Tejashwi Yadav

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Tejashwi Yadav
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
In office 10 August 2022 – 28 January 2024
Governor	Phagu Chauhan, Rajendra Arlekar
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments	Health & family welfare Road Construction Housing & Urban Development Rural works
Preceded by	Renu Devi Tarkishore Prasad
Succeeded by	Samrat Choudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha
In office 20 November 2015 – 26 July 2017
Governor	Ram Nath Kovind Keshari Nath Tripathi
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments	Road Construction Building Construction Backward Class Development
Preceded by	Sushil Kumar Modi
Succeeded by	Sushil Kumar Modi
Minister, Government of Bihar
In office 10 August 2022 – 28 January 2024
Portfolio	Department of Health and Family Welfare Public Works Road Construction and Housing Urban and Rural Development
Preceded by	Respective Cabinet ministers
In office 20 August 2015 – 26 July 2017
Portfolio	Department Road Construction Building Construction Backward Class Development
Preceded by	Respective Cabinet ministers
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2015
Preceded by	Satish Kumar
Constituency	Raghopur
Personal details
Born	Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (1989-11-09) 9 November 1989 (age 34) Gopalganj, Bihar, India
Political party	Rashtriya Janata Dal(2015-present)
Spouse	Rajshree Yadav ​ (m. 2021)​ [1]
Relations	Tej Pratap Yadav (brother) Misa Bharti (sister) Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (brother-in-law) Chiranjeev Rao (brother-in-law) Sadhu Yadav (uncle) Subhash Prasad Yadav (uncle)
Children	1 daughter
Parents	Lalu Prasad Yadav (father) Rabri Devi (mother)
Residence(s)	5, Desh Ratna Marg, Patna
Education	Class 10th from International school patna
Alma mater	Delhi Public School
Occupation	Politician
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2012	Delhi Daredevils
2009–2013	Jharkhand
First-class debut	10 November 2009 Jharkhand v Vidarbha
List A debut	14 February 2010 Jharkhand v Orissa
Last List A	16 February 2010 Jharkhand v Tripura
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 1 2 4 Runs scored 20 14 3 Batting average 10.00 7.00 3.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 19 9 3 Balls bowled 30 24 36 Wickets 0 1 0 Bowling average — 23.00 — 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling — 1/10 — Catches/stumpings 0/0 1/0 1/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 May, 2016

Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, from 10 August 2022 to 28 January 2024.

He also serves as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Road Construction and Public Works Department, Minister of Urban Development and Housing as well as the Minister of Rural Works and Development in the Bihar Government. A member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Raghopur Assembly constituency since 2015, Yadav leads the Rashtriya Janata Dal - the single largest political party in the state of Bihar, and is the chairperson of the Mahagathbandhan alliance, the coalition currently in Opposition. As a professional cricketer, he was in the Delhi Daredevils and the Jharkhand cricket team.^[2][3] He is noted to have been both the youngest Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and the youngest Leader of Opposition in India during the respective periods.^[4][5] Yadav was featured in the Indian Express ‘100 Most Powerful Indians’ in 2020 and 2021.^[6]