Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (born 21 November 1987) is an Indian politician who was a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

in the Indian

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-pas ...

, where he has represented the Mainpuri,

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

from 2014 to 2019 as a member of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...

Early life and education

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav was born on 21 November 1987 in

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, ...

village of Etawah district to Ranvir Singh Yadav and Mridula Yadav. He studied at the Colonel Brown Cambridge School,

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislativ ...

, and the Delhi Public School,

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (India) ...

. He graduated with an MBA from the Leeds University Business School.

Family

His grandfather Ratan Singh Yadav, was the elder brother of

Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. In the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as ...

. Hariom Yadav, the former MLA of Sirsaganj and Shikohabad is his maternal granduncle.

Career

He successfully contested a by-election to replace his granduncle, Mulayam Singh Yadav, as the

of the Mainpuri.

Positions held

Personal life

In 2015, Tej Pratap married Raj Lakshmi Yadav, the youngest daughter of

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliame ...

. The couple had a child in 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Tej Pratap Singh 1987 births Living people People from Saifai India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Yadav family of Uttar Pradesh People from Mainpuri district Alumni of the University of Leeds Samajwadi Party politicians