Hardwar Dubey | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start: | 26 November 2020 |
Term End: | 26 June 2023 |
Predecessor: | Chandrapal Singh Yadav |
Successor: | Dinesh Sharma |
Constituency: | Uttar Pradesh |
Office1: | Minister of state for Finance Government of Uttar Pradesh |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Kalyan Singh |
Term Start1: | 24 June 1991 |
Term End1: | 6 December 1992 |
2Blankname1: | Minister |
2Namedata1: | Rajendra Kumar Gupta |
Office2: | Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Term Start2: | 1989 |
Term End2: | 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal |
Successor2: | Ramesh Kant Lawania |
Constituency2: | Agra Cantonment |
Birth Date: | 1949 7, df=y |
Birth Place: | Husainabad, Ballia, United Provinces, India |
Death Place: | Delhi, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Father: | Umashankar Dubey |
Mother: | Shyama Devi |
Education: | M. A., LLB |
Alma Mater: | Agra University |
Children: | 1 son & 1 daughter |
Hardwar Dubey (1 July 1949 – 26 June 2023) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.[1] He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Agra Cantonment[2] and minister of state in the Kalyan Singh ministry.[3] [4] [5] He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party until his death.
Dubey was originally from Ballia. He moved to Agra in 1969 and led Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
In 1989, he contested and won the Agra Cantonment seat. He again won the 1991 elections and was made the minister of state for Finance in the Kalyan Singh ministry. Due to controversies, he resigned from the ministerial position within a year.
In 2005, he unsuccessfully contested by-elections from the Kheragarh Assembly seat. Earlier, he also lost in the Agra-Firozabad seat to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election.
In 2011, he took over as BJP’s state spokesperson and in 2013 as state vice president.[6]
Dubey died in Delhi on 26 June 2023, at the age of 73.[7]