Ram Shakal

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ram Shakal

|image = File:Ram Shakal.jpg

| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term_start = 14 July 2018

| term_end = 23 July 2024

| constituency = Nominated

| predecessor = Rekha

| successor =

| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start1 = 1996

| term_end1 = 2004

| predecessor1 = Ram Nihor Rai

| successor1 = Lal Chandra Kol

| constituency1 = Robertsganj

| constituency2 =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|03|21}}

| birth_place = Shilpi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Shivpati Devi|1983}}

| father = Raja Ram

| mother = Nawabi Devi

| children = 2 sons Abhay, Umesh & 1 daughter Nidhi

| education = M.A.

| alma_mater = Gorakhpur University

| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=355&lastls=13

}}

Ram Shakal (born 21 March 1963) is an Indian politician. He is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sonal-mansingh-ram-shakal-among-four-nominated-to-rs/articleshow/64985955.cms | title=Sonal Mansingh, Ram Shakal among four nominated to RS | work=The Times of India | date=14 July 2018 | accessdate=17 March 2021}} He was elected to the Lok Sabha, and the lower house of Indian Parliament from Robertsganj in Uttar Pradesh in 1996, 1998 and 1999 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP){{cite web |title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile Ram Shakal |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=355 |accessdate=12 October 2015 |publisher=Lok Sabha}}{{dead link|date=November 2023}}{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/03win.htm | title=The winners! Elections 98 | work=Rediff.com | accessdate=12 October 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Darkness-at-noon/articleshow/4401280.cms? | title=Darkness at noon | publisher=The Times of India | work=Binay Singh | date=14 April 2009 | accessdate=12 October 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ram-shakal-ram-shakal-raghunath-mohapatra-sonal-mansingh-nominated-to-rajya-sabha-president-ramnath-kovind-5259173/ | title=Dalit leader Ram Shakal, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha among four nominated to Rajya Sabha | publisher=The Indian Express | date=14 July 2018 | accessdate=18 January 2019}}