Satyanarayan Jatiya

Satyanarayan Jatiya
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
22 November 1999 – 1 September 2001
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded bySharad Yadav
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office
1 September 2001 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Scindia
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980–1984
Preceded byHukam Chand Kachwai
Succeeded bySatya Narayan Pawar
In office
1989–2009
Preceded bySatya Narayan Pawar
Succeeded byPremchand Guddu
ConstituencyUjjain
President, Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh
In office
17 February 2006 – 20 November 2006
Preceded byShivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Personal details
Born (1946-02-04) 4 February 1946 (age 79)
PartyBJP
SpouseKalawati Jatiya
Children2 sons and 3 daughters
Residence(s)Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
EducationB.Sc., M.A., LL.B., Ph.D.
As of 22 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Satyanarayan Jatiya (born 4 February 1946) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times from Ujjain as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party, and served one term (2014–2020) in Rajya Sabha. He was cabinet minister in Vajpayee's government from 1999 to 2004 and held portfolios of labour and social justice and empowerment. Currently, he is member of BJP Parliamentary Board.

Early life

Born in Jawad of Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh in 1946 he studied B.Sc., MA, LL.B., Ph.D. at Vikram University, Ujjain. He entered politics in 1972 and was detained under MISA during emergency. He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1977. He was later elected to 7th (1980), 9th (1989), 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th (2004–2009) Lok Sabha from Ujjain.

He is also a poet and a collection of his poems, Alakh, was published in 1995.

Political career

Jatiya entered active politics in 1972 and was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the Emergency (1975–77). He was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1977.

He subsequently represented the Ujjain constituency in the Lok Sabha, being elected to the 7th (1980), 9th (1989), 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th (2004–2009) Lok Sabha.

From 1 September 2001 to 22 May 2004, he served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s prime ministership. During his tenure, he focused on policies related to the upliftment of marginalized communities and social welfare reforms.

Positions held

Satyanarayan Jatiya has been elected seven times as a MP in the Lok Sabha, once as a MLA from Madhya Pradesh, and has also served as a Rajya Sabha MP.[1]

# From To Position Party
1 1977 1980 MLA in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly[2] Janata Party
2 1980 1984 MP (1st term) in 7th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1] Bharatiya Janata Party
3 1989 1991 MP (2nd term) in 9th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
4 1991 1996 MP (3rd term) in 10th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
5 1996 1998 MP (4th term) in 11th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
6 1998 1999 MP (5th term) in 12th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
7 1999 2004 MP (6th term) in 13th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
8 2004 2009 MP (7th term) in 14th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
9 1 September 2001 22 May 2004 Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India under Atal Bihari Vajpayee[3]
10 2014 2020 Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh[4]

References

  1. "कौन हैं डा.सत्यनारायण जटिया, जिन्‍हें भाजपा संसदीय बोर्ड और केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति का बनाया गया सदस्य". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 August 2022.