Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria (born 30 July 1942) is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Ramkrishna Kusmaria
Minister of Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
20 December 2008 – 9 December 2013
Preceded byGopal Bhargava
Succeeded byGaurishankar Bisen
ConstituencyPathariya Assembly constituency
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1991-2004
ConstituencyDamoh
In office
2004-2008
ConstituencyKhajuraho
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–1980
ConstituencyHatta Assembly constituency
In office
1985–1990
ConstituencyHatta Assembly constituency
In office
1990–1991
ConstituencyHatta Assembly constituency
Personal details
Born (1942-07-30) 30 July 1942 (age 81)
Sakor, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ParentShri Kanhaiyalal Kusmaria
ResidenceDamoh
EducationM.Sc. (Agriculture), Ph.D. Educated at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya,Jabalpur and Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya ,Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
As of 22 September, 2006
Source: [1]

He was born in a farming family in Sakor. He joined Indian National Congress on 8 February 2019, then joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 3 July 2020. He was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. In the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha, he represented Damoh constituency and in the 14th Lok Sabha he represented Khajuraho constituency of Madhya Pradesh state. In 2008, he was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Pathariya Assembly constituency and resigned from the Lok Sabha on 19 December 2008. He was first elected as MLA from Hatta Assembly constituency in Damoh in 1977 as Janata Party candidate. Again in 1985 he was elected as MLA from Hatta Assembly constituency as BJP candidate. Later he was again elected for the third time in 1990 as MLA from Hatta Assembly constituency. In 2008 he changed his constituency from Hatta Assembly constituency to Pathariya constituency and he won the election and became Minister of Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development in Government of Madhya Pradesh. He is also a president of Bundelkhand Development Authority from 2016 to 2019. Currently he is appointed as chairman of state backward classes commission in year 2023 .

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