Shiv Pratap Shukla
Shiv Pratap Shukla | |
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Shukla in 2018 | |
| 5th Governor of Telangana | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2026 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Chief Minister | Revanth Reddy |
| Preceded by | Jishnu Dev Varma |
| Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 18 February 2023 – 11 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Rajendra Arlekar |
| Succeeded by | Kavinder Gupta |
| Union Minister of State for Finance | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Santosh Gangwar |
| Succeeded by | Anurag Thakur |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[1] | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP |
| Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal, IND |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 21 September 1997 – 8 March 2002 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 5 December 1989 – 8 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Sunil Kumar Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Radha Mohan Das Agarwal |
| Constituency | Gorakhpur Urban |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1952 Khajani, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Alma mater | Gorakhpur University |
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Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician and statesman. Currently, he is the Governor of Telangana since 2026. He served as the 22nd Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 2023 to 2026. He was the Minister of State for Finance in the First Modi ministry.[2] He was a Member of Parliament in the upper house (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian Parliament represented the Indian state, Uttar Pradesh.
Political career
Member of Legislative Assembly
Shukla campaigned in the General Elections in 1989 and was elected a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, defeating Shri Sunil Shastri of INC.[3] He was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly four consecutive times in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996.[3]
Minister of state in the BJP government
Shukla was appointed a state minister in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led governments in Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed the cabinet Minister for Jails[4][5][6] in 1996–1998 under Bharatiya Janata Party–Bahujan Samaj Party a short-lived coalition government of Mayawati and Kalyan Singh and later on appointed Minister for Rural Development[7] in year 1998–2002 under BJP government of Rajnath Singh.
References
- ^ "Samajwadi Party Wins 7 Rajya Sabha Seats in UP, Kapil Sibal Emerges Victorious".
- ^ "Shiv Pratap Shukla Gets Finance Ministry in PM Narendra Modi's Cabinet".
- ^ a b "Gorakhpur Election Results since 1977". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "The Great Lucknow Circus". Frontline. 15–28 November 1997. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
- ^ "Jailed gangster's reach gobsmacks UP police". Rediff. 17 December 1998.
- ^ "BJP bandh stirs up trouble in UP towns". Rediff. 23 February 1998.
- ^ R Swaminathan (22 February 2002). "Neither Ram nor Rahim, Gorakhpur voters seek solution to problem of floods". Rediff.