Shivpal Singh Yadav
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Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He is a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district, from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.
Shivpal Singh Yadav | |
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Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 17 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
Constituency | Jaswantnagar |
Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government | |
In office 15 March 2012 – 24 October 2016 | |
In office 6 September 2003[1] – 11 May 2007 | |
State president, SP in Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 13 September 2016 – 1 January 2017 | |
Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
Succeeded by | Naresh Uttam Patel |
In office 6 January 2009 – 4 June 2009[2] | |
Preceded by | Ram Sharan Das |
Succeeded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
Uttar Pradesh state Incharge in Samajwadi Party | |
In office 12 April 2016[3] – 13 September 2016 | |
Preceded by | Position opened |
Succeeded by | Position closed |
Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 26 May 2009 – 9 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
Succeeded by | Swami Prasad Maurya |
President of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) | |
In office 28 August 2018 – 10 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | (1955-02-16) 16 February 1955 (age 69) Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Political party | Samajwadi Party (until 2017;2022-present) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (2017-2018), Samajwadi Secular Morcha (2018) and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) (2018-2022) |
Spouse |
Sarla Yadav (m. 1981) |
Relations | Mulayam Singh Yadav (brother) Ram Gopal Yadav (cousin) Akhilesh Yadav (nephew) Dharmendra Yadav (nephew) Abhishek Yadav (nephew) Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grand-nephew) Aditya Yadav (son) |
Children | 2 (1 son & 1 daughter) |
Parents |
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Residence(s) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
Alma mater | K.K. P.G. College, Etawah Kanpur University (B.A., 1976), Lucknow Christian College University of Lucknow (B.P.Ed., 1977)[4] |
In 2018 he founded his own party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya), which was merged into Samajwadi Party in 2022.[5]