Dinesh Sharma (politician)

Dinesh Sharma
Sharma in 2017
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
9 September 2023
Preceded byHardwar Dubey
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byNarain Singh
Succeeded byBrajesh Pathak
Minister of Secondary & Higher Education
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byYogendra Upadhyaya
Minister of Science & Technology
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byYogendra Upadhyaya
Minister of Electronics & Information Technology
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byYogendra Upadhyaya
Leader of the House
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
11 May 2017 – 25 March 2022
Preceded byAhmed Hassan
Succeeded bySwatantra Dev Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
9 September 2017 – 9 September 2023
Preceded byAshok Bajpai
Succeeded byDara Singh Chauhan
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Mayor of Lucknow
In office
14 November 2006 – 22 March 2017
Preceded byS. C. Rai
Succeeded bySuresh Awasthi
Personal details
Born (1964-01-12) 12 January 1964 (age 60)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseJayalakshmi Sharma
Alma materLucknow University (M.Com), Ph.D)
OccupationAcademic

Dinesh Sharma (born 12 January 1964) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He was the Deputy Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He was previously the mayor of Lucknow. A professor by profession, he is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he has held various posts in the party.