Akhilesh Yadav | |
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| Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 26 March 2022 – 11 June 2024 | |
| Governor | Anandiben Patel |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Ram Govind Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 10 March 2022 – 11 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sobaran Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | TBA |
| Constituency | Karhal |
| 2nd President of the Samajwadi Party | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2017 | |
| Guidance Leader | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Governor | Aziz Qureshi Ram Naik |
| Preceded by | Mayawati |
| Succeeded by | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 2012–2018 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Subrat Pathak |
| Constituency | Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 22 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Lal Yadav |
| Constituency | Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 2000–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Dimple Yadav |
| Constituency | Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1973 Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Shivpal Singh Yadav (uncle) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Residence(s) | 1 Vikramaditya Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Mysore (B.E.) University of Sydney (M.E.) |
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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. Earlier, he was an elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha,[5][6] before resigning[7] 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.
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