Hardwar Dubey

Hardwar Dubey (1 July 1949 – 26 June 2023) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.^[1] He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Agra Cantonment^[2] and minister of state in the Kalyan Singh ministry.^[3][4][5] He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party until his death.

Hardwar Dubey
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 26 November 2020 – 26 June 2023
Preceded by	Chandrapal Singh Yadav
Succeeded by	Dinesh Sharma
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Minister of state for Finance Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 24 June 1991 – 6 December 1992
Chief Minister	Kalyan Singh
Minister	Rajendra Kumar Gupta
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1989–1993
Preceded by	Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal
Succeeded by	Ramesh Kant Lawania
Constituency	Agra Cantonment
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-01)1 July 1949 Husainabad, Ballia, United Provinces, India
Died	26 June 2023(2023-06-26) (aged 73) Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Dr. Kamla Pandey ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	1 son & 1 daughter
Parents	Umashankar Dubey (father) Shyama Devi (mother)
Education	M. A., LLB
Alma mater	Agra University

Early life

Dubey was originally from Ballia. He moved to Agra in 1969 and led Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

Political career

In 1989, he contested and won the Agra Cantonment seat. He again won the 1991 elections and was made the minister of state for Finance in the Kalyan Singh ministry. Due to controversies, he resigned from the ministerial position within a year.

In 2005, he unsuccessfully contested by-elections from the Kheragarh Assembly seat. Earlier, he also lost in the Agra-Firozabad seat to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election.

In 2011, he took over as BJP’s state spokesperson and in 2013 as state vice president.^[6]

Death

Dubey died in Delhi on 26 June 2023, at the age of 73.^[7]