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Smt. Anupriya Patel

Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India

Smt. Anupriya Patel is a Member of Parliament, Lok
Sabha, from Mirzapur constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
She was re-elected to the 18th Lok Sabha for 3rd
consecutive term. She earlier represented Rohania
constituency, Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Assembly. She has served as MoS (Health
and Family Welfare) in Modi 1.0 and MoS
(Commerce & Industry) in Modi 2.0 Government.
Smt. Patel graduated from Lady Shri Ram College of
University of Delhi, holds an MBA degree from
CSMJ University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and PG
Diploma in Counselling Psychology from Amity
University, Noida.

Born on 28th April, 1981 at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh,
Smt. Anupriya Patel is a wellknown face of Indian politics. Her father, late Dr. Soney Lal Patel, was
founder of Apna Dal, whose untimely demise in a road accident suddenly propelled her into political
space.
Smt. Anupriya Patel, face of resurgence of the underprivileged, presents a strong image of a leader who
is passionate, decisive and committed towards the cause of the oppressed and marginalised sections of
the society and unparalleled spirit to work towards strengthening the social justice ideology.

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