Anupriya Patel

Anupriya Singh Patel (born 29 April 1981)[1] is an Indian politician, based in the state of Uttar Pradesh. 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.

Anupriya Patel
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
In office
4 July 2016 – 24 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byBal Kumar Patel
ConstituencyMirzapur
MLA
In office
2012–2014
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byMahendra Singh Patel
ConstituencyRohaniya
Personal details
Born (1981-04-29) 29 April 1981
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyApna Dal (2009-2017)
Apna Dal (Sonelal) (2017-present)
Spouse(s)Ashish Singh Patel
RelationsSone Lal Patel (father)
Krishna Patel (mother)
ResidenceKanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materLady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi.
ProfessionTeacher, social worker & politician

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.[2] 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.[3][4]

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,[5] formerly Kanpur University. She has a master's degrees in Psychology and also Masters in Business Administration (MBA),[6] and has taught at Amity.[3]

Career

Patel has been president of Apna Dal since the death of her father in October 2009.[3] In 2012, she was elected as the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, for the Rohaniya constituency in Varanasi.

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.[2]

References
  1. Sinha, Arunav (4 February 2012). "I feel good to be part of this process : Anupriya Patel". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. "No ministerial berth for Anupriya Patel". The Times of India. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. Seth, Maulshree (12 February 2012). "LSR graduate, 32, leads her party's UP campaign". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  4. Constituency Wise Result Status
  5. "Members : Lok Sabha".
  6. "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, 10 July 2016
Party political offices
Preceded by
post established		 Leader of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) Party in the 16th Lok Sabha
2014–present		 Incumbent


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