Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav
Yadav in 2013
Leader of Samajwadi Party in Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 June 2024
DeputyBabu Singh Kushwaha
Preceded byS. T. Hasan
32nd Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
26 March 2022 – 11 June 2024
GovernorAnandiben Patel
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byRam Govind Chaudhary
Succeeded byMata Prasad Pandey
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
10 March 2022 – 11 June 2024
Preceded bySobaran Singh Yadav
Succeeded byTBA
ConstituencyKarhal
2nd President of Samajwadi Party
Incumbent
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 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
6 May 2012 – 5 May 2018
Preceded byKashinath Yadav
Succeeded byVijay Bahadur Pathak
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
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
25 Feb 2000 – 2 May 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
Residence1, Vikramaditya Marg, Lucknow[1]
Alma materUniversity of Mysore (B.E.)
University of Sydney (M.E.)
Profession

Akhilesh Yadav (pronunciationⓘ; 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] Yadav is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kannauj in the 18th Lok Sabha and the parliamentary party leader of Samajwadi Party in 18th Lok Sabha.[5] A son of veteran Indian politician, Mulayam Singh Yadav, he was elected as the Member of the 13th Lok Sabha in the year 2000 ( by-poll) for the Kannauj constituency. He was 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.

  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.