Akhilesh Yadav
Akhilesh Yadav (ⓘ; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. 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. Yadav is the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since March 2022, an elected Member of Parliament for Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha, and the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha.
Akhilesh Yadav | |
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Yadav at the Chief Minister’s Office in Lucknow, 2015 | |
| Leader of the Opposition of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Anandiben Patel |
| Preceded by | Ram Govind Chaudhary |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sobaran Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Karhal |
| 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mayawati |
| Succeeded by | Yogi Adityanath |
| President of the Samajwadi Party | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| 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 |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 2012–2018 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| 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 |
| Alma mater | JSS Science and Technology University (B.E.) University of Sydney (M.E.) |
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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 three term Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.