Lalu prasad yadav

Lalu Prasad[1] (born 11 June 1948[2][3]) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is the president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, former chief minister of Bihar, former UPA minister of railways, and former member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha. He entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and was elected as then youngest member of the Lok Sabha in 1977 as a Janata Party candidate at the age of 29. He became the chief minister of Bihar in 1990. From 1997 to 2005 his wife Rabri Devi ruled as the Chief Minister of the state. His party came to power in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in partnership with Nitish Kumar of JD(U), but Nitish Kumar dumped Prasad's party from power in July 2017.

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Preceded by

Nitish Kumar

Succeeded by

Mamata Banerjee

Constituency

Saran

20th Chief Minister of Bihar

In office

4 April 1995 – 25 July 1997

Preceded by

President's rule

Succeeded by

Rabri Devi

In office

10 March 1990 – 28 March 1995

Preceded by

Jagannath Mishra

Succeeded by

President's rule

Member of the Indian Parliament

for Chhapra

In office

24 May 2004 – 22 May 2009

Preceded by

Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Succeeded by

Constituency delimitated

In office

2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991

Preceded by

Rambahadur Singh

Succeeded by

Lal Babu Rai

In office

23 March 1977 – 22 August 1979

Preceded by

Ramshekhar Prasad Singh

Succeeded by

Staya Deo Singh

Personal details

Born

11 June 1948 (age 72)

Phulwariya , Gopalganj, Bihar, India

Political party

Rashtriya Janata Dal

Spouse(s)

Rabri Devi

Relations

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (Son in law)

Children

9, including Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, Misa Bharti

Parents

Kundan Ray (father)

Marachhiya Devi (mother)

Alma mater

Finance, Patna University

Website

http://rjd.co.in/shri-lalu-prasad-yadav.html