Shivpal Singh Yadav

Shivpal Singh Yadav
Yadav in 2022
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
17 October 1996
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
ConstituencyJaswantnagar
Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh
In office
15 March 2012 – 24 October 2016
Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav
In office
6 September 2003 – 11 May 2007
Chief MinisterMulayam Singh Yadav
President of Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh
In office
13 September 2016 – 1 January 2017
Preceded byAkhilesh Yadav
Succeeded byNaresh Uttam Patel
In office
6 January 2009 – 4 June 2009
Preceded byRam Sharan Das
Succeeded byAkhilesh Yadav
State Incharge of Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh
In office
12 April 2016 – 13 September 2016
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
26 May 2009 – 9 March 2012
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded bySwami Prasad Maurya
President of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)
In office
28 August 2018 – 10 December 2022
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1955-02-16) 16 February 1955
Party Samajwadi Party (1992–2017; since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Sarla Yadav
(m. 1981)
RelationsMulayam Singh Yadav (brother)
Ram Gopal Yadav (cousin)
Akhilesh Yadav (nephew)
Dimple Yadav (daughter-in-law)
Dharmendra Yadav (nephew)
Akshay Yadav (nephew)
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grand-nephew)
Children2 (1 son & 1 daughter; including Aditya Yadav)
Alma materK.K. P.G. College, Etawah
Kanpur University (B.A., 1976),
Lucknow Christian College
University of Lucknow (B.P.Ed., 1977)
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Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is an Indian politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party founder 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 since 1996. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.

In 2018, he founded his own party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya), which was merged into Samajwadi Party in 2022.