Ram Prasad Chaudhary

Ram Prasad Chaudhary
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byHarish Dwivedi
ConstituencyBasti
In office
December 1989 – June 1991
Preceded byChandra Sekhar Tripathi
Succeeded byAshthabhuja Prasad Shukla
ConstituencyKhalilabad
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies & Rental Control
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
May 2007 – February 2012
Chief ministerMayawati
Succeeded byRaghuraj Pratap Singh
Member of the Legislative Assembly of
Kaptanganj
In office
December 1993 – March 2017 (5 Times)
Preceded byKrishan Kinkar Singh Rana
Succeeded byChandra Prakash Shukla
Personal details
Born (1954-11-15) 15 November 1954 (age 69)
Jigna, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party (2020–present), (1991–1996)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseKapura Devi
RelationsArvind Kumar Chaudhary (nephew)
Children3
Residence(s)Jigna, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materGovernment Polytechnic College, Basti
OccupationFarmer
ProfessionPolitician
As on 13 June 2024

Ram Prasad Chaudhary (born 15 November 1954) is an Indian politician and a member of the 9th Lok Sabha, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He represents the Kaptanganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. He earlier also served as Minister of State (Independent charge) in Mayawati cabinet (1997), Minister of Textile and silk industry in Kalyan Singh government (1997) and Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in Mayawati cabinet (2007–2012).[2] In June 2024, Chaudhary defeated Harish Dwivedi of Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha from Basti Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Member Profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "यूपी चुनाव: इन विधायकों की कुर्सी छीनने में BJP के छूट रहे पसीने". Navbharat Times. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Ram Prasad Chaudhary wins from Basti".