Surya Pratap Shahi

Surya Pratap Shahi
Minister of Agriculture Government of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2017
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
In office 12 May 2010 – 13 April 2012
Preceded by	Ramapati Ram Tripathi
Succeeded by	Laxmikant Bajpai
Minister of Excise & Liquor Prohibition Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 September 1997 – 8 March 2002
Chief Minister	Mayawati Kalyan Singh Ram Prakash Gupta Rajnath Singh
Minister of state for Home Affairs Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 24 June 1991 – 6 December 1992
Chief Minister	Kalyan Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Shakir Ali
Constituency	Pathardeva
In office 1996–2002
Preceded by	Brahma Shankar Tripathi
Succeeded by	Brahma Shankar Tripathi
Constituency	Kasia
In office 1991–1992
Preceded by	Brahma Shankar Tripathi
Succeeded by	Brahma Shankar Tripathi
Constituency	Kasia
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	Raj Mangal Pandey
Succeeded by	Brahma Shankar Tripathi
Constituency	Kasia
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 71) Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Rani Shahi ​ (m. 1973)​
Parents	Rajendra Kishor Shahi (father) Ram Pyari Devi (mother)
Residence(s)	Raghav Nagar, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Banaras Hindu University
Occupation	Agriculture, Advocate

Surya Pratap Shahi (born 23 December 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of 9th, 11th, 13th, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government with the portfolio of Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research.^[1] He has worked as the president of Uttar Pradesh state unit in the past. He is one of those distinguished BJP leaders who won election in 1985 despite sympathy wave after assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984.^[2]

Shahi was born on 23 December 1952 in Pakahan Village of Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, India in a Bhumihar Brahmin family.^[3] He got his early education from GIC Deoria. He completed his graduation from B.R.D. Post Graduate College. Shahi got his LLB degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 1974.^[4] His father Rajendra Kishor Shahi was District Sanchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who introduced him to the RSS at a very early age. Shahi was politically active since his student days. He contested and won the election of the student union in BHU. His uncle Ravindra Kishor Shahi was State President of Bhartiya Jana Sangh and a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government from 1977 to 1979.^[5] Shahi was married in 1973 to Rani Shahi. He has three children- a son and two daughters.

Shahi contested the assembly election of Uttar Pradesh for first time in the year 1980. However, he got elected for first time as MLA from the 'Kasia' assembly seat in 1985. Second time he won the election was in 1991 and became the Minister of State for Home in the Uttar Pradesh government. After completing one year in the government he was elevated to the position of Cabinet Minister with the portfolio of Health and Family Welfare. In the year 1996, he again got elected as MLA. Surya Pratap Shahi held the office of Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh government between 1997 and 2002 with the portfolio of Excise and Liquor Prohibition and currently he is a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh Government with the portfolio of Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Agriculture Research.^[6]