Jayant Kumar Malaiya

Jayant Kumar Malaiya (born 20 February 1947) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was born at Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. His father's name is Vijay Kumar Malaiya. Jayant Kumar Malaiya's educational background includes a BCom LLB, and he is an industrialist by profession.
Malaiya was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhaan Sabha in the by elections in 1984 from Damoh constituency. He was re-elected to the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Assemblies in 1990, 1993, 1998 and 2003 respectively. Malaiya was elected for the sixth time from the same constituency in the 2008 elections.
Malaiya was a minister of State (Independent Charge) from 1990 to 1992 and held the portfolio of Housing and Environment. He was President of Damoh district Bhartiya Janta Party for two terms and special invitee member of the State Executive Committee of the Bhartiya Janta Party. He was appointed the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee of the Eleventh Assembly.
Jayant Kumar Malaiya was inducted in the Ministry of Uma Bharti as a Cabinet Minister on June 28, 2004 and held the portfolio of Urban Administration and Development. On 27 August 2004 he was also inducted as a Cabinet Minister in Babulal Gaur Ministry and got the charge as a Minister for Urban Administration and Development along with the Department of Tourism.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan inducted him in his Cabinet on 4 December 2005 as Minister for the Urban Administration and Development, Housing and Environment. On 25 August 2007, on expansion of Cabinet he was made Minister of Commerce, Industry and Employment, Housing & Environment Govt. of M.P.
On 20 December 2008 he was inducted as Cabinet Minister for Water Resources and Housing & Environment, Government of Madhya Pradesh. In the year 2013, he was given additional charge as Minister of Finance.
Malaiya has traveled extensively across the world, including countries like North America, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, England, France, Nepal, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy.