Debendra Pradhan
{{Short description|Indian politician (1941–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|07|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nalam, Dhenkanal district, Orissa Province, British India
(present-day Odisha, India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|03|17|1941|07|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Delhi, India
| constituency2 = Deogarh
| office = Minister of State for Agriculture
Government of India
| term_start = 27 May 2000
| term_end = 29 January 2003
| predecessor = Thounaojam Chaoba Singh
| successor = Shripad Naik
| office1 = Minister of State for Surface Transport
Government of India
| termstart1 = 19 March 1998
| termend1 = 27 May 2000
| successor1 = Hukumdev Narayan Yadav
| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term2 = 1998–2004
| predecessor2 = Sriballav Panigrahi
| successor2 = Dharmendra Pradhan
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| spouse = Basanta Manjari Pradhan
| children = 2 (incl. Dharmendra Pradhan)
| residence = Nalam, Block – Kaniha, Dist – Angul, Odisha
| alma_mater = Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack
| education = Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
| nationality = Indian
| profession =
| signature =
| website =
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Debendra Pradhan (16 July 1941 – 17 March 2025) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/ArchiveMemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=334&lastls=13|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194}} who served as minister of state for surface transport and agriculture in the Second Vajpayee ministry. He was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Deogarh constituency. He was also a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Background
Pradhan was born on 16 July 1941 in the undivided Dhenkanal District of Odisha and studied MBBS.{{cite web|url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/334?from=members|title=Pradhan, Dr. Debendra – details}} His son Dharmendra Pradhan is a Loksabha MP from Sambalpur, Odisha and Union Minister of Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in the Narendra Modi Government. He died in Delhi on 17 March 2025, at the age of 83.[https://kalingatv.com/odisha/odisha-former-union-minister-debendra-pradhan-passes-away/ Former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan passes away]
Offices
- President, BJP, Talcher Mandal (1980–1983)
- District President of undivided Dhenkanal District of BJP (1983–1985)
- District President of undivided Dhenkanal District of BJP (1985–1988)
- State President of BJP, Odisha (February 1988 – 1990)
- Re-elected as State President (BJP), Odisha (1990–1993)
- State General Secretary of BJP, Odisha (1993–1995)
- Re-elected as State President of BJP, Odisha (1995–1997)
- National Executive Member, BJP (1997–1998)
- Elected as Member of Parliament to 12th Lok Sabha, Deogarh Parliamentary Constituency, Odisha (1998)
- Union Minister of State for Surface Transport (1998–1999)
- Re-elected as Member of Parliament to 13th Lok Sabha, Deogarh Parliamentary Constituency (1999–2004)
- Union Minister of State, Surface Transport & Minister of State for Agriculture (1999–2001)
- National Vice President of BJP (2001–2002)
References
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External links
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