Satyanarayan Jatiya

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.

Dr 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
Constituency	Ujjain
In office 1989–2009
Preceded by	Satya Narayan Pawar
Succeeded by	Premchand Guddu
Constituency	Ujjain
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-04) 4 February 1946 (age 79) Jawad, Gwalior State, British India
Political 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.