Ram Kripal Yadav
Ram Kripal Yadav | |
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Yadav in 2016 | |
| Minister of Agriculture Government of Bihar | |
| Assumed office 20 November 2025 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Vijay Kumar Sinha |
| Minister of State Government of India | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 30 May 2019 | |
Ministry | Term |
| Minister of Rural Development | 5 July 2016 - 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation | 9 November 2014 - 5 July 2016 |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2014 – 04 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ranjan Prasad Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Misa Bharti |
| Constituency | Pataliputra |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | C. P. Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Constituency defunct |
| Constituency | Patna |
| In office 1993–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Shailendra Nath Shrivastava |
| Succeeded by | C. P. Thakur |
| Constituency | Patna |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 8 July 2010 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Sharad Yadav |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Council | |
| In office 1998–2004 | |
| In office 1992–1993 | |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2025 | |
| Constituency | Danapur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1957 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Rashtriya Janata Dal (until 2014) Janata Dal |
| Spouse |
Kiran Devi (m. 1983) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Magadh University (B.A.[Hons.], LL.B.) |
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Ram Kripal Yadav (born 12 October 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Pataliputra parliamentary constituency in Bihar. He currently serves the Agricultural minister in the Bihar Government since 2025. He represents the Danapur Assembly constituency. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and was a close confidant of Lalu Yadav. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was first a mayor in Bihar, and later the Minister of State for Rural Development in central cabinet in Delhi from 2014 to 2019.