Anupriya Patel

Anupriya Singh Patel (born 28 April 1981) is an Indian politician, teacher and social worker from the state of Uttar Pradesh who is the President of Apna Dal (Soneylal) party since 2016 and the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India since 7 July 2021. She represents Mirzapur in the Lok Sabha since 2014. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India from 2016 to 2019. She was previously elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Rohaniya constituency of the Legislature of Uttar Pradesh in Varanasi, where she had fought a campaign in alliance with the Peace Party of India and Bundelkhand Congress from 2012 to 2014.

Anupriya Patel
Patel in 2021
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterPiyush Goyal
Preceded byHardeep Singh Puri
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
In office
4 July 2016  24 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterJagat Prakash Nadda
Succeeded byAshwani Kumar Choubey
President of AD(S)
Assumed office
14 December 2016
Preceded byPosition established
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byBal Kumar Patel
ConstituencyMirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2012  September 2014
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMahendra Singh Patel
ConstituencyRohaniya
Personal details
Born (1981-04-28) 28 April 1981
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyApna Dal (Soneylal)
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance (2014–present)
Parent
  • Sone Lal Patel (father)
Residence(s)New Delhi, Delhi, India
EducationMBA
Alma materLady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi (BA),
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (MBA)
Profession
  • Teacher
  • social worker
  • politician
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