Pankaj Chaudhary

Pankaj Chaudhary (born 15 November 1964) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh.

Early life
He was born on 15 November 1964 to Late Shri Bhagwan Prasad Chaudhary in a landloard Kurmi family. He has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Gorakhpur University.

Politics
He was first elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 and then got elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996, 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 however, lost to Akhilesh Singh of Samajwadi Party in 1999 General elections. He later won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.

In 2009, he lost again to the Indian National Congress candidate Harsh Vardhan from Maharajganj. In 2014, he won from the same constituency and is now a member of 16th Lok Sabha.

He became Union Minister of State (Finance) in Second Modi ministry after the Cabinet reshuffle.

Positions held
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Member, Committee on Tourism
 * 1989–91 :	Member, Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
 * 1990–91 :	Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
 * 1990 onwards 	Member, Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)
 * 1991 :	Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
 * 1991–96 :	Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table & Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
 * 1996 :	Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
 * 1996–97 :	Member, Committee on Communications & Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
 * 1998 :	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
 * 1998–99 :	Member, Committee on Railways; Member, Committee on Petitions & Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
 * 2004 : Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)
 * 2007 onwards 	Member, Committee on MPLADS
 * 2014 : Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
 * 2019 : Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)
 * 2021 : Union Ministers of State for Ministry of Finance