Maheshwar Hazari (born 9 October 1962) is an

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politician and currently the Deputy Speaker of

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. He has previously served as the Minister of Industry Department, Planning and Development Department in the state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. Prior to this he had charge of the Urban Development and Housing Department, in which he had done many works like Patna Metro and New Patna Map Plan. Later on, he got the charge of PWD (Building Construction Department). He won Kalyanpur (Samastipur) constituency by one of the highest margins of 52,000 votes, over a nephew of

Ram Vilas Paswan Ram Vilas Paswan (5 July 19468 October 2020) was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Jansha ...

. He is a former member of the

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, and represented

Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes. Vidhan Sabha segments Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six ...

. He has fought 15th and 16th Loksabha. He was a three-time MLA in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Hazari is a cousin of Ram Vilas Paswan. He defeated Ram Vilas's brother Ram Chandra Paswan. His father, Ramsewak Hazari, was socialist politician and was an eight-time MLA in the Bihar Assembly, and he was elected to sixth general election as an MP in Loksabha.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazari, Maheshwar 1972 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Bihar Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Janata Dal (United) politicians Lok Janshakti Party politicians