Tilak Raj Behar | |
Native Name: | तिलक राज बेहड़ |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1957 |
Birth Place: | Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 1993 |
Term End1: | 2002 |
Constituency1: | Haldwani |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Term End2: | 2012 |
Constituency2: | Rudrapur-Kichha |
Office3: | Minister of Health, Family Welfare, AYUSH and Medical Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand |
Term Start3: | 2002 |
Term End3: | 2007 |
Office4: | Minister of Transport, Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Uttarakhand |
Term Start4: | 2001 |
Term End4: | 2002 |
Office5: | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Term Start5: | 2022 |
Constituency5: | Kichha |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Spouse: | Veena Behar |
Children: | 2 Sons, 2 Daughters |
Residence: | Rudrapur, India |
Website: | Official website |
Tilak Raj Behar (Hindi: तिलक राज बेहड़), born on 1 February 1957, is an Indian politician. He currently serves as the MLA for the 67-Kichha Vidhan Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. He has held positions such as Health Minister in the Government of Uttarakhand, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly,[1] and Working President of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee.[2]
He has been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand five times - having won from Haldwani Assembly Constituency in Uttar Pradesh in 1993 and 1996, from Rudrapur-Kichha Assembly Constituency in Uttarakhand in 2002 and 2007, and from Kichha Assembly Constituency in Uttarakhand in 2022.
Behar is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has held positions such as Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Transport, Food and Civil Supplies in the Uttarakhand government, Chairman of Mandi Parishad of Uttarakhand, and Chairman of Uttarakhand State Seed and Organic Production Certification Agency.
Behar came to prominence through his handling of the Health Ministry in the state of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007 in the Narayan Dutt Tiwari Cabinet.