| Harin Pathak | |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Panchmahal, Bombay Province, British India |
| Residence: | Maninagar |
| Office1: | Minister of state in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Primeminister1: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister1: | L. K. Advani |
| Term Start1: | 29 January 2003 |
| Term End1: | 22 May 2004 |
| Predecessor1: | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Office2: | Minister of state in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
| Primeminister2: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Term Start2: | 29 January 2003 |
| Term End2: | 22 May 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Arun Shourie |
| Successor2: | Suresh Pachouri |
| Office3: | Minister of state in the Ministry of Defence |
| Primeminister3: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister3: | George Fernandes |
| Term Start3: | 15 October 2001 |
| Term End3: | 29 January 2003 |
| Predecessor3: | Krishnam Raju |
| Successor3: | o. Rajagopal |
| Primeminister4: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister4: | George Fernandes |
| Term Start4: | 13 October 1999 |
| Term End4: | 14 November 2000 |
| Successor4: | Krishnam Raju |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency5: | Ahmedabad East |
| Term Start5: | 2009 |
| Term End5: | 2014 |
| Predecessor5: | Constituency came into existence |
| Successor5: | Paresh Rawal |
| Constituency6: | Ahmedabad |
| Term Start6: | 1989 |
| Term End6: | 2009 |
| Predecessor6: | Haroobhai Mehta |
| Successor6: | Constituency abolished |
| Spouse: | Smt. Meenaxi Pathak |
| Children: | 2 daughters |
| Date: | 25 February |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Source: | https://web.archive.org/web/20040905132720/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=310 |
Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]
Phatak was denied a ticket to contest the 2014 Loksabha Elections by BJP. He was replaced by Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal.[2]
Pathak was Minister of State for Defence Production in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's third cabinate from October 1999 to November 2000. Pathak was forced to resigned along with Gujarat Health Minister Ashok Bhatt in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in Gujarat in April 1985.[3] [4] [5]
He was an English teacher in Nalanda Vidhyalay at Ahmedabad. He was a corporator in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for several years. He was one of the rare politician who worked in municipal corporation and directly elected as member of parliament in Loksabha.