Surya Pratap Shahi
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Surya Pratap Shahi.jpg
| name = Surya Pratap Shahi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|12|23}}
| birth_place = Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
| residence = Raghav Nagar, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
| office = Minister of Agriculture
Government of Uttar Pradesh
| term_start = 19 March 2017
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Yogi Adityanath
| office1 = President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
| term_start1 = 12 May 2010
| term_end1 = 13 April 2012
| predecessor1 = Ramapati Ram Tripathi
| successor1 = Laxmikant Bajpai
| office2 = Minister of Excise & Liquor Prohibition
Government of Uttar Pradesh
| term_start2 = 21 September 1997
| term_end2 = 8 March 2002
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = Mayawati
Kalyan Singh
Ram Prakash Gupta
Rajnath Singh
| office3 = Minister of state for Home Affairs
Government of Uttar Pradesh
| term_start3 = 24 June 1991
| term_end3 = 6 December 1992
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = Kalyan Singh
| office4 = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start4 = 11 March 2017
| predecessor4 = Shakir Ali
| constituency4 = Pathardeva
| term_start5 = 1996
| term_end5 = 2002
| predecessor5 = Brahma Shankar Tripathi
| successor5 = Brahma Shankar Tripathi
| constituency5 = Kasia
| term_start6 = 1991
| term_end6 = 1992
| predecessor6 = Brahma Shankar Tripathi
| successor6 = Brahma Shankar Tripathi
| constituency6 = Kasia
| term_start7 = 1985
| term_end7 = 1989
| predecessor7 = Raj Mangal Pandey
| successor7 = Brahma Shankar Tripathi
| constituency7 = Kasia
| occupation = Agriculture, Advocate
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| spouse = {{marriage|Rani Shahi|1973}}
| father = Rajendra Kishor Shahi
| mother = Ram Pyari Devi
| alma_mater = Banaras Hindu University
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Babu Shri Surya Pratap Shahi (born 23 December 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of 9th,
11th, 13th, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government with the portfolio of Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-among-the-22-cabinet-ministers-surya-pratap-shahi-got-2363769|title=Among the 22 cabinet ministers, Surya Pratap Shahi, DNA}} He has worked as the president of Uttar Pradesh state unit in the past. He is one of those distinguished BJP leaders who won election in 1985 despite sympathy wave after assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/deoria/surya-pratap-shahi-became-cabinet-minister-in-yogi-adityanath-news-in-hindi-1533425/|title=सूर्य प्रताप शाही योगी मंत्रिमंडल में कैबिनेट मंत्री बने, Patrika}}
Early life
Shahi was born on 23 December 1952 in Pakahan Village of Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, India in a Bhumihar Brahmin family.{{Cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=20272|title=Member Profile|website=Government of Uttar Pradesh Vidhansabha Portal|access-date=1 September 2019}} He got his early education from GIC Deoria. He completed his graduation from B.R.D. Post Graduate College. Shahi got his LLB degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 1974.{{cite web|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/politicians/surya-pratap-shahi-biography-1665685|title=सूर्य प्रताप साही, NDTV}} His father Rajendra Kishor Shahi was District Sanchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who introduced him to the RSS at a very early age. Shahi was politically active since his student days. He contested and won the election of the student union in BHU. His uncle Ravindra Kishor Shahi was State President of Bhartiya Jana Sangh and a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government from 1977 to 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/deoria/know-about-up-bjp-minister-surya-pratap-shahi-news-in-hindi-1533548/|title=जानिए कौन हैं सूर्य प्रताप साही, Patrika}} Shahi was married in 1973 to Rani Shahi. He has three children- a son and two daughters.
Political career
Shahi contested the assembly election of Uttar Pradesh for first time in the year 1980. However, he got elected for first time as MLA from the 'Kasia' assembly seat in 1985. Second time he won the election was in 1991 and became the Minister of State for Home in the Uttar Pradesh government. After completing one year in the government he was elevated to the position of Cabinet Minister with the portfolio of Health and Family Welfare. In the year 1996, he again got elected as MLA. Surya Pratap Shahi held the office of Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh government between 1997 and 2002 with the portfolio of Excise and Liquor Prohibition and currently he is a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh Government with the portfolio of Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research.[http://www.aajkikhabar.com/en/News/Top-News/New-BJP-President-of-Uttar-Pradesh-Surya-Pratap-Shahi/673849.html New BJP President of Uttar Pradesh: Surya Pratap Shahi-Aaj Ki Khabar]
Posts held
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| # | From | To | Position | Comments
2 ||March 2022 || till date || Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research || |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 2022 | Incumbent | Member, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | |
| 2 | March 2017 | March 2022 | Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research | |
| 3 | March 2017 | March 2022 | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | {{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/UP/10.Detailed%20Results.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result|website=Election Commission of India|accessdate=1 September 2019}} |
| 4 | September 1997 | March 2002 | Cabinet Minister for Excise and Liquor Prohibition | |
| 5 | October 1996 | March 2002 | Member, 13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 6 | June 1991 | December 1992 | Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare | |
| 7 | June 1991 | December 1992 | Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 8 | March 1985 | November 1989 | Member, 9th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |
References
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Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027