Tejashwi Yadav

Tejashwi Yadav
Yadav in 2023
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
10 August 2022 – 28 January 2024
Governor
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Health & Family Welfare
  • Road Construction
  • Housing & Urban Development
  • Rural Development
Preceded byRenu Devi
Tarkishore Prasad
Succeeded bySamrat Choudhary
Vijay Kumar Sinha
In office
20 November 2015 – 26 July 2017
Governor
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Road Construction
  • Building Construction
  • Backward Class Development
Preceded bySushil Kumar Modi
Succeeded bySushil Kumar Modi
22nd Leader of the Opposition
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 February 2024
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byVijay Kumar Sinha
In office
28 July 2017 – 9 August 2022
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byPrem Kumar
Succeeded byVijay Kumar Sinha
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2015
Preceded bySatish Kumar
ConstituencyRaghopur
Personal details
Born
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

(1989-11-09) 9 November 1989 (age 35)
Gopalganj, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal (2015-present)
Spouse
Rajshree Yadav
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(m. 2021)​
[1]
RelationsTej Pratap Yadav (brother)
Misa Bharti (sister)
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (brother-in-law)
Chiranjeev Rao (brother-in-law)
Sadhu Yadav (uncle)
Subhash Prasad Yadav (uncle)
Children1
Parents
Residence(s)5, Desh Ratna Marg, Patna, Bihar, India
Occupation
  • Politician
  • cricketer
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2012Delhi Daredevils
2009–2013Jharkhand
First-class debut10 November 2009 Jharkhand v Vidarbha
List A debut14 February 2010 Jharkhand v Orissa
Last List A16 February 2010 Jharkhand v Tripura
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 1 2 4
Runs scored 20 14 3
Batting average 10.00 7.00 3.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 19 9 3
Balls bowled 30 24 36
Wickets 0 1 0
Bowling average — 23.00 —
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling — 1/10 —
Catches/stumpings 0/0 1/0 1/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 May, 2016

Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from 10 August 2022 to 28 January 2024.[2]

He also served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Road Construction and Public Works Department, Minister of Urban Development and Housing as well as the Minister of Rural Works and Development in the Bihar Government. A member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Raghopur Assembly constituency since 2015, Yadav leads the Rashtriya Janata Dal—the single largest political party in the state of Bihar, and is the chairperson of the Mahagathbandhan alliance, the coalition currently in Opposition. As a professional cricketer, he was in the Delhi Daredevils and the Jharkhand cricket team.[3][4] He is noted to have been both the youngest Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and the youngest Leader of Opposition in India during the respective periods.[5][6] Yadav was featured in the Indian Express ‘100 Most Powerful Indians’ in 2020 and 2021.[7]

  1. ^ Kumar Singh, Rohit (10 December 2021). "Rachel turns Rajeshwari (Rachel Godinho) to marry Tejashwi but uncle Sadhu Yadav is not happy". India Today. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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  7. ^ "IE100: The list of most powerful Indians in 2021". The Indian Expresslanguage=en.