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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|07|16|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhenkanal district|Nalam]], [[Orissa Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present-day [[Odisha]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|03|17|1941|07|16|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Delhi]], India<br />
| constituency2 = [[Deogarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deogarh, Odisha]]<br />
| office = [[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Union Minister of State for Agriculture]]<br />
| term_start = 27 May 2000<br />
| term_end = 29 January 2003<br />
| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| primeminister1 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee<br />
| predecessor = [[Thounaojam Chaoba Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Shripad Naik]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister of Road Transport and Highways|Union Minister of State for Surface Transport]]<br />
| termstart1 = 13 October 1999<br />
| termend1 = 27 May 2000<br />
| successor1 = [[Hukumdev Narayan Yadav]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term2 = 1998–2004<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Sriballav Panigrahi]]<br />
| successor2 = Dharmendra Pradhan<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Basanta Manjari Pradhan|1966}}<br />
| children = 2 (including [[Dharmendra Pradhan|Dharmendra]])<br />
| residence = [[New Delhi|2, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital]], [[Cuttack]]<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| profession = {{hlist|Agriculturist|medical practitioner|social worker}}<br />
| signature = <br />
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'''Debendra Pradhan''' (16 July 1941 – 17 March 2025) was an Indian politician and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/ArchiveMemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=334&lastls=13|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref> who served as [[Union Council of Ministers#Ranking|minister of state]] for surface transport and agriculture in the [[Second Vajpayee ministry]]. He was elected to the [[13th Lok Sabha]] from [[Deogarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deogarh constituency]]. He was also a member of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Pradhan was born on 16 July 1941 in the undivided Dhenkanal District of [[Odisha]] and studied [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/334?from=members|title=Pradhan, Dr. Debendra – details}}</ref> His son [[Dharmendra Pradhan]] is a [[Loksabha]] MP from Sambalpur, Odisha and Union Minister of Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in the Narendra Modi Government. He died in Delhi on 17 March 2025, at the age of 83.<ref>[https://kalingatv.com/odisha/odisha-former-union-minister-debendra-pradhan-passes-away/ Former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan passes away]</ref><br />
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==Offices==<br />
*President, BJP, Talcher Mandal (1980–1983)<br />
*District President of undivided Dhenkanal District of BJP (1983–1985)<br />
*District President of undivided Dhenkanal District of BJP (1985–1988)<br />
*State President of BJP, Odisha (February 1988 – 1990)<br />
*Re-elected as State President (BJP), Odisha (1990–1993)<br />
*State General Secretary of BJP, Odisha (1993–1995)<br />
*Re-elected as State President of BJP, Odisha (1995–1997)<br />
*National Executive Member, BJP (1997–1998)<br />
*Elected as Member of Parliament to 12th Lok Sabha, Deogarh Parliamentary Constituency, Odisha (1998)<br />
*Union Minister of State for Surface Transport (1998–1999)<br />
*Re-elected as Member of Parliament to 13th Lok Sabha, Deogarh Parliamentary Constituency (1999–2004)<br />
*Union Minister of State, Surface Transport & Minister of State for Agriculture (1999–2001)<br />
*National Vice President of BJP (2001–2002)<br />
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==External links==<br />
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