Jai Pratap Singh
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Jai Pratap Singh | |
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| Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Sidharth Nath Singh |
| Succeeded by | Brajesh Pathak |
| Minister of Excise & Liquor Prohibition, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Succeeded by | Ram Naresh Agnihotri |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Lalji Yadav |
| Constituency | Bansi |
| In office 1989–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Harish Chandra Srivastava |
| Succeeded by | Lalji Yadav |
| Constituency | Bansi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1953 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Spouse |
Basundhara Kumari (m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | KC College (B. A.) |
| Profession | Politician |
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Jai Pratap Singh (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry of the Uttar Pradesh Government.[1] He is a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seven times from Bansi constituency of Siddharthnagar district.[2][3][4]
Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar.[2] He completed his Higher Secondary studies from Mayo College, Ajmer in 1970 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from KC College, Bombay in 1974.[3] Singh married Basundhara Kumari on 19 January 1983, with whom he has two sons. He is a farmer by profession and is a resident of Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district.[2][3][5]
