Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973), is an Indian politician, Socialist Figure, and the President of the Samajwadi Party. He was the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He became the Chief Minister on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38. He thus became the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav was born in the village of Saifai, Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh on 1 July 1973. He was born to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Malti Devi. Mulayam Singh Yadav is a politician, founder of Samajwadi Party and the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav first was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the Kannauj constituency in the year 2000. On 10 March 2012, he was appointed as the leader of Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. He became the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 15 March 2012.

Earlier, he was an elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha, before resigning and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2022 to June 2024.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Akhilesh Yadav
- **image**: Akhilesh Yadav receiving Padma Vibhushan on the behalf of his late father Sh. Mulayam Singh Yadav (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Akhilesh Yadav
- **birth place**: Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India
- **residence**: 1 Vikramaditya Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- **office1**: 32nd List of leaders of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Leader of the Opposition
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- **governor1**: Anandiben Patel
- **1blankname1**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata1**: Yogi Adityanath
- **term start1**: 26 March 2022
- **term end1**: 11 June 2024
- **predecessor1**: Ram Govind Chaudhary
- **successor1**: Mata Prasad Pandey
- **office2**: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- **term start2**: 10 March 2022
- **term end2**: 11 June 2024
- **constituency2**: Karhal (Assembly constituency), Karhal
- **predecessor2**: Sobaran Singh Yadav
- **successor2**: Tej Pratap Singh Yadav
- **office3**: 2nd Samajwadi Party, President of the Samajwadi Party
- **1blankname3**: Guidance Leader
- **1namedata3**: Mulayam Singh Yadav
- **term start3**: 1 January 2017
- **predecessor3**: Mulayam Singh Yadav
- **office4**: 20th List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- **term start4**: 15 March 2012
- **term end4**: 19 March 2017
- **governor4**: Aziz Qureshi
Ram Naik
- **predecessor4**: Mayawati
- **successor4**: Yogi Adityanath
- **office5**: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
- **term start5**: 6 May 2012
- **term end5**: 5 May 2018
- **constituency5**: _Elected by Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly members_
- **office6**: Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- **constituency6**: Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency), Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh
- **term start6**: 4 June 2024
- **predecessor6**: Subrat Pathak
- **term start7**: 30 May 2019
- **term end7**: 22 March 2022
- **constituency7**: Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
- **predecessor7**: Mulayam Singh Yadav
- **successor7**: Dinesh Lal Yadav
- **constituency8**: Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency), Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh
- **term start8**: 25 Feb 2000
- **term end8**: 2 May 2012
- **predecessor8**: Mulayam Singh Yadav
- **successor8**: Dimple Yadav
- **party**: Samajwadi Party
- **children**: 3
- **alma mater**: University of Mysore (B.E.)
University of Sydney (Master of Engineering, M.E.)
- **father**: Mulayam Singh Yadav
- **relations**: Shivpal Singh Yadav (uncle)
- **2blankname4**: Ministry & Departments
- **2namedata4**: *Department of Home and Confidential, Home and Confidential
*Department of Appointment and Personnel, Appointment and Personnel
*Finance
*Energy
*Excise
*Higher Education
*Secondary Education
*Housing
*Sugar & Cane Development
*Industrial Development
*General Administration
*Other departments not allocated to a Minister.
- **predecessor5**: Kashinath Yadav
- **successor5**: Vijay Bahadur Pathak
- **image size**: 200
- **office**: Leader, Samajwadi Party in Lok Sabha
- **term start**: 9 June 2024
- **predecessor**: S. T. Hasan
- **deputy**: Babu Singh Kushwaha
- **native name**: अखिलेश यादव