Birendra Prasad Baishya | |
Office: | Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha |
Constituency: | Assam |
Term Start: | 15 June 2019 |
Predecessor: | Santiuse Kujur |
Constituency1: | Assam |
Term Start1: | 2008 |
Term End1: | 2014 |
Successor1: | Sanjay Sinh |
Office2: | Minister of Steel & Mines Government of India |
Primeminister2: | H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral |
Term Start2: | 29 June 1996 |
Term End2: | 19 March 1998 |
Predecessor2: | H. D. Deve Gowda |
Successor2: | Naveen Patnaik |
Office3: | Member of Parliament Lok Sabha |
Term Start3: | 1996 |
Term End3: | 1998 |
Predecessor3: | Probin Deka |
Successor3: | Madhab Rajbangshi |
Constituency3: | Mangaldoi |
Party: | Asom Gana Parishad |
Nationality: | Indian |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1956 |
Education: | Darrang CollegeGuwahati University |
Birendra Prasad Baishya is an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam. He was elected in Lok Sabha election in 1996 from Mangaldoi constituency and union minister of Steel and Mines. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2008 to 2014[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and again in June 2019.
Baishya is also President of Indian Weightlifting Federation.[6]