Satyanarayan Jatiya

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.

Satyanarayan Jatiya
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office 22 November 1999 – 1 September 2001
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Sharad Yadav
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office 1 September 2001 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
Succeeded by	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1980–1984
Preceded by	Hukam Chand Kachwai
Succeeded by	Satya Narayan Pawar
In office 1989–2009
Preceded by	Satya Narayan Pawar
Succeeded by	Premchand Guddu
Constituency	Ujjain
President, Bharatiya Janata Party - Madhya Pradesh
In office 17 February 2006 – 20 November 2006
Preceded by	Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-04) 4 February 1946 (age 79) Jawad, Gwalior State, British India
Party	BJP
Spouse	Kalawati Jatiya
Children	2 sons and 3 daughters
Residence(s)	Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Education	B.Sc., M.A., LL.B., Ph.D.
As of 22 September, 2006 Source:

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.

Political career

Jatiya entered active politics in 1972 and was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the Emergency (1975–77). He was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1977.

He subsequently represented the Ujjain constituency in the Lok Sabha, being elected to the 7th (1980), 9th (1989), 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th (2004–2009) Lok Sabha.

From 1 September 2001 to 22 May 2004, he served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s prime ministership. During his tenure, he focused on policies related to the upliftment of marginalized communities and social welfare reforms.

Positions held

Satyanarayan Jatiya has been elected seven times as a MP in the Lok Sabha, once as a MLA from Madhya Pradesh, and has also served as a Rajya Sabha MP.^[1]

#	From	To	Position	Party
1	1977	1980	MLA in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly[2]	Janata Party
2	1980	1984	MP (1st term) in 7th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	1989	1991	MP (2nd term) in 9th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
4	1991	1996	MP (3rd term) in 10th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
5	1996	1998	MP (4th term) in 11th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
6	1998	1999	MP (5th term) in 12th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
7	1999	2004	MP (6th term) in 13th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
8	2004	2009	MP (7th term) in 14th Lok Sabha from Ujjain[1]
9	1 September 2001	22 May 2004	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India under Atal Bihari Vajpayee[3]
10	2014	2020	Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh[4]

External links

• Lok Sabha biography – Satyanarayan Jatiya
• PRS India – Profile
• OneIndia profile
• Wikipedia – Satyanarayan Jatiya