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Indian politician

Rajesh Agarwal
Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2017 – August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byAkhilesh Yadav
Succeeded bySuresh Kumar Khanna
Treasurer, Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byPiyush Goyal
ConstituencyBareilly Cantt
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2022
Preceded byVirendra Singh
In office
1993–2012
Preceded byDinesh Johri
Succeeded byArun Kumar Saxena
ConstituencyBareilly
Personal details
BornBareilly, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance
ResidenceBareilly District
Alma materM. J. P. Rohilkhand University

Rajesh Agarwal is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party who is currently serving as its National Treasurer and former Minister of finance in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He previously served as Cabinet Minister of trade tax and institutional finance in 2001, and as Deputy Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2007. He then served as the Finance cabinet minister again from 2017 to 2019 in the Yogi government. He resigned as cabinet minister after he had reached 75 years of age. BJP promoted him as the National Treasurer of BJP.

Agarwal was a member of the assembly elected from Bareilly Cantoment. He had continuously held the seat for 29 years in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly. He holds several key positions in the Bharatiya Janata party.

Positions Held

Rajesh Agarwal has been elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 6 terms.

# From To Position
1 1993 1995 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly from Bareilly Assembly constituency
2 1996 2002 Member, 13th Legislative Assembly from Bareilly Assembly constituency
3 2002 2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly from Bareilly Assembly constituency
4 2007 2012 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly from Bareilly Assembly constituency
5 2012 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly from Bareilly Cantonment Assembly constituency
6 2017 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly from Bareilly Cantonment Assembly constituency

References

  1. "Tejasvi Surya in, Ram Madhav out in BJP rejig". Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. "Rajesh Agarwal gets BJP treasurer post". United News of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. "Rajesh elected UP Assembly dy speaker - The Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. "Rajesh Agarwal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BAREILLY CANTT.(BAREILLY) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. "Assembly Seat Details". Chanakyya. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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