Ram Govind Chaudhary

Ram Govind Chaudhary
Leader of the Opposition,
17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
27 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byGaya Charan Dinkar
Succeeded byAkhilesh Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly of
Bansdih
In office
March 2012 – March 2022
Preceded byShiv Shankar
Succeeded byKetaki Singh
In office
February 2002 – May 2007
Preceded byBacha Pathak
Succeeded byShiv Shankar
ConstituencyBansdih, Ballia
Ministry of Basic Education, Child Development and Nutrition
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
May 2012 – March 2017
Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly of
Chilkahar
In office
June 1991 – December 1992
Succeeded bySangram Singh Yadav
In office
December 1989 – April 1991
In office
March 1985 – November 1989
In office
June 1980 – March 1985
In office
June 1977 – February 1980
Preceded byJagannath Chaudhary
ConstituencyChilkahar, Ballia
Personal details
Born (1946-07-09) 9 July 1946
PartySamajwadi Party
SpouseKalawati Devi
Children1
Alma materGorakhpur University, University of Lucknow
ProfessionPolitician, advocate
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Ram Govind Chaudhary (born 9 July 1946) is one of the prominent socialist leaders of India who has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He was in charge of Basic Education and Child Nutrition and Development Ministries in previous Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh led by Akhilesh Yadav. He is Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Bansdih assembly seat, Ballia.

He had closely worked with Jayaprakash Narayan and Chandra Shekhar. He is one of the close associates of Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav.