Dinesh Sharma (politician)

Dinesh Sharma
Sharma in 2017
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2023
Preceded by	Hardwar Dubey
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022 Serving with Keshav Prasad Maurya
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Ram Chandra Vikal
Succeeded by	Brajesh Pathak
Minister of Secondary & Higher Education Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Yogendra Upadhyaya
Minister of Science & Technology Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Yogendra Upadhyaya
Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Yogendra Upadhyaya
Leader of the House Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 11 May 2017 – 25 March 2022
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan
Succeeded by	Swatantra Dev Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 9 September 2017 – 9 September 2023
Preceded by	Ashok Bajpai
Succeeded by	Dara Singh Chauhan
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
Mayor of Lucknow
In office 14 November 2006 – 22 March 2017
Preceded by	S. C. Rai
Succeeded by	Suresh Awasthi (Dy-Mayor)
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-12) 12 January 1964 (age 60) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Jayalakshmi Sharma
Alma mater	Lucknow University (M.Com), Ph.D)
Occupation	Academician

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.