Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
24 Facts About Akhilesh Yadav
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Akhilesh Yadav is the son of Late 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.
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Akhilesh Yadav was born on 1 July 1973 in Saifai, Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh.
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Akhilesh Yadav was born to Malti Devi and Mulayam Singh Yadav, later Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Malti Devi suffered complications while giving birth to Akhilesh Yadav which put her in a vegetative state.
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Akhilesh Yadav completed his early education in a local school in Saifai and then one in Etawah town.
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Akhilesh Yadav was schooled at Dholpur Military School in Dholpur, Rajasthan, then obtained his Bachelor's and master's degrees in Civil Environmental Engineering at JSS Science and Technology University, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
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Akhilesh Yadav holds a master's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia.
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Akhilesh Yadav was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election in 2000.
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Akhilesh Yadav was a member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies, and Public Distribution.
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Akhilesh Yadav served as a Member of the Committee on Ethics from 2000 to 2001 and in 2004 was elected as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha for a second term.
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Akhilesh Yadav 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.
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In May 2012 Akhilesh Yadav resigned from the Kannauj parliamentary seat to further serve as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after his party won the Assembly elections.
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The 2019 Indian general elections and 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections saw Akhilesh Yadav being elected to the parliament and state assembly simultaneously, with Akhilesh Yadav later retaining his state assembly seat, and thereby submitting his resignation in the Lok Sabha.
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Akhilesh Yadav was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 15 March 2012, at the age of 38, winning 224 seats in the March 2012 assembly elections.
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Akhilesh Yadav government was repeatedly criticized on alleged poor law and order situation in UP.
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Akhilesh Yadav's tenure saw about a dozen Director General of Police leading the Police force.
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Akhilesh Yadav has been elected 1 time as MLA and 4 times as Lok Sabha MP.
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Akhilesh Yadav is married to Dimple Yadav, who is a Member of Parliament.
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Akhilesh Yadav by profession, is a Civil engineer, agriculturist, and socio-political worker.
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Akhilesh Yadav has a keen interest in sports, mainly football and cricket.
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Since Akhilesh Yadav became chief minister, his family was divided into two feuding groups, one siding with him and the other with his uncle Shivpal Singh Akhilesh Yadav.
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Akhilesh's father Mulayam Singh Yadav has 4 real brothers and 1 cousin brother.
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Note: Prateek Akhilesh Yadav is son of Chandra Prakash Gupta and Sadhna Gupta.