Pashupati Kumar Paras

Pashupati Kumar Paras
Official portrait, 2019
Minister of Food Processing Industries
In office 7 July 2021 – 19 March 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded by	Kiren Rijiju
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Succeeded by	Chirag Paswan
Constituency	Hajipur
President of the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2021 (2021-10-05)
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	(1952-07-12) 12 July 1952 (age 72) Shaharbani, Bihar, India
Political party	Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Other political affiliations	Lok Janshakti Party
Relations	Ram Vilas Paswan (brother) Ram Chandra Paswan (brother) Chirag Paswan (nephew) Prince Raj (nephew)
Occupation	Politician

Pashupati Kumar Paras (born 12 July 1952) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2021 till his resignation in 2024. He was also a member of 17th Lok Sabha from Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

He also held the post of the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources in the Government of Bihar.^[1] He is the younger brother of late Ram Vilas Paswan and he was also the State President of the Bihar unit of Lok Janshakti Party.

He was elected as the National President of Lok Janshakti Party replacing Chirag Kumar Paswan in June 2021. After the faction in Lok Janshakti Party, he is National President of Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party since 2021.^[2][3]