Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav
Yadav as Union Minister of Railways, addressing in New Delhi on 12 September 2004
30th Union Minister of Railways
In office 24 May 2004 – 23 May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Nitish Kumar
Succeeded by	Mamata Banerjee
President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 1997
Preceded by	office established
20th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office 4 April 1995 – 25 July 1997
Governor	A. R. Kidwai
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Rabri Devi
In office 10 March 1990 – 28 March 1995
Governor	Mohammad Yunus Saleem
Preceded by	Jagannath Mishra
Succeeded by	President's rule
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 1980–1989
Preceded by	Ram Sunder Das
Succeeded by	Raj Kumar Roy
Constituency	Sonpur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2013
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Constituency	Saran, Bihar
In office 24 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
Preceded by	Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Chhapra, Bihar
In office 2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991
Preceded by	Rambahadur Singh
Succeeded by	Lal Babu Rai
Constituency	Chhapra, Bihar
In office 23 March 1977 – 22 August 1979
Preceded by	Ramshekhar Prasad Singh
Succeeded by	Satya Deo Singh
Constituency	Chhapra, Bihar
Personal details
Born	(1948-06-11) 11 June 1948 (age 76) Phulwariya, Bihar, India
Political party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal
Spouse	Rabri Devi ​ (m. 1973)​
Relations	Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (son) Chiranjeev Rao (son-in-law) Sadhu Yadav (brother-in-law) Subhash Prasad Yadav (brother-in-law)
Children	9 (including Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti)
Parents	Kundan Ray (father) Marachhiya Devi (mother)
Alma mater	Patna University (M.A., LLB)
Website	rjd.co.in/shri-lalu-prasad/

Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).^[1][2][3] He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha.^[4]

He entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and in 1977 at the age of 29, was elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha for the Janata Party. He became the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1990. His party came to power in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in partnership with Nitish Kumar of JD(U). This coalition ended when Nitish resigned and RJD was ousted, becoming the opposition party. In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, RJD remained the single largest party in Bihar, and along with JD(U) in power after JD(U) rejoined MGB in 2022, headed the government until JD(U) returned to NDA. Lalu Yadav was convicted in the controversial Fodder Scam, and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail from the High Court.^[5]