Mata Prasad Pandey
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Mata Prasad Pandey | |
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| 33rd Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 28 July 2024 | |
| Speaker | Satish Mahana |
| Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| 15th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 13 April 2012 – 30 March 2017 | |
| Governor | Banwari Lal Joshi Aziz Qureshi Ram Naik |
| Preceded by | Sukhdev Rajbhar |
| Succeeded by | Hriday Narayan Dikshit |
| In office 26 July 2004 – 18 May 2007 | |
| Governor | T. V. Rajeswar |
| Deputy | Rajesh Agrawal |
| Preceded by | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Succeeded by | Sukhdev Rajbhar |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Itwa | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Satish Chandra Dwivedi |
| In office 26 February 2002 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Muqueem |
| Succeeded by | Satish Chandra Dwivedi |
| In office 9 June 1980 – 22 June 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Vishwanath Pandey |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Muqueem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 December 1942 |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse |
Suryamati Pandey (m. 1965) |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Gorakhpur University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Agriculturist |
Mata Prasad Pandey (born 31 December 1942)[1] is an Indian politician and serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since 28 July 2024.[2] At present he is representing Itwa 305 constituency in Siddharthnagar of Uttar Pradesh. He was Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 2 terms.
- Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2022
- Participated in several political movements and imprisoned several times for movement for upliftment of the poor and down trodden people of the society.
- He has been member of Assurance Committee, Petition Committee, Delegated Legislation Committee, Parliamentary Research, Reference and Studies Committee, Rules Committee, Question and Reference Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Privilege Committee and Public Accounts Committee of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
- Minister for Health in 1991 and Minister for Labour and Employment in 2003
- Speaker, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 26.07.2004 to 18.05.2007