Awadhesh Prasad

Awadhesh Prasad
Awadhesh Prasad
Member of Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 July 2025 Serving with Sandhya Ray, Dilip Saikia, Jagdambika Pal, Krishna Prasad Tenneti, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, A. Raja, P. C. Mohan, N. K. Premachandran, Selja Kumari
Appointed by	Om Birla
	In office; 2012–2017
Appointed by	Om Birla
Chief Minister	Akhilesh Yadav
Ministry & Departments	Social Welfare; SC/ST Welfare; Sainik Welfare;
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2003–2007
Chief Minister	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Ministry & Departments	Social Welfare; SC/ST Welfare;
Preceded by	Lallu Singh, BJP
Constituency	Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Cabinet Minister IN Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Ministry & Departments	Prison; Homeguard's; Political Pension;
	In office; 1993–1995
Chief Minister	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Ministry & Departments	Social Welfare; Harijan Kalyan;
Minister of State in Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 1989–1991
Chief Minister	Ram Naresh Yadav (1977-1979); Banarasi Das (1979-1980);
Ministry & Departments	General Administration (1977-1979); Rural Development (1979-1980);
	In office; 1977–1980
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2012–2017
Preceded by	Anand Sen Yadav, SP
Succeeded by	Baba Gorakhnath, BJP
Constituency	Milkipur
	In office; 1993–2012
Preceded by	Ramu Priyadarshi, BJP
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Sohawal
	In office; 1985–1991
Preceded by	Madho Prasad, INC(I)
Succeeded by	Ramu Priyadarshi, BJP
Constituency	Sohawal
	In office; 1977–1980
Preceded by	Hub Raj, INC
Succeeded by	Madho Prasad, INC(I)
Constituency	Sohawal
Member of Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2024 Serving with Sandhya Ray, Dilip Saikia, Jagdambika Pal, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, A. Raja, Selja Kumari, P. C. Mohan, Krishna Prasad Tenneti, N. K. Premachandran
Appointed by	Om Birla
Personal details
Born	31 July 1945; Bikapur, United Provinces, British India; (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse	Sona Devi (m. 1972)
Children	7
Alma mater	Lucknow University (LL.B, 1968); DAV College, Kanpur, Agra University (M.A, 1966)

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Awadhesh Prasad (born 31 July 1945) is an Indian politician who is a founding member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and an MP in the 18th Lok Sabha representing Faizabad. He is presently the general secretary of the national executive of SP and he was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly till 11 June 2024 when he was elected as an MP. He has been a nine time MLA elected from the erstwhile Sohawal (SC) constituency in 1977, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2002 and 2007 and as of latest from Milkipur (SC) in 2012 and 2022. He has become a minister for six times in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and been a cabinet minister in four of them.