Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad | |
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Lalu 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 | |
| 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 Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 3 October 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 10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Sharad Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Sharad Yadav |
| Constituency | Madhepura |
| In office 2 December 1989 – 10 March 1990 | |
| 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 |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 10 April 2002 – 13 May 2004 | |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| 12th Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 18 March 1989 – 7 December 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Karpoori Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Anup Lal Yadav |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 3 March 2000 – 10 April 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Rama Nand Yadav |
| Constituency | Danapur |
| In office 4 April 1995 – 10 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Uday Narayan Rai |
| Succeeded by | Rajgir Choudhary |
| Constituency | Raghopur |
| In office 8 June 1980 – 2 December 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Sundar Das |
| Succeeded by | Raj Kumar Roy |
| Constituency | Sonpur |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Council | |
| In office 7 May 1990 – 4 April 1995 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative assembly member's |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1948 Phulwariya, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Dal |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (son-in-law) 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 |
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| Alma mater | Patna University (B.A.,LLB) |
| Website | rjd |
Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) a prominent political party in Bihar. He is also a former member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Lalu Prasad Yadav is often regarded as a political messiah for the lower castes in Bihar, particularly the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Muslim communities. His political rise in the 1990s marked a significant shift in Bihar's social and political landscape, which had long been dominated by upper-caste elites.
He entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and, in 1977, was elected as one of the youngest members of the Lok Sabha for the Bharatiya Lok Dal of the Janata Alliance. He became the chief minister of Bihar in 1990. His party came to power in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in coalition with Nitish Kumar of JD(U). The coalition ended when Nitish resigned and the RJD was ousted, becoming the opposition party.
In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, the 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 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.