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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = MN Pandey.jpg
| caption = Pandey in 2024
| office = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries|Minister of Heavy Industries]]
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| termend= 11 June 2024
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| successor = [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| office1 = [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]]
| term_start1 = 31 May 2019
| term_end1 = 7 July 2021
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor1 = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| successor1 = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Minister of State, Human Resource Development]]
| successor3 = [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satya Pal Singh]]
| term_start3 = 5 July 2016
| term_end3 = 31 August 2017
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start4 = 16 May 2014
| termend4 = 4 June 2024
| constituency4 = [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]]
| predecessor4 = [[Ramkishun]]
| successor4 = [[Virendra Singh (Varanasi)|Virendra Singh]]
| office2 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit
| term_start2 = 31 August 2017
| term_end2 = 16 July 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
| successor2 = [[Swatantra Dev Singh]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur district|Pakhapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
| mother = Chandrawati Pandey
| father = Sudhakar Pandey
| residence = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]] ([[Postgraduate education|M.A.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]])
| cabinet = [[Second Modi ministry]]
| profession = Agriculturist
| footnotes =
}}
'''Mahendra Nath Pandey''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who was Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]] from [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] to [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and was the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He was also Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2016 and 2017. He was a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

==Early life==
[[File:Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey interacting with the media after taking charge as the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in New Delhi on June 04, 2019.jpg|thumb|Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey interacting with the media after taking charge as the Union [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]], along with Shri [[Raj Kumar Singh]], [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]], in New Delhi on June 04, 2019.]]
Pandey was born at [[Ghazipur district|Pakhanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in a [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4917 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed UP BJP chief |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/8fvHMKhlkn0ENYQbxWfL9I/Union-minister-Mahendra-Nath-Pandey-appointed-UP-BJP-chief.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref> He received a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] degree in [[Journalism]] and completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in [[Hindi]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="LS"/> In 1973, he was elected president of the students' union of [[C.M. Anglo Bengali College]]. Five years later, he became the general secretary of the students' union of Banaras Hindu University.<ref name="DB">{{cite web |title=मोदी के मंत्री को मिली नई जिम्मेदारी, डॉ महेन्द्र पांडेय बने यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष | trans-title = Modi's minister gets new responsibility, Dr. Mahendra Pandey becomes the president of UP BJP |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-mahendra-nath-pandey-start-new-inning-as-uttar-pradesh-bjp-president-5683341-NOR.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>

Pandey spent five months in prison during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]].<ref name="NDTV">{{cite web |title=ऐसे ही नहीं दी गई है महेंद्रनाथ पांडेय को उत्तर प्रदेश बीजेपी की कमान, इसके पीछे हो सकती है एक रणनीति |trans-title=Mahendra Nath Pandey has simply been not made BJP President of Uttar Pradesh, behind it there might be a strategy |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttar-pradesh/why-mahendra-nath-pandey-given-responsibility-of-up-bjp-chief-1744955 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713025026/https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttar-pradesh/why-mahendra-nath-pandey-given-responsibility-of-up-bjp-chief-1744955 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news |title=BJP picks up Brahmin face Mahendra Nath Pandey to head UP unit ahead of LS polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-picks-up-brahmin-face-to-head-up-unit-ahead-of-ls-polls/articleshow/60311703.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017|last1=Sharma |first1=Aman }}</ref> In 1978, he joined [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="ET"/> He took part in the [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] movement and was booked under the [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]] by the [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]-led state government.<ref name="ET"/>

In 1991, Pandey was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the first time.<ref name="DB"/> In 1996, he was re-elected to the assembly. He received the portfolio of Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development the following year in the [[Kalyan Singh]] ministry. He also served as Minister of State for Planning (Independent charge) between 1998 and 2000, and Minister of State, Panchayati Raj between 2000 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey: BJP's Brahmin Face in UP |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/mahendra-nath-pandey-bjps-brahmin-face-in-up/945636 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2014 Indian general election]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] announced that Pandey would contest from the [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli constituency]] of [[Purvanchal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP directs Modi wave at eastern UP |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/BJP-directs-Modi-wave-at-eastern-UP/article20758949.ece |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=24 April 2014}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] after defeating his nearest rival Anil Maurya of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] by a margin of approximately 150,000 votes.<ref name="DB"/><ref name="ET"/> Subsequently, he was made a member of [[Standing committee (India)|Standing Committee]] on [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Rural Development]] and Consultative Committee for [[Ministry of Steel|Ministry of Steel and Mines]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uprety |first1=Ajay |title=BJP keeps Brahmins in UP happy by making Mahendra Pandey state chief |url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/bjp-uttar-pradesh-brahmins-mahendra-nath-pandey.html |publisher=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017}}</ref>

On 5 July 2016, in a major cabinet reshuffle, Pandey took the oath of office as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Human Resource Development]] in the [[First Modi ministry]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katiyar |first1=Prema |title=Meet these three new ministers who have found berths in various ministries|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-these-three-new-ministers-who-have-found-berths-in-various-ministries/articleshow/53133375.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Modi Cabinet reshuffle 2016: Modi surprises – Smriti Irani loses HRD, VK Singh deprived of MoS N-E charge |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/live-cabinet-reshuffle-pm-narendra-modi-cabinet-to-induct-19-new-faces-today/306989/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref> On 31 August 2017, he was replaced by [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satyapal Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Meet the nine new faces |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modis-cabinet-reshuffle-meet-the-nine-new-faces/satya-pal-singh/slideshow/60347914.cms |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=3 September 2017}}</ref> That same day, he was appointed president of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit of the BJP, replacing [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mahendra-nath-pandey-appointed-uttar-pradesh-bjp-chief-1744600 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>

In the Cabinet announcement made on 31 May 2019, Pandey was given the post of [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]] in the 17th Lok Sabha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/mahendra-nath-pandey-gets-skill-development-737257.html|title=Mahendra Nath Pandey gets Skill Development|date=2019-05-31|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pandey's family originally hails from the village of [[Pakhanpur]].<ref name="NDTV"/> He married Pratima Pandey on 8 February 1985 and they have one daughter.<ref name="LS"/>

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