Mata Prasad Pandey

15th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 13 April 2012 – 30 March 2017
Preceded by	Sukhdev Rajbhar
Succeeded by	Hriday Narayan Dikshit
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2002–2017
Preceded by	Satish Chandra Dwivedi
Succeeded by	Mata Prasad Pandey
Constituency	Itwa

Personal details
Born	(1942-12-31) 31 December 1942 (age 81) Itwa, United Provinces, British 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	Gorakhpur University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Agriculturist

Mata Prasad Pandey (born 31 December 1942)^[1] is an Indian politician and former Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms.^[2] At present he is representing Itwa 305 constituency in Siddharthnagar of Uttar Pradesh.

Career

Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2022
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