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Brajesh Pathak
Official portrait, 2022
6th Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2022 Serving with Keshav Maurya
Governor	Anandiben Patel
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Ministry & Departments	Health & Family (2022-) Medical Education (2022-) Maternity & Child (2022-)
Preceded by	Dinesh Sharma
Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Ministry&Departments	Legislative Law & Justice Rural Engineering
Succeeded by	Yogi Adityanath
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Suresh Chandra Tiwari
Constituency	Lucknow Cantonment
In office 2017–2022
Preceded by	Ravidas Mehrotra
Succeeded by	Ravidas Mehrotra
Constituency	Lucknow Central
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 26 November 2008 – 25 November 2014
Preceded by	Amar Singh
Succeeded by	Javed Ali Khan
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Deepak Kumar
Succeeded by	Annu Tandon
Constituency	Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1964-06-25) 25 June 1964 (age 61) Mallawan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	Bahujan Samaj Party (2004–2016)
Spouse	Namrata Pathak
Alma mater	University of Lucknow
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
As of 29 March 2022

Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] Presently, he is serving as the 6th Deputy Chief Minister (alongside Keshav Maurya since 2023) and Cabinet Minister of Medical Education, Medical and Health, and Family Welfare in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

He was also the cabinet minister for Law and Justice in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He has also been a Lok Sabha member of Parliament from the Unnao constituency from 2004 to 2009 and Rajya Sabha member of Parliament from 2008 to 2014. In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he won by a great margin from the Lucknow Cantonment constituency in Lucknow district.

He is seen as a popular leader in Uttar Pradesh known for his humility and well rooted connection with his people.

He has been an active member of student politics and public service since his days in Lucknow University. In the year 1990, he was the President of the Students' Union of the prestigious Lucknow University. In the year 1987, he was also the representative of the Law Faculty of the Lucknow University Students' Union. Kabaddi, volleyball are his favorite sports.

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Brajesh Pathak was born to Mr. Suresh Pathak and Mrs. Kamla Pathak in the town of Mallawan, Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. He is married to Namrata Pathak.

From being the face of student politics in Lucknow Brajesh Pathak, in 2004 general elections, Brajesh Pathak defeated Deepak Kumar from the Lok Sabha Constituency of Unnao and became a member of parliament and was later part of Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014.

In 2017, he was elected as an MLA from Lucknow Central by defeating Ravidas Malhotara from the Samajwadi Party and was appointed Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister for Law and Legislative, Additional Sources of Energy and Political Pensions on 19 March 2017. On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of the Yogi government, his portfolio was changed to that of the Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering Services. On 25 March 2022, he became the 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

During his tenure as a Member of Parliament, he has been a member of the Public Grievances committee, Law and Justice committee, Business Advisory Committee, Public Accounts Committee, Home Ministry Member, Consultative Committee of Delimitation Commission. Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs, Committee of Privileges, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel, Standing Committee on Finance, member of the National Committee on NCC. Committee on Railways, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Committee on Home Affairs, General Purposes Committee, Member of House Committee, he was nominated as the chairman of the Health and Family Welfare Committee.

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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