Constituency : Mubarakpur

Akhilesh Yadav was born on 1 July 1973 in Saifai, Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh. He was born to Malti Devi and Mulayam Singh Yadav, later Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was schooled at the Dholpur Military School in Rajasthan, then obtained his Bachelor's and master's degrees in Civil Environmental Engineering at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE). He also has a master's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia.

Political Career:
2000: Elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election. Member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies, and Public Distribution
2000–2001: Member of the Committee on Ethics
2004–2009: Elected as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha for a second term.
Member of the Committee on Urban Development
Member of Committee on Provision of Computers for various departments
Member of Committee on Science and Technology
Member of Committee on Environment and Forests.
Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha for the third term in 2009
2009–2012: Member of the Committee on Environment and Forests, Committee on Science and Technology, and the JPC on the 2G spectrum case.
10 March 2012: Appointed as leader of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh
15 March 2012: Became the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh at the age of 38 years.
On 3 May 2012: Resigned from the Kannauj seat to further serve as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after his party won the Assembly elections
On 5 May 2012: Became a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the SP-Congress Alliance headed by Yadav won 55 seats and was defeated by the BJP. He submitted his resignation to Governor Ram Naik on 11 March.

Most Talked Moment/Activity:
Akhilesh Yadav was the most talked about leader on Facebook during the assembly elections 2017, according to the social networking company’s data.