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Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav (born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and the President of the Samajwadi Party (SP). He served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017 and was the youngest
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No, as of 2025, Akhilesh Yadav is not the Chief Minister. He served from 2012 to 2017 and is currently the Leader of Opposition in the state.
Akhilesh Yadav is the son of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founder of the Samajwadi Party and a former Defence Minister of India.
He holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Mysore and a Master’s in Environmental Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Akhilesh Yadav is the MLA from Karhal constituency in Uttar Pradesh and has also previously served as an MP from Kannauj.
His major initiatives included the Laptop Distribution Scheme, Samajwadi Pension Yojana, development of the Lucknow Metro, and expressways like the Agra–Lucknow Expressway.
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