Ram Govind Chaudhary | |
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Leader of the Opposition, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 27 March 2017 –10 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Preceded by | Gaya Charan Dinkar |
Succeeded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
Member of Legislative Assembly of Bansdih | |
In office March 2012 –March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Shiv Shankar |
Succeeded by | Ketaki Singh |
In office February 2002 –May 2007 | |
Preceded by | Bacha Pathak |
Succeeded by | Shiv Shankar |
Constituency | Bansdih,Ballia |
Ministry of Basic Education,Child Development and Nutrition Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office May 2012 –March 2017 | |
Chief Minister | Akhilesh Yadav |
Member of Legislative Assembly of Chilkahar | |
In office June 1991 –December 1992 | |
Succeeded by | Sangram Singh Yadav |
In office December 1989 –April 1991 | |
In office March 1985 –November 1989 | |
In office June 1980 –March 1985 | |
In office June 1977 –February 1980 | |
Preceded by | Jagannath Chaudhary |
Constituency | Chilkahar,Ballia |
Personal details | |
Born | Ballia,United Provinces,British India | 9 July 1946
Political party | Samajwadi Party |
Spouse | Kalawati Devi |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Lucknow and Ballia |
Alma mater | Gorakhpur University,University of Lucknow |
Profession | Politician,advocate |
Ram Govind Chaudhary (born 9 July 1946) is one of the prominent socialist leaders of India who has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. [1] He was in charge of Basic Education and Child Nutrition and Development Ministries in previous Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh led by Akhilesh Yadav. [2] He is Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Bansdih assembly seat,Ballia. [3]
He had closely worked with Jayaprakash Narayan and Chandra Shekhar. He is one of the close associates of Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav. [1]
Chaudhary was born on 9 July 1946 in Gosaipur,Ballia,Uttar Pradesh to Dwarika Choudhary. [4] [5] In 1974,he got Bachelor of Arts degree from Gorakhpur University,and in 1982,he received a degree in LLB from Lucknow University. [6] [5]
Chaudhary has been MLA for eight terms. 1977 to 1992 he represented Chilkahar constituency in Ballia of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2002,he represented Bansdih (Assembly constituency) in Ballia as a member of Samajwadi Party. He was also Minister of Horticulture and Food Processing in Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet (1990-91) and Minister of Child Development and Nutrition,Basic Education in Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet (2003-07) and Akhilesh Yadav cabinet (2012-17). [5]
Since March 2017,he serves as Leader of opposition in Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh,as a leader of Samajwadi Party. [5]
He is married to Kalawati Devi. They have a son. [5]