Suresh Kumar Khanna (born 6 May 1953) is an Indian politician and a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and

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in India. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister for Finance, Parliamentary affairs Departments in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He represents the

Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur () is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. History Shahjahanpur was establi ...

constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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political party. He has won 9 times MLA election consecutively in his constituency.

Early life and education

Khanna was born 6 May 1953 in

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, in a

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family to his father Ram Narayan Khanna. He completed his graduation from

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and then pursued his LL.B at the

University of Lucknow University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is one of the oldest public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second ...

Political career

Suresh Kumar Khanna has been an MLA for nine straight terms, a record for UP Assembly. He has represented the

constituency during all his terms and is a member of the

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political party. On 19 March 2017, he was appointed Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs in Yogi Adityanath ministry. On 21 August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of

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his ministry department changed as Minister of Finance, Parliamentary affairs and Medical Education Departments.

Posts held

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Early life and education

Political career

Posts held

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