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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Krishna Raj
| native_name_lang = Hindi
| image = The Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt. Krishna Raj addressing at the presentation ceremony of the National Awards to Anganwadi Workers for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16, in New Delhi on December 22, 2016.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|02|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Minister of State (India)|Minister of State for]]
[[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare|Agriculture & Farmers Welfare]],<br />[[Government of India]]
| term_start = July 2015
| term_end = 24 May 2019
| successor = [[Kailash Choudhary]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur]]
| parliament1 = Indian
| term_start1 = 16 May 2014
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Mithlesh Kumar]]
| successor1 = [[Arun Kumar Sagar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Virendra Kumar
| children = 2 children
| profession = Politician,
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 15 October
| year = 2015
| source =
}}

'''Krishna Raj''' (born 22 February 1967) is an Indian politician and having affiliations with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) who is the former [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare|Union Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://agriculture.gov.in//|title=Default Web Page}}</ref> She was elected to [[Uttar Pradesh]] assembly in 1996 & 2007 from [[Mohammadi, Uttar Pradesh|Mohammadi]] seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myneta.info/up2007/candidate.php?candidate_id=99 |title=MyNeta Profile}}</ref> She contested [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur seat]] of Uttar Pradesh as BJP / NDA candidate and elected to 16th Lok Sabha.

==Early life and education==

Krishna Raj was born in [[Faizabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] on February 22, 1967 to Ram Dulare and Sukh Rani. She completed her Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University]], [[Faizabad]].

==Positions held==
* 1996-2002: Member, [[Uttar Pradesh]] Legislative Assembly.
* 2007-2012: Member, [[Uttar Pradesh]] Legislative Assembly (second term).
* 14 May 2014 Elected to [[16th Lok Sabha]].
* 1 Sep. 2014-5 July 2016:
↔Member, Committee on Petitions.
↔Member, Standing Committee on Energy.
↔Member, Consultative Committee, [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]], [[Panchayati Raj]] and [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation]]
* 13 May 2015 – 5 July 2016: Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015.
* 1 May 2016 – 5 July 2016: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings.
* 5 July 2016: [[Ministry of Women and Child Development|Union Minister of State of Women and Child Development]], [[India]].
* 4 September 2017: [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare|Union Minister of State of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare]], [[India]].<ref name=india-gov>{{cite web|title=Krishna Raj|url=http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/krishna-raj|publisher=Government of India|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=pib>{{cite web|title=Krishna Raj|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintHindiRelease.aspx?relid=66902|publisher=Government of India|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Cabinet of Narendra Modi}}
{{16th LS members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Shahjahanpur district]]
[[Category:Women in Uttar Pradesh politics]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Women union ministers of state of India]]

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