Pankaj Chaudhary

Indian politician

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Pankaj Chaudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

Incumbent

Assumed office
7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)

Serving with Bhagwat Karad

President| Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister| Narendra Modi
Minister| Nirmala Sitaraman
Preceded by| Anurag Thakur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office
May 2014
Preceded by| Harsh Vardhan
Constituency| Maharajganj
In office
May 2004 – May 2009
Preceded by| Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Succeeded by| Harsh Vardhan
In office
June 1991 – April 1999 (3 Times)
Preceded by| Harsh Vardhan
Succeeded by| Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Personal details
Born|  (1964-11-15) 15 November 1964 (age 60)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse|

Bhagya Shree Chaudhary

(m. 1990)​

Children| 2
Parents|

* Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary (father)
* Ujjwal Chaudhary (mother)

Residence(s)| 20, Canning Lane, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi
Education| Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater| Gorakhpur University
Profession|

* Industrialist
* Agriculturist

As of 9 June, 2020

Source: [1]

## About

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Pankaj Chaudhary (born 20 November[1] 1964) is an Indian politician who currently serves as the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Maharajganj constituency in Uttar Pradesh for the seventh term.[2] Chaudhary is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

## Early Life and Family

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Born in Uttar Pradesh, Chaudhary graduated from Gorakhpur University. Born to Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary[3] and Ujjwal Chaudhary, he comes from a political background, with his mother, Ujjwal Chaudhary, having served as the Maharajganj District Panchayat President.[4] Pankaj Chaudhary is married to Bhagya Shree Chaudhary, with whom he has two children.

His political career began at the local level when he served as a Member of the Municipal Corporation in Gorakhpur from 1989 to 1991. During this period, he also held the position of Deputy Mayor[5] of the Municipal Corporation in Gorakhpur from 1990 to 1991. His leadership abilities were quickly recognized, and he was appointed Deputy Mayor of Gorakhpur during the same period. In 1990, Chaudhary became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Working Committee,[6] further solidifying his political affiliation.

## Politics

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He was first elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 and then to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 and the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998. However, he lost to Akhilesh Singh of the Samajwadi Party in the 1999 General elections. He later won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.

In 2009, he lost again to the Indian National Congress candidate Harsh Vardhan from Maharajganj. In 2014, he won from the same constituency and is now a member of 16th Lok Sabha.[7]

He became Union Minister of State (Finance) in Second Modi ministry after the Cabinet reshuffle.[8]

Re-elected to 18th Lok Sabha(7th term) June 2024 and Joined 11 June 2024 as Union Minister of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India.[9]

## Positions held

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Source[10]

* 1989–91: Member, Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
* 1990–91: Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
* 1990 onwards Member, Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)
* 1991: Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
* 1991–96: Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table & Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
* 1996 : Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
* 1996–97: Member, Committee on Communications & Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
* 1998 : Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
* 1998–99: Member, Committee on Railways; Member, Committee on Petitions & Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
* 2004 : Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)

Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Member, Committee on Tourism

* 2007 onwards Member, Committee on MPLADS
* 2014 : Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
* 2019 : Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)
* 2021 - 9 June 2024: Minister of State, Ministry of Finance.
* 11 June 2024:Union Ministers of State for Ministry of Finance.

## References

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1. ^ "श्री पंकज चौधरी | Department of Financial Services | Ministry of Finance | Government of India". financialservices.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
2. ^ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
3. ^ Ashraf, Zainab. "Pankaj Chaudhary: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
4. ^ "तस्वीरें: केंद्रीय वित्त राज्य मंत्री बने पंकज चौधरी के घर खुशियों की बरसात, अपनों ने इस पल को ऐसे बनाया यादगार". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
5. ^ "श्री पंकज चौधरी | Department of Financial Services | Ministry of Finance | Government of India". financialservices.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
6. ^ "श्री पंकज चौधरी | Department of Financial Services | Ministry of Finance | Government of India". financialservices.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
7. ^ "Constituency-wise results: Maharaganj". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
8. ^ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
9. ^ https://dpe.gov.in/en/shri-pankaj-chaudhary-mos
10. ^ "Shri Pankaj Chaudhary". Department of Financial Services | Ministry of Finance | Government of India. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

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Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh State

GE 2014|

1. Ajay Kumar Mishra
2. Akshay Yadav
3. Anju Bala
4. Anupriya Patel
5. Anshul Verma
6. Ashok Kumar Doharey
7. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
8. Bharat Singh
9. Bhairon Prasad Mishra
10. Bhartendu Singh
11. Bhola Singh
12. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
13. Chhotelal
14. Choudhary Babulal
15. Daddan Mishra
16. Devendra Singh
17. Dharmendra Kashyap
18. Dharmendra Yadav
19. Dimple Yadav
20. Harivansh Singh
21. Hari Om Pandey
22. Harish Dwivedi
23. Harinarayan Rajbhar
24. Hema Malini
25. Hukum Singh
26. Jagdambika Pal
27. Kalraj Mishra
28. Kamlesh Paswan
29. Kanwar Singh Tanwar
30. Kaushal Kishore
31. Keshav Prasad Maurya
32. Kirti Vardhan Singh
33. Krishna Pratap
34. Krishna Raj
35. Kunwar Bharatendra Singh
36. Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel
37. Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh
38. Lallu Singh
39. Mahendra Nath Pandey
40. Mukesh Rajput
41. Mahesh Sharma
42. Maneka Gandhi
43. Manoj Sinha
44. Mulayam Singh Yadav
45. Murali Manohar Joshi
46. Naipal Singh
47. Narendra Modi
48. Neelam Sonkar
49. Niranjan Jyoti
50. Pankaj Choudhary
51. Priyanka Singh Rawat
52. Raghav Lakhanpal
53. Rahul Gandhi
54. Rajendra Agrawal
55. Rajesh Diwakar
56. Rajesh Pandey
57. Rajesh Verma
58. Rajnath Singh
59. Rajveer Singh
60. Ram Shankar Katheria
61. Ram Charitra Nishad
62. Ravindra Kushawaha
63. Rekha Verma
64. Sakshi Maharaj
65. Sanjeev Balyan
66. Santosh Kumar Gangwar
67. Satya Pal Singh
68. Satyapal Singh Saini
69. Satish Kumar Gautam
70. Savitri Bai Phule
71. Sharad Tripathi
72. Shyama Charan Gupta
73. Sonia Gandhi
74. Uma Bharti
75. Varun Gandhi
76. Vinod Kumar Sonkar
77. Virendra Singh Mast
78. V. K. Singh
79. Yashwant Singh
80. Yogi Adityanath

By-election 2014|

* Tej Pratap Singh Yadav
* Pre-by poll: Mulayam Singh Yadav – resigned

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Bharatiya Janata Party

Party presidents|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86)
* L. K. Advani (1986–91, 1993–98, 2004–06)
* Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93)
* Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000)
* Bangaru Laxman (2000–01)
* Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02)
* Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04)
* Rajnath Singh (2006–09)
* Nitin Gadkari (2009–13)
* Rajnath Singh (2013–14)
* Amit Shah (2014–2020)
* J. P. Nadda (2020–present)

Current vice presidents|

* Vasundhara Raje
* Saudan Singh
* Baijayant Panda
* Saroj Pandey
* Rekha Verma
* Annpurna Devi
* Bharti Shiyal
* D. K. Aruna
* M. Chuba Ao
* A. P. Abdullakutty
* Laxmikant Bajpai
* Lata Usendi
* Tariq Mansoor

Prime ministers|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996; 1998–2004)
* Narendra Modi (2014–present)

Deputy prime ministers|

* L. K. Advani (2002–2004)

Other prominent leaders|

* Arun Jaitley
* Bhavurao Deshpande
* Nirmala Sitharaman
* Piyush Goyal
* Kalyan Singh
* Anandiben Patel
* Smriti Irani
* Ravi Shankar Prasad
* Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
* Sushil Kumar Modi
* Ram Naik
* Suvendu Adhikari
* Sarbananda Sonowal
* Chandrakant Bacchu Patil
* Dilip Ghosh
* Jamyang Tsering Namgyal
* Madan Lal Khurana
* Sahib Singh Verma
* Sushma Swaraj
* Manohar Parrikar
* Keshubhai Patel
* Shanta Kumar
* Prem Kumar Dhumal
* Babulal Marandi
* Arjun Munda
* D. V. Sadananda Gowda
* Jagadish Shettar
* Sunder Lal Patwa
* Uma Bharti
* Babulal Gaur
* Devendra Fadnavis
* Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
* Ram Prakash Gupta
* Jagdambika Pal
* Nityanand Swami
* Bhagat Singh Koshyari
* B. C. Khanduri
* Ramesh Pokhriyal
* Trivendra Singh Rawat
* Gulab Chand Kataria
* Hriday Narayan Dikshit
* Biswabhusan Harichandan
* Bandaru Dattatreya
* Ram Nath Kovind
* Draupadi Murmu
* Jagdeep Dhankhar
* Vajubhai Vala
* Kalraj Mishra
* Banwarilal Purohit
* Tamilisai Soundararajan
* Manoj Sinha
* Suresh Prabhu
* B. S. Yediyurappa
* Yogi Adityanath
* Himanta Biswa Sarma

Current chief ministers|

* Devendra Fadnavis
* Pema Khandu
* Himanta Biswa Sarma
* Vishnu Deo Sai
* Pramod Sawant
* Bhupendrabhai Patel
* Nayab Singh Saini
* Mohan Yadav
* Mohan Charan Majhi
* Bhajan Lal Sharma
* N. Biren Singh
* Yogi Adityanath
* Manik Saha
* Pushkar Singh Dhami

Current
deputy chief ministers|

* Chowna Mein
* Yanthungo Patton
* Brajesh Pathak
* Keshav Prasad Maurya
* Samrat Chaudhary
* Vijay Kumar Sinha
* Arun Sao
* Vijay Sharma
* Rajendra Shukla
* Jagdish Devda
* Diya Kumari
* Prem Chand Bairwa
* Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
* Pravati Parida

Current
national spokespersons|

* Anil Baluni
* Sanjay Mayukh
* Sambit Patra
* Sudhanshu Trivedi
* Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
* Rajiv Pratap Rudy
* Nalin Kohli
* Rajeev Chandrasekhar
* Gaurav Bhatia
* Syed Zafar Islam
* Tom Vadakkan
* Sanju Verma
* Gopal Krishna Agarwal
* Iqbal Singh Lalpura
* R. P. Singh
* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
* Aparajita Sarangi
* Heena Gavit
* Guruprakash
* Mmhonlumo Kikon
* Raju Bista
* K. K. Sharma

Current
general secretaries|

* Arun Singh

* Dushyant Kumar Gautam
* Tarun Chugh

* Vinod Tawde
* Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agarwal

* B. L. Santhosh (Organisation)
* Shiv Prakash (Organisation)

Current
national secretaries|

* Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar
* Arvind Menon
* Pankaja Munde
* Dr. Narendra Singh
* Alka Gujar
* Om Prakash Dhurve
* Rituraj Sinha
* Kamakhya Prasad Tasa
* Surendra Singh Nagar
* Anil Antony
* Manjinder Singh Sirsa
* Om Prakash Dhankar

Political wings|

* National Executive Committee
* Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
* BJP IT Cell
* BJP Mahila Morcha
* State Units
* State Presidents

Related organisations|

* Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
* Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
* Bharatiya Jana Sangh
* Janata Party
* Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
* Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
* Swadeshi Jagaran Manch
* Vishva Hindu Parishad

Others|

* Hindutva
* Hindu nationalism
* Integral humanism
* Electoral history
* Party leaders in the Parliament
* Rajya Sabha members

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Second Modi ministry

Prime Minister: Modi

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Cabinet Ministers

| Agriculture and Farmers Welfare|

Arjun Munda

|

Animal Husbandry, Dairying
and Fisheries|

Giriraj Singh

Atomic Energy|

Narendra Modi

Chemicals and Fertilizers|

Mansukh Mandaviya

Commerce and Industry|

Piyush Goyal

Communications|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution|

Piyush Goyal

Corporate Affairs|

Nirmala Sitharaman

Defence|

Rajnath Singh

Earth Sciences|

Kiren Rijiju

Electronics and
Information Technology|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

External Affairs|

S. Jaishankar

Finance|

Nirmala Sitharaman

Food Processing Industry|

Narendra Singh Tomar

| Coal|

Pralhad Joshi

|

Education|

Dharmendra Pradhan

Environment, Forest
and Climate Change|

Bhupender Yadav

Health and Family Welfare|

Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Heavy Industry|

Mahendra Nath Pandey

Home Affairs|

Amit Shah

Information and Broadcasting|

Anurag Thakur

Law and Justice|

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Jal Shakti|

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises|

Narayan Rane

Panchayati Raj|

Giriraj Singh

Parliamentary Affairs|

Pralhad Joshi

Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions|

Narendra Modi

| Petroleum and
Natural Gas|

Hardeep Singh Puri

|

Railways|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Rural Development|

Giriraj Singh

Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship|

Mahendra Nath Pandey

Social Justice and
Empowerment|

Virendra Kumar Khatik

Space|

Narendra Modi

Ministry of Steel|

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Shipping and Road Transport
and Highways|

Nitin Gadkari

Textiles|

Smriti Irani

Tribal Affairs|

Arjun Munda

Women and Child Development|

Smriti Irani

Minority Affairs|

Smriti Irani

Mines|

Pralhad Joshi

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Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

| Development of North
Eastern Region|

Jitendra Singh

|

| Housing and Urban Affairs|

Hardeep Singh Puri

|

Labour and Employment|

Bhupendar Yadav

New and Renewable Energy|

Raj Kumar Singh

Planning|

Rao Inderjit Singh

Power|

Raj Kumar Singh

| Science and Technology|

Jitendra Singh

|

Ports, Shipping and Waterways|

Sarbananda Sonowal

Statistics and Programme
Implementation|

Rao Inderjit Singh

Tourism|

Prahlad Singh Patel

Youth Affairs and Sports|

Anurag Thakur

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Ministers of State

| Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare|

Shobha Karandlaje

|

Animal Husbandry, Dairying
and Fisheries|

L. Murugan

Atomic Energy|

Jitendra Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers|

Bhagwanth Khuba

Commerce and Industry|

Anupriya Patel

Communications|

Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan

Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Disturbution|

Raosaheb Danve

Corporate Affairs|

Rao Inderjit Singh

Defence|

Ajay Bhatt

Electronics and IT|

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Environment, Forest
and Climate Change|

Ashwini Kumar Choubey

| External Affairs|

V. Muraleedharan

|

Finance|

Pankaj Chaudhary
Bhagwat Karad

Food Processing Industry|

Shobha Karandlaje

Health and Family Welfare|

Bharati Pawar

Heavy Industry and Public
Enterprises|

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Home Affairs|

Ajay Mishra Teni
Nityanand Rai
Nisith Pramanik

Jal Shakti|

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises|

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

Parliamentary Affairs|

Arjun Ram Meghwal
V. Muraleedharan

Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions|

Jitendra Singh

| Prime Minister's Office|

Jitendra Singh

|

Railways|

Raosaheb Danve
Darshana Jardosh

Road Transport
and Highways|

V. K. Singh

Rural Development|

Niranjan Jyoti

Social Justice and Empowerment|

A. Narayanaswamy
Ramdas Athawale
Pratima Bhoumik

Steel|

Faggan Singh Kulaste

Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship|

Raj Kumar Singh

Space|

Jitendra Singh

Tribal Affairs|

Bharati Pawar

Women and Child Development|

Mahendra Munjapara
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