| Jai Pratap Singh | |
| Office1: | Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Term Start1: | 21 August 2019 |
| Term End1: | 25 March 2022 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Yogi Adityanath |
| Predecessor1: | Sidharth Nath Singh |
| Successor1: | Brajesh Pathak |
| Office2: | Minister of Excise & Liquor Prohibition, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Term Start2: | 19 March 2017 |
| Term End2: | 21 August 2019 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Yogi Adityanath |
| Successor2: | Ram Naresh Agnihotri |
| Office3: | Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | 2012 |
| Predecessor3: | Lalji Yadav |
| Constituency3: | Bansi |
| Term Start4: | 1989 |
| Term End4: | 2007 |
| Predecessor4: | Harish Chandra Srivastava |
| Successor4: | Lalji Yadav |
| Constituency4: | Bansi |
| Birth Date: | 1953 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dumraon, Bihar, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Father: | Rudra Pratap Singh |
| Children: | 2 |
| Residence: | Rajmahal (Bansi), Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh |
| Alma Mater: | KC College (B. A.) |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Source: | http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12116/17 |
Jai Pratap Singh (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry of the Uttar Pradesh Government.[1] He is a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seven times from Bansi constituency of Siddharthnagar district.[2] [3] [4]
Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar.[2] He completed his Higher Secondary studies from Mayo College, Ajmer in 1970 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from KC College, Bombay in 1974.[3] Singh married Basundhara Kumari on 19 January 1983, with whom he has two sons. He is a farmer by profession and is a resident of Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district.[2] [3] [5]
Jai Pratap Singh has been a MLA seven straight times. Since 1989, he represented the Bansi (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[3]
In Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Lal Ji by a margin of 18,942 votes.[6] After winning for seventh time, he was appointed Cabinet minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[7]
On 21 August 2019, After first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare.[8]
| From | To | Position | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1989 | 1991 | ||
| 02 | 1991 | 1992 | ||
| 03 | 1993 | 1995 | Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 04 | 1996 | 2002 | Member, 13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 05 | 2002 | 2007 | Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 06 | 2012 | 2017 | Member, 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 07 | 2017 | Incumbent | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 08 | 2017 | Incumbent | Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |