Jagdambika Pal

Jagdambika Pal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byMohammed Muqueem
ConstituencyDomariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh
President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
30 May 2003 – 7 November 2004
Preceded byArun Kumar Singh Munna
Succeeded bySalman Khurshid
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Acting
21 February 1998 – 23 February 1998
GovernorRomesh Bhandari
Preceded byKalyan Singh
Succeeded byKalyan Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1993–2007
Preceded byLakshameshwar Singh
Succeeded byJeetender Kumar
ConstituencyBasti
Personal details
Born (1950-10-21) 21 October 1950
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (since 2014)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (till 1996; 2002–2014)
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (1996–1997)
Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress (1997–2002)
Spouse
Sneh Lata Pal
(m. 1975)
Children3
EducationMA & LLB
Alma materAwadh University
Gorakhpur University
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Jagdambika Pal (born 21 October 1950) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for 31 hours in 1998. He is also currently a member of the Lok Sabha since 2009. In the 15th Lok Sabha he represented the Indian National Congress, until he resigned on 7 March 2014. He joined the BJP in 2014 and re-entered the Lok Sabha.