Dinesh Sharma | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 9 September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Hardwar Dubey |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 19 March 2017 –25 March 2022 Servingwith Keshav Prasad Maurya | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Preceded by | Narain Singh |
Succeeded by | Brajesh Pathak |
Minister of Secondary &Higher Education Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 19 March 2017 –25 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Succeeded by | Yogendra Upadhyaya |
Minister of Science &Technology Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 19 March 2017 –25 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Succeeded by | Yogendra Upadhyaya |
Minister of Electronics &Information Technology Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 19 March 2017 –25 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Succeeded by | Yogendra Upadhyaya |
Leader of the House Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
In office 11 May 2017 –25 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ahmed Hassan |
Succeeded by | Swatantra Dev Singh |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
In office 9 September 2017 –9 September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ashok Bajpai |
Succeeded by | Dara Singh Chauhan |
Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
Mayor of Lucknow | |
In office 14 November 2006 –22 March 2017 | |
Preceded by | S. C. Rai |
Succeeded by | Suresh Awasthi |
President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha,Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 1993–1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,India | 12 January 1964
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Jayalakshmi Sharma |
Alma mater | Lucknow University (M.Com),Ph.D) |
Occupation | Academic |
Dinesh Sharma (born 12 January 1964) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He was the Deputy Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He was previously the mayor of Lucknow. A professor by profession,he is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he has held various posts in the party.
Sharma's political talent was first noticed by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Like many politicians in the Bharatiya Janata Party,Sharma began his political career with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was later named the state President of the BJP's Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Youth Wing). [1] Sharma was subsequently elected as Mayor of Lucknow in 2006. He stood for re-election in 2012 and defeated his nearest rival,Neeraj Bora of the Indian National Congress by over 171,000 votes. [2] On 16 August 2014 he became the National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party,following his contribution to the party's success in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. On 19 March 2017,he was appointed one of two Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh. He is not an elected member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was elected for Legislative Council (Upper House) on 9 September 2017.
He was allocated the ministries of Higher and Secondary Education,Science and Technology,Electronics and IT departments. [3] [4]
In March 2022,Sharma was replaced by Brajesh Pathak as the new Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. [5]
Sharma was named as the BJP candidate for the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh in 2023 which he won unopposed and became Member of Parliament. [6] [7]
Sharma joined the University of Lucknow in 1988. [1] He was professor in the commerce department. [1]
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