 AGP forges poll pact with BJP, happy with 20 seats] and again in June 2019.

File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg

Baishya is also President of Indian Weightlifting Federation.[http://www.iwlf.in/office-bearers.php EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF INDIAN WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION EFFECTIVE 2017-2021]