Keshari Nath Tripathi is a former speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly and president of Uttar Pradesh state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.He was born on 10th November, 1934 at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh to Pandit Harish Chandra Tripathi and Smt. Shiva Devi. Presently, he is practicing as a Senior Advocate at Allahabad High Court. He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly five times viz.1977-1980, 1989-1991,1991-1992,1993-1995, 1996-2002 and 2002-2007.He served as the Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly from 1991-1993, 1997 to 2002 and from May 2002 to March 2004.He also held the position of Minister, Institutional finance and Sales Tax in U.P. during the Janata Party regime from 1977-1979.He is also an author and a poet and has published several books. His chief literary works are two anthologies called 'Manonukriti' and 'Aayu Pankh. On the professional side, his commentary on The Representation of People Act, 1951 is still widely esteemed. Kesharinath Tripathi is married to Sudha Tripathi and has three children. He resides at Allahabad.