Shivpal Singh Yadav

Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician and educationis from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He is a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district, from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.

Shivpal Singh Yadav
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
17 October 1996
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
ConstituencyJaswantnagar
Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government
In office
15 March 2012  24 October 2016
In office
6 September 2003  11 May 2007
State president, SP in Uttar Pradesh
In office
13 September 2016  1 January 2017
Preceded byAkhilesh Yadav
Succeeded byNaresh Uttam Patel
In office
6 January 2009  4 June 2009
Preceded byRam Sharan Das
Succeeded byAkhilesh Yadav
Uttar Pradesh state Incharge in Samajwadi Party
In office
12 April 2016  13 September 2016
Preceded byPosition opened
Succeeded byPosition closed
Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
26 May 2009  9 March 2012
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded bySwami Prasad Maurya
President of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)
In office
28 August 2018  10 December 2022
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
Personal details
Born (1955-02-16) 16 February 1955
Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party Samajwadi Party (until 2017;2022-present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2017-2018), Samajwadi Secular Morcha (2018) and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) (2018-2022)
Spouse
Sarla Yadav
(m. 1981)
RelationsMulayam Singh Yadav (brother)
Ram Gopal Yadav (cousin)
Akhilesh Yadav (nephew)
Dharmendra Yadav (nephew)
Abhishek Yadav (nephew)
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grand-nephew)
Children2 (1 son & 1 daughter)
Parents
  • Sughar Singh Yadav (father)
  • Murti Devi (mother)
Residence(s)Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materK.K. P.G. College, Etawah
Kanpur University (B.A., 1976),
Lucknow Christian College
University of Lucknow (B.P.Ed., 1977)

In 2018 he founded his own party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya), which was merged into Samajwadi Party in 2022.

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