Akhilesh Yadav born On 1 July 1973  is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi party. who served as the 20th chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office. Yadav is the leader of the opposition to the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly since March 2022, an elected member of parliament for Ramgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha, and the incumbent member of the legislative assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha.

His first significant success in politics was being elected as a member of the 13 th lok sabha in the year 2000 for the Kannauj constituency. He is the son of the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, a veteran Indian politician and the founder of the Samajwadi party who served as minister of the defense government of India and three-term chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav was elected to the 13th lok sabha from Kannuaj in a by-election in 2000. He was also a member of the committee on food, civil supplies, and public distribution. 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. He was at times a member of the following committees Like committee on urban development, the Committee on Provision of Computers for Various Departments, the Committee on Science and Technology, and the Committee on Environment and Forests. From 2009–2012 Yadav was elected and served as a member of the 15th lok sabha for a second term.

During this period he was a member of the following committees: a member of the Committee on Environment and Forests, the Committee on Science and Technology, and the PC on the 2g spectrum case. On 10 March 2012, he was appointed as leader of the Samajwadi Party in uttar pradesh. On 15 March 2012, at the age of 38, he became the chief minister of Utter Pradesh. the youngest to hold the office.

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. During his tenure, The Agra, Lucknow, expressway which is the most modern and longest expressway in India, Being the first of its kind to be built in the shortest period, was completed and inaugurated. Yadav also launched the  up100 police service,  Women power line 1090. And 108 ambulance services. Infrastructural accomplishments of his government include projects like the Lucknow metro rail.  

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Akhilesh Yadav is married to Dimple Yadav, who is a member of parliament. The couple has two daughters namely Aditi and Tina, and a son, Arjun. Akhilesh by profession, is a civil engineer. , agriculturists, and socio-political workers. He has a keen interest in sports, mainly football and cricket. His favorite pastimes are reading, listening to music, and watching films.

Since Yadav became chief minister, his family was divided into two feuding groups, one siding with him and the other with his uncle Singh Yadav. Akhilesh had the support of his father's cousin, Ram Gopal Yadav, while Shivpal later went on to make his political party.

His chief ministerial tenure also saw emphasis on developing the power sector, modernizing the police force, setting up Kisan bazaars and mandis, introducing social welfare schemes such as hiya awas yojana, kanya vidya dhan, kisan am sarvhit bima yojana, pension yojna and allotting unemployment allowances. Between 2012-2015, over 15 lakh laptops were distributed to the 10th and 12th pass out .students by the government of Uttar Pradesh, making it one of the largest distribution schemes by any government in the world. . Akhilesh Yadav, the president of Samajwadi party, received the honor, conferred by president Draupadi murmur, on behalf of his father.

Akhilesh Yadav completed his early education in a local school in Saifai and then one in Etawah town. he was schooled at Dholpur Military.  school in Dholpur, Rajasthan, then obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering at jss science and technology university,  Karnataka, India. Akhilesh Yadav also holds a master's degree from the University of Sydney, Australia.

It is said that he has been actively involved in developing rural life and working for the welfare of the farmers and the poor. He is also popular as one of the young faces in Indian politics. He played an important role in campaigning for the party during the Vidhan Sabha elections. cycle rallies, his innovative style of campaigning across the state was a great success. It also became popular among voters of various communities, mainly the younger generation.

Mulayam Singh Yadav father of Akhilesh Yadav was an Indian politician, a socialist figure, and the founder of the Samajwadi party. Throughout his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also as the minister of defense in the union government.

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