Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav
President of the Samajwadi Party
Assumed office
1 January 2017
Preceded by Mulayam Singh Yadav
20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017
Governor Banwari Lal Joshi
Aziz Qureshi
Ram Naik
Preceded by Mayawati
Succeeded by Yogi Adityanath
Constituency MLC
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
5 May 2012 – 4 May 2018
Member of Parliament for Kannauj
In office
2000–2012
Preceded by Mulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded by Dimple Yadav
Constituency Kannauj
Personal details
Born (1973-07-01) 1 July 1973
Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s) Dimple Yadav
Relations

Mulayam Singh Yadav (father)

Malti Devi (mother)
Shivpal Singh Yadav (uncle)
Ram Gopal Yadav (uncle)
Dharmendra Yadav (cousin)
Akshay Yadav (cousin)
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (nephew)
Aditya Yadav (cousin)
Sadhana Gupta (stepmother)
Children 3
Residence 4 Vikramaditya Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Alma mater Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering
University of Sydney
Profession Politician

Akhilesh Yadav ( pronunciation ; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and the current President of the Samajwadi Party. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Having assumed office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office. His first significant success in politics was his election as a member of the Lok Sabha for the Kannauj constituency.

Early life and education

Yadav was born in Saifai, Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh. He was born to Malti Devi and Mulayam Singh Yadav, later Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was schooled at the Dholpur Military School in Rajasthan, then obtained his Bachelor's and master's degrees in Civil Environmental Engineering at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE).[2] He also has a master's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia.[3]

Yadav is a vegetarian.[4] He married Dimple Rawat, who is also a politician, on 24 November 1999. The couple have two daughters and a son.[5][6]

Political career

  • 2000: elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election in 2000. He was also a member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies, and Public Distribution
  • 2000–2001: Member of the Committee on Ethics[7]
  • 2004–2009: Elected as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha for a second term. He was at times a member of the following committees: Committee on Urban Development, Committee on Provision of Computers for various departments, Committee on Science and Technology, and Committee on Environment and Forests. He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha for a third term in 2009
  • 2009–2012: Member of the Committee on Environment and Forests, Committee on Science and Technology, and the JPC on the 2G spectrum case[8]
  • 10 March 2012: appointed as leader of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh
  • 15 March 2012: at the age of 38 years, he became the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • On 3 May 2012: resigned from the Kannauj seat to further serve as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after his party won the Assembly elections[9]
  • On 5 May 2012: became a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council[10]

In the 2017 Assembly elections, the SP-Congress Alliance headed by Yadav won 55 seats and was defeated by the BJP. He submitted his resignation to Governor Ram Naik on 11 March.

Family

Since Yadav became chief minister, the family was divided into two feuding groups, one siding with him and the other with his father. Yadav had the support of his father's cousin, Ram Gopal. His father was supported by Shivpal (Mulayam Singh's brother) and friend Amar Singh.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "CM moves to new residence at Vikramaditya Marg". Daily Pioneer. 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav to visit his Mysore college on Friday - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  3. ↑ "10 things you want to know about Akhilesh Yadav". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  4. ↑ "'Do they not consider me a Hindu?'". Rediff. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  5. ↑ Pandey, Geeta (15 March 2012). "Akhilesh Yadav: the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh". BBC.
  6. ↑ Bhatt, Virendra Nath (14 March 2012). "The party is over and the bill is due: Akhilesh Yadav". Tehelka.
  7. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  8. ↑ "AKHILESH YADAV • Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh •". information.up.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  9. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple to contest Kannauj Lok Sabha by-polls". India Today. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  10. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav elected unopposed for UP legislative council". The Times of India. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  11. ↑ Rai, Manmohan (2016-08-29). "Infighting erupts in ruling Yadav family in UP, Mulayam continues to pull the power strings". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Mulayam Singh Yadav		 Member of Parliament
for Kannauj
2000 – 2012		 Succeeded by
Dimple Yadav
Political offices
Preceded by
Mayawati		 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
15 March 2012 – 20 March 2017		 Succeeded by
Yogi Adityanath
Party political offices
Preceded by
Mulayam Singh Yadav		 National president of the Samajwadi Party
1 January 2017 – Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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