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Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav
Leader of the Opposition,
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
26 March 2022 – 11 June 2024
GovernorAnandiben Patel
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byRam Govind Chaudhary
Succeeded byVacant
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
10 March 2022 – 11 June 2024
Preceded bySobaran Singh Yadav
Succeeded byTBA
ConstituencyKarhal
2nd President of the Samajwadi Party
Assumed office
1 January 2017
Guidance LeaderMulayam Singh Yadav(till october 2022)
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017
GovernorAziz Qureshi
Ram Naik
Ministry & Departments
  • Home and Confidential
  • Appointment and Personnel
  • Finance
  • Energy
  • Excise
  • Higher Education
  • Secondary Education
  • Housing
  • Sugar & Cane Development
  • Industrial Development
  • General Administration
  • Other departments not allocated to a Minister.
Preceded byMayawati
Succeeded byYogi Adityanath
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
2012–2018
Preceded byKashinath Yadav
Succeeded byVijay Bahadur Pathak
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySubrat Pathak
ConstituencyKannauj, Uttar Pradesh
In office
30 May 2019 – 22 March 2022
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded byDinesh Lal Yadav
ConstituencyAzamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
In office
2000–2012
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded byDimple Yadav
ConstituencyKannauj, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1973-07-01) 1 July 1973 (age 51)
Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse
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(m. 1999)​
RelationsShivpal Singh Yadav (uncle)
Children3
Parent
Residence(s)1 Vikramaditya Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Alma materUniversity of Mysore (B.E.)
University of Sydney (M.E.)
Profession

Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973)[2] is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[3] Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office till date.[4] He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kannauj in the 18th Lok Sabha. He is the parliamentary party leader of Samajwadi Party in 18th Lok Sabha.[5] Earlier, he was an elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha,[6][7] before resigning[8] and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2022 to June 2024.

His first significant success in politics was being elected as the Member of the 13th Lok Sabha in the year 2000 for the Kannauj constituency. He is the son of Mulayam Singh Yadav, a veteran Indian politician and the founder of Samajwadi Party who served as Minister of Defence, Government of India and served three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

  1. ^ "CM moves to new residence at Vikramaditya Marg". Daily Pioneer. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Akhilesh Yadav Biography". oneindia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Akhilesh Yadav Biography". elections.in. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Akhilesh Yadav to be SP's leader in Lok Sabha". The Economic Times. PTI. 11 June 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Leader Biodata" (PDF). Government of India.
  7. ^ "Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav defeats BJP's Subrata Pathak in Kannauj Lok Sabha 2024 elections". The Indian Express. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  8. ^ "अखिलेश यादव ने करहल से दिया इस्तीफा, अब ये नेता लड़ सकता है सपा से चुनाव". ABP News (in Hindi). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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