Satish Mahana

Satish Mahana
Satish Mahana
18th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 March 2022
Deputy	Vacant
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Hriday Narayan Dikshit
Minister of Industrial Development; Government of Uttar Pradesh;
	In office; 19 March 2017 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Akhilesh Yadav
Succeeded by	Nand 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 Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Satyadev Pachauri
Succeeded by	Sidharth Nath Singh
Minister of State for Urban Development; Government of Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 23 October 1997 – 8 March 2002
Chief Minister	Kalyan Singh; Ram Prakash Gupta; Rajnath Singh;
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 March 2012
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Maharajpur
	In office; 1991–2012
Preceded by	Ganesh Dixit
Succeeded by	Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria
Constituency	Kanpur Cantonment
Personal details
Born	14 October 1960 (age 64); Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Anita Mahana (m. 1981)
Children	2
Education	Kanpur University (B.Sc.)
Website	www.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

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

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

#	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

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

[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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