Ramapati Ram Tripathi is a former president of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh state unit in India. He is a member of Uttar Pradesh legislative Council. An Gorakhpur Jhudiya born aayurvedic doctor, he has served in other party positions. He held the post of UP BJP General Secretary before being appointed as BJP's UP chief in September 2007, a position he carried on till 11 May 2010, thereafter being replaced by Surya Pratap Shahi. His son Sharad Tripathi contested the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha seat in 2014 as the BJP candidate and was successful.