| C. P. Thakur | |
| Birth Date: | 1931 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Dubaha, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India |
| Office: | Minister of Small Scale Industries |
| Primeminister: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Term Start: | 29 January 2003 |
| Term End: | 22 May 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Vasundhara Raje |
| Successor: | Mahaveer Prasad |
| Office1: | Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
| Term Start1: | 29 January 2003 |
| Term End1: | 22 May 2004 |
| Primeminister1: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Predecessor1: | Ministry created |
| Successor1: | Paty Ripple Kyndiah |
| Office2: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| Term Start2: | 27 May 2000 |
| Term End2: | 1 July 2002 |
| Primeminister2: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Predecessor2: | N. T. Shanmugam |
| Successor2: | Shatrughan Sinha |
| Office3: | Minister of Water Resources |
| Term Start3: | 22 November 1999 |
| Term End3: | 27 May 2000 |
| Primeminister3: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Predecessor3: | Pramod Mahajan |
| Successor3: | Arjun Charan Sethi |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Constituency4: | Bihar |
| Term Start4: | 10 April 2008 |
| Term End4: | 09 April 2020 |
| Predecessor4: | Shatrughan Sinha |
| Successor4: | Vivek Thakur |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency5: | Patna |
| Term Start5: | 1998 |
| Term End5: | 2004 |
| Predecessor5: | Ram Kripal Yadav |
| Successor5: | Ram Kripal Yadav |
| Constituency6: | Patna |
| Term Start6: | 1984 |
| Term End6: | 1989 |
| Predecessor6: | Ramavatar Shastri |
| Successor6: | Shailendra Nath Shrivastava |
| Party: | BJP |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Children: | 4, including Vivek Thakur |
Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (born 3 September 1931). also known as C. P. Thakur, is a former member of Rajya Sabha, a former minister in the Government of India, a physician and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a cabinet minister from 1999 to 2004 in the BJP government.
He is known for his contribution in finding medication for Kala-azar. He proposed the development of AIIMS hospital Patna in central government and got it approved. One Crossing (Chowk) near AIIMS hospital, Patna has been named "Dr C P Thakur Chowk" in honour of his contribution to Bihar and its people.
Thakur was born on 3 September 1931 in Dubaha village of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar to Radhamohan Thakur and Sharda Thakur a Bhumihar family. He is a physician and had received the degrees of M.B.B.S., M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. from Patna Medical College, Patna University, Royal College of Physicians, London and Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh and Royal College of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London. Thakur married Uma Thakur on 12 June 1957, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.[1] Politician Vivek Thakur is his son.[2]
As a physician, Thakur did extensive research for the treatment of Kala-azar. In 2017, he became the first Indian medical scientist to receive a lifetime achievement award from the World Health Organization.[3]
He was elected to Lok Sabha from Patna constituency in 1984.
He has held the following government positions:
He has also published more than 100 research papers in medical journals and more than 200 articles in the press.
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