Shiv Pratap Shukla
Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician and statesman.
Currently, he is the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He was the Minister of State for Finance in the First Modi ministry. He was a Member of Parliament in the upper house (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian Parliament represented the Indian state, Uttar Pradesh.
Shiv Pratap Shukla | |
|---|---|
 Shukla in 2018 | |
| 22nd Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2023 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Chief Minister | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
| Preceded by | Rajendra Arlekar |
| Minister of State for Finance | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Santosh Gangwar |
| Succeeded by | Anurag Thakur |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 5 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP |
| Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party (U.P.) | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 21 September 1997 – 8 March 2002 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 5 December 1989 – 8 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Sunil Kumar Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Radha Mohan Das Agarwal |
| Constituency | Gorakhpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1952 Rudrapur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Shimla |
| Alma mater | Gorakhpur University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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. He was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly four consecutive times in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996.
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 in 1996–1998 under Bharatiya Janata Party–Bahujan Samaj Party a short-lived coalition government of Mayawati & Kalyan Singh & later on appointed Minister for Rural Development in year 1998–2002 under BJP government of Rajnath Singh.
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