Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Akhilesh Yadav is the son of veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founder-patron of Samajwadi Party who has served as the Minister of Defence in the Government of India and three terms as the 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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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.
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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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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 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 former 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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