Akhilesh Yadav
| Akhilesh Yadav | |
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| 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2012 |
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| Governor | Banwari Lal Joshi Aziz Qureshi Ram Naik |
| Preceded by | Mayawati |
| Member of Parliament – Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009 – 2 May 2012 |
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| Constituency | Kannauj[1] |
| In office 2000–2004 |
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| In office 2004–2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1973 Saifai village, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse(s) | Dimple Yadav |
| Relations | Mulayam Singh Yadav (Father) Ram Gopal Yadav (Uncle) Shivpal Singh Yadav (Uncle) Dharmendra Yadav (Cousin) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | 5, Vikramaditya Marg Lucknow Uttar Pradesh |
| Alma mater | Dholpur Military School University of Mysore University of Sydney |
| Profession | Politician |
Akhilesh Yadav (<phonos file="Akhilesh Yadav pronunciation.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2012. A member of the Samajwadi Party, he was appointed as Chief Minister in March 2012, and is the youngest person to have assumed the office.[2]
Early life and education
Akhilesh Yadav was born to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Malti Devi on 1 July 1973 in Saifai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh. He studied at Dholpur Military School in Dholpur, Rajasthan, and subsequently was awarded a degree in environmental engineering while studying in Mysore. He went to Australia to study for a master's degree in the same subject.[3] Akhilesh gives credit to Janeshwar Mishra who initiated him to join politics.[4]
Political career
Akhilesh Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election of 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004 and 2009 general elections.[5]
He was credited for assisting the party's rise from having 97 seats in the 2007 Vidhan Sabha to a total of 224 and was subsequently elected the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the party's MLAs. He was at that time the youngest person to have held that office, being 38 years old.[2] There have been suggestions that his government is in fact driven by his father behind the scenes. In July 2012, Akhilesh Yadav's father Mulayam Singh, who is president of the Samajwadi Party, addressed government ministers and criticised the progress made during their first four months in office.[6]
Yadav and his government faced criticism from other political parties over a series of controversies including the Durga Shakti Nagpal case and the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.[7][8][9]
The Samajwadi Party won six seats in the 2014 general election.[10]
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External links
| Preceded by | Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 15 March 2012 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Samajwadi Party politicians
- People from Kannauj
- 14th Lok Sabha members
- 15th Lok Sabha members
- 13th Lok Sabha members
- People from Etawah district
- Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
- Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Yadav family of Uttar Pradesh
