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| Office | Minister of State for Commerce and Industry |
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| Office | Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare |
| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
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| Predecessor | Hardeep Singh Puri
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| Born | 1981-4-29 (age 45) |
| Born | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Political party | Apna Dal (Sonelal) |
| Spouse | Template:Marriage
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| Alma mater | Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi (BA), Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (MBA)[1]
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Anupriya Patel (born 29 April 1981)[2] is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh belonging to the Apna Dal (Sonelal) party currently serving as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India since from 7 July 2021.[3] She represents Mirzapur in Lok Sabha since 2014. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, from 2016 to 2019.
She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the constituency of Mirzapur in the 2014 Indian general election, and again in 2019.[4] She was previously elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Rohaniya constituency of the Legislature of Uttar Pradesh in Varanasi, where she had fought a campaign in alliance with the Peace Party of India and Bundelkhand Congress in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election.[5][6]
Life
Anupriya Patel is the daughter of Sone Lal Patel, who founded the Apna Dal political party that is based in Uttar Pradesh. She was educated at Lady Shri Ram College for Women and Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University,[7] formerly Kanpur University. She has a master's degrees in Psychology and also Masters in Business Administration (MBA),[8] and has taught at Amity.[5]
Career
Patel has been president of Apna Dal since the death of her father in October 2009.[5] In 2012, she was elected as the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, for the Rohaniya constituency in Varanasi.[9]
In the 2014 general election, Patel's party campaigned in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi. She was elected as Member of Parliament from Mirzapur constituency. After the election, there were rumours that the two parties would merge but Patel rejected overtures intended to result in that.[4]
References
- ↑ Anupriya Singh Patel(Apna Dal (Soneylal)):Constituency- MIRZAPUR(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate.
- ↑ I feel good to be part of this process : Anupriya. The Times of India(4 February 2012). Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ↑ Home. Mcommerce. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 No ministerial berth for Anupriya Patel. The Times of India(27 May 2014). Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 LSR graduate, 32, leads her party's UP campaign(12 February 2012). Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ↑ Constituency Wise Result Status
- ↑ Members : Lok Sabha.
- ↑ Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?(10 July 2016).
- ↑ Rohaniya Assembly Constituency Election Result 2022 - Candidates, MLAs, Live Updates & News. www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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