Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya (born 4 February 1946) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times from Ujjain as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party, and served one term (2014–2020) in Rajya Sabha. He was cabinet minister in Vajpayee's government from 1999 to 2004 and held portfolios of labour and social justice and empowerment. Currently, he is member of BJP Parliamentary Board.

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Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
22 November 1999  1 September 2001
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded bySharad Yadav
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office
1 September 2001  22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
10 April 2014  9 April 2020
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Scindia
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980–1984
Preceded byHukam Chand Kachwai
Succeeded bySatya Narayan Pawar
ConstituencyUjjain
In office
1989–2009
Preceded bySatya Narayan Pawar
Succeeded byPremchand Guddu
ConstituencyUjjain
Personal details
Born (1946-02-04) 4 February 1946 (age 78)
Jawad, Gwalior State, British India
Political partyBJP
SpouseKalawati Jatiya
Children2 sons and 3 daughters
Residence(s)Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
EducationB.Sc., M.A., LL.B., Ph.D.
As of 22 September, 2006
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Early life

Born in Jawad of Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh in 1946 he studied B.Sc., MA., LL.B., Ph.D at Vikram University, Ujjain. He entered politics in 1972 and was detained under MISA during emergency. He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1977. He was later elected to 7th (1980), 9th (1989), 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th (2004–2009) Lok Sabha from Ujjain.

He is also a poet and a collection of his poems, Alakh, was published in 1995.

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