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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Anupriya patel office.png
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Anupriya Patel, Leader of Apna Dal
| office1 = [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of State for Commerce and Industry]]
| term_start1 = 7 July 2021
| term_end1 =
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister1 = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| predecessor1 = [[Hardeep Singh Puri]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare]]
| term_start2 = 4 July 2016
| term_end2 = 24 May 2019
| primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister2 = [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Ashwani Kumar Choubey]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mirzapur]]
| term_start3 = 2014
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Bal Kumar Patel]]
| successor3 = Incumbent
| office4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly| Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh]]
| constituency4 = [[Rohaniya (Assembly constituency)|Rohaniya]]
| term_start4 = 2012
| term_end4 = 2014
| predecessor4 = Constituency created
| successor4 = [[Mahendra Singh Patel]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| residence = Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
| party = [[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
| otherparty = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ashish Singh Patel]]|2009}}
| father = [[Sone Lal Patel]]
| alma_mater = [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]], [[University of Delhi]] (BA),<br>
[[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]] (MBA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/loksabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12928|title = Anupriya Singh Patel(Apna Dal (Soneylal)):Constituency- MIRZAPUR(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref>
| profession = [[Teacher]], [[social worker]] and [[politician]]
}}

'''Anupriya Patel''' (born 29 April 1981)<ref>{{cite news |title=I feel good to be part of this process : Anupriya |first=Arunav |last=Sinha |date=4 February 2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-04/lucknow/31024351_1_road-accident-apna-dal-elections-test |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103140347/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-04/lucknow/31024351_1_road-accident-apna-dal-elections-test |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-06-25}}</ref> is an Indian politician from the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] belonging to the [[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]] party currently serving as the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India]] since from 7 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://commerce.gov.in/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Mcommerce|language=en}}</ref> She represents [[Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mirzapur]] in 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 elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]] from the constituency of [[Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mirzapur]] in the [[2014 Indian general election]], and again in 2019.<ref name="toi20140527">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/No-ministerial-berth-for-Anupriya-Patel/articleshow/35624850.cms |title=No ministerial berth for Anupriya Patel |work=The Times of India |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=2014-06-10}}</ref> She was previously elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Rohaniya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rohaniya constituency]] of the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Legislature of Uttar Pradesh]] in [[Varanasi]], where she had fought a campaign in alliance with the [[Peace Party of India]] and [[Bundelkhand Congress]] in the [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election]].<ref name=IE20120212 /><ref>[http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS24387.htm Constituency Wise Result Status]</ref>

==Life==
Anupriya Patel is the daughter of [[Sone Lal Patel]], who founded the [[Apna Dal]] political party that is based in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She was educated at [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]] and [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4662 |title = Members : Lok Sabha}}</ref> formerly [[Kanpur University]]. She has a master's degrees in Psychology and also Masters in Business Administration (MBA),<ref>{{citation |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised? |url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=10 July 2016 |last1=Layak |first1=Suman }}</ref> and has taught at Amity.<ref name=IE20120212 />

==Career==
Patel has been president of Apna Dal since the death of her father in October 2009.<ref name=IE20120212>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lsr-graduate-32-leads-her-partys-up-campa/911120/0 |title=LSR graduate, 32, leads her party's UP campaign |date=12 February 2012 |publisher=Indian Express |first=Maulshree |last=Seth |access-date=2012-06-24}}</ref> In 2012, she was elected as the member of [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], for the [[Rohaniya (Assembly constituency)|Rohaniya constituency]] in [[Varanasi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rohaniya Assembly Constituency Election Result 2022 - Candidates, MLAs, Live Updates & News|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/rohaniya.html|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>

In the 2014 general election, Patel's party campaigned in alliance with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], led by [[Narendra Modi]]. She was elected as [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mirzapur constituency]]. After the election, there were rumours that the two parties would merge but Patel rejected overtures intended to result in that.<ref name="toi20140527" />

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150426211925/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4662 Lok Sabha biography]

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