Mata Prasad Pandey

Mata Prasad Pandey
Member of Legislative Assembly Itwa
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Constituency	Itwa
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-31) 31 December 1942 Piraila, Siddharth Nagar, India
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse	Suryamati Pandey
Children	One Son, Five Daughters
Parent	Gomti Prasad Pandey (Father)
Residence(s)	Piraila, Siddharth Nagar
Alma mater	Gauhati University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Agriculturist

Mata Prasad Pandey (born 31 December 1942) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh who represents Itwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency). As of October 2014 he is the speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Career

• Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2007 and 2012
• Participated in several political movements and imprisoned several times for movement for upliftment of the poor and down trodden people of the society.
• He has been member of Assurance Committee, Petition Committee, Delegated Legislation Committee, Parliamentary Research, Reference and Studies Committee, Rules Committee, Question and Reference Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Privilege Committee and Public Accounts Committee of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
• Minister for Health in 1991 and Minister for Labour and Employment in 2003.
• Speaker, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 26.07.2004 to 18.05.2007

Conferences attended

1. 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (Quebec City/Toronto) Canada- 2004.
2. 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Colombo, Sri Lanka-2012

Interests

• Study & Tourism