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Satish Mahana
18th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 March 2022
DeputyVacant
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byHriday Narayan Dikshit
In office
19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byAkhilesh Yadav
Succeeded byNand Gopal Gupta
Minister of Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, MSME and Export Promotion
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
17 June 2019 – 21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded bySatyadev Pachauri
Succeeded bySidharth Nath Singh
Minister of State for Urban Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
23 October 1997 – 8 March 2002
Chief Minister
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 March 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyMaharajpur
In office
1991–2012
Preceded byGanesh Dixit
Succeeded byRaghunandan Singh Bhadauria
ConstituencyKanpur Cantonment
Personal details
Born (1960-10-14) 14 October 1960 (age 64)
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Anita Mahana
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(m. 1981)​
Children2
EducationKanpur University (B.Sc.)
Websitewww.satishmahana.net
Source: [1]

Satish Mahana (born 14 October 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Currently, he is serving as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He is a seven time MLA from Kanpur Cantt, having served since the 11th Legislative Assembly, and currently represents Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur. He participated in the 2009 general elections as a BJP candidate from Kanpur. He was the Vice Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in 16th Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh[1] and he is a former coordinator of Bajrang Dal youth wing of Vishva Hindu Parishad at Kanpur Purvottar District.

Early life and education

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Mahana was born on 14 October 1960 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to his father Ram Avtar Mahana, in a Hindu Khatri family. In 1981 he married Anita Mahana, they have one son Karan Mahana and one daughter Neha Mahana. He did his early schooling from St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Kanpur. He attended the Kanpur University and attained Bachelor of Science degree.[2][3]

Political career

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Mahana is serving as MLA of UP for 9th term. Mahana has been MLA for 8 straight terms. He served as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Developing from 27 October 1997 to 8 March 2002 but because of his good work he was again given the post of Minister of State for Housing. After 2012, he represents Maharajpur (Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency) of Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. In 2017 elections, he defeated his nearest rival Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Manoj Kumar Shukla by a record margin of 91,826 votes.[4][5]

In March 2017, he was appointed Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath Cabinet.[6] He got ministry of Industrial Development in Uttar Pradesh Government. The slogan 'Jiske Sath Jamana hai, uska naam mahana hai' is also related to him.

Posts held

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# From To Position Comments
01 March 2022 Incumbent Speaker of Legislative Assembly
02 March 2022 Incumbent Member, 18th Legislative Assembly
03 March 2017 March 2022 Cabinet Minister for Industrial Development First Yogi Adityanath ministry
04 March 2017 March 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
05 March 2012 March 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
06 May 2007 March 2012 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly
07 February 2002 May 2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly
08 October 1997 March 2002 Minister of State for Housing, Urban Development
09 1996 2002 Member, 13th Legislative Assembly
10 1993 1995 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly
11 1991 1992 Member, 11th Legislative Assembly

References

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  1. ^ "Would withdraw my name if BJP fields Joshi from Kanpur: Mahana". Zee News. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Candidate affidavit". Myneta.info. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Member Profile". Official website of Legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Maharajpur (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017". Election.in. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Maharajpur Assembly Constituency Election Result". Result University. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ^ "UP Minister to inspect Noida 200 office, administer cleanliness pledge", Hindustan Times, 26 March 2017
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