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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Jai Pratap Singh
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| office1 = Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in<br /> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 21 August 2019
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Sidharth Nath Singh]]
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| office12 = Minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in <br /> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start12 = March 2017
| 1blankname12 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata12 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| term_end12 = August 2019
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| successor12 = [[Ram Naresh Agnihotri]]
| office10 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] of <br /> [[Bansi (Assembly constituency)|Bansi]]
| term_start10 = March 2012
| predecessor10 = Lal Ji Yadav
| term_start11 = December 1989
| term_end11 = May 2007 (5 times)
| predecessor11 = [[Harish Chandra Srivastava]]
| successor11 = Lal Ji Yadav
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|9|7}}
| birth_place = [[Dumraon]], [[Bihar]], India
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| children = 2
| residence = Rajmahal, Bansi, [[Siddharthnagar district]]
| alma_mater = [[Kishinchand Chellaram College|KC College]] (B. A.)
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'''Jai Pratap Singh''' is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in the [[Yogi Adityanath ministry]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh Government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/guest/cabinet-ministers|title=Council of Ministers|website=Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> He is a member of [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] and was a member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]. He was elected to [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] seven times from [[Bansi (Assembly constituency)|Bansi]] constituency of [[Siddharthnagar district|Siddharthnagar]] district.<ref name="Member Profile">{{cite news|title=Member Profile|publisher=Legislative Assembly official website|accessdate=16 November 2018|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/english/pdfs/members_profile/304.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116220013/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/english/pdfs/members_profile/304.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=12|title=candidate affidavit|work=myneta.info|accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjp.org/en/media-resources/press-releases/list-of-bjp-candidates-for-ensuing-general-election-to-the-legislative-assembly-2017-of-uttar-pradesh-uttrakhand-punjab-finalised-by-bjp-cec-16-01-2017|title=LIST OF BJP CANDIDATES FOR ENSUING GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 OF UTTAR PRADESH|work=BJP official website|accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in [[Dumraon]], Bihar.<ref name="Member Profile"/> He completed his [[Higher Secondary]] studies from [[Mayo College]], Ajmer in 1970 and graduated with [[Bachelor of Arts]] (Honours) from [[Kishinchand Chellaram College|KC College]], Bombay in 1974.<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/> Singh married Basundhara Kumari on 19 January 1983, with whom he has two sons. He is a farmer by profession and is a resident of Rajmahal, Bansi, [[Siddharthnagar district]].<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19856|title=Member Profile 2017|website=Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>

==Political career==
Jai Pratap Singh has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for seven straight times. Since 1989, he represented the [[Bansi (Assembly constituency)]] as a member of the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]].<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/><ref name="Member Profile"/>

In [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2017) elections, he defeated his nearest rival [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Lal Ji by a margin of 18,942 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bansi.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> after winning seventh time, he is appointed as Cabinet minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upexcise.in/NewForm/TDGovernment.aspx|title=Minister of Excise Jai Pratap Singh|work=Uttar Pradesh Excise Department official website|accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref>

On 21 August 2019, After first cabinet expansion of [[Yogi Adityanath]] his ministry department changed as Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare.<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=17 September 2019}}</ref>

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 1989 || 1991 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||
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| 02 || 1991 || 1992 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||
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| 03 || 1993 || 1995 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]||
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| 04 || 1996 || 2002 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]||
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| 05 || 2002 || 2007 || Member, [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]||
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| 06 || 2012 || 2017 || Member, [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]||
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| 07 || 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]||
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| 08 || 2017 || Incumbent || Cabinet Minister in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]||
|-
|}

== References ==

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{{Yogi ministry|Health=Jai Pratap Singh}}

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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Yogi ministry]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Siddharthnagar district]]
[[Category:1953 births]]

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