Brajesh Pathak

Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Presently, he is serving as the 7th Deputy Chief Minister (alongside Keshav Prasad Maurya) and Cabinet Minister of Medical Education, Medical and Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Brajesh Pathak
Official portrait, 2022
7th Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
GovernorAnandiben Patel
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Other Departments
  • Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education
Preceded byDinesh Sharma
Minister of Law and Justice,
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Succeeded byYogi Adityanath
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded bySuresh Chandra Tiwari
ConstituencyLucknow Cantonment
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byRavidas Mehrotra
Succeeded byRavidas Mehrotra
ConstituencyLucknow Central
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
26 November 2008 – 25 November 2014
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byDeepak Kumar
Succeeded byAnnu Tandon
ConstituencyUnnao, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1964-06-25) 25 June 1964
Mallawan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Bahujan Samaj Party (2004–2016)
SpouseNamrata Pathak
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
As of 29 March 2022

He has also been a Lok Sabha MP from the Unnao constituency from 2004 to 2009. In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he won by a good margin from the Lucknow Cantonment constituency in Lucknow district.

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