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{{Short description|Indian politician, Dy. Chief Minister of U.P.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brajesh Pathak
| image = Brajesh Pathak.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bangarmau Unnao]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| office = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| alongside = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Dinesh Sharma (politician)|Dinesh Sharma]]
| successor =
| office1 = Minister of Health & Family Welfare<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| predecessor1 = [[Jai Pratap Singh]]
| office2 = Minister of Medical Education<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| predecessor2 = [[Jai Pratap Singh]]
| office3 = Minister of Maternity & Child Welfare<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jai Pratap Singh]]
| office4 = Minister of Law & Justice<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start4 = 19 March 2017
| term_end4 = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| successor4 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| office5 = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start5 = 2022
| term_end5 =
| predecessor5 = [[Suresh Chandra Tiwari]]
| successor5 =
| constituency5 = [[Lucknow Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Lucknow Cantonment]]
| term_start6 = 2017
| term_end6 = 2022
| predecessor6 = [[Ravidas Mehrotra]]
| successor6 = [[Ravidas Mehrotra]]
| constituency6 = [[Lucknow Central (Assembly constituency)|Lucknow Central]]
| office7 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start7 = 26 November 2008
| term_end7 = 25 November 2014
| constituency7 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
| office8 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start8 = 2004
| term_end8 = 2008
| predecessor8 = Deepak Kumar
| successor8 = [[Annu Tandon]]
| constituency8 = [[Unnao (Lok Sabha constituency)|Unnao]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2016–present)
| otherparty = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (2004–2016)
| spouse = Namrata Pathak
| children = Trayambak Pathak, Shambhavi Pathak, Vedika Pathak
| website = {{Official website|http://www.brajeshpathakup.com}}
| footnotes =
| date = 29 March 2022
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4097
}}

'''Brajesh Pathak''' (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]], Currently he is serving as the [[List of deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Deputy Chief Minister]] & Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the [[Uttar Pradesh Government]]. He is also an ex [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] of [[Unnao (Lok Sabha constituency)|Unnao]] from 2004 to 2009.

==Early life and education==
Pathak was born on 25 June 1964 to Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, [[Hardoi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is a lawyer by profession. He received a degree of [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB) from [[University of Lucknow]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=21601|title=Member profile|website=Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>

And also member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.- CMA.

==Political career==
In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.

He joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in presence of its national president [[Amit Shah]] and Union minister [[Mahesh Sharma]] in [[Lucknow]].
In [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2017) elections, he was elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from [[Lucknow Central (Assembly constituency)|Lucknow Central]] of [[Lucknow district]] in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/lucknow-central.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref> After winning this high-profile seat, he appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2017: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/yogi-adityanath-cabinet-2017-full-list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-in-uttar-pradesh/595132/ |accessdate=21 October 2018 |publisher=The Financial Express|date=6 June 2017}}</ref>

On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of [[Yogi Adityanath]] his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/in-first-cabinet-expansion-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-inducts-18-ministers-promotes-5-2278361.html|title=In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5|last=Qazi Faraz Ahmad|date=21 August 2019|work=News18|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>
On 25 March 2022, he became deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh along with [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]].

== Personal life ==
On August 5, 2020, he got infected with [[COVID-19]].He is married to Namrata Pathak.<ref>{{cite news |title=UP cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID-19 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/05/up-cabinet-minister-brajesh-pathak-tests-positive-for-covid-19-2179365.amp |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=August 5, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/Website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=2099 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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