Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (born 2 August 1954) is an Indian politician from

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

. He served as the Minister of State of Water Resources during UPA I under then Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indi ...

. He was a member of the

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. Yadav represented the

Munger Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern ...

constituency of

and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party. He won the

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

from Banka Constituency and in 2019 lost to

Giridhari Yadav Giridhari Yadav (born 14 April 1961) is an Indian politician. He is currently a member of the Lok Sabha. He represents Banka and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party. Yadav has been elected thrice into the Lok sabha and fo ...

from the same constituency.

Biography

Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav was born in Barhat,

Jamui Jamui is a town and a municipality in Jamui district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the district headquarter of Jamui district. Jamui was formed as a district on 21 February 1991 as a result of its separation from Munger. It is part ...

district, in Bihar state. His late father's name is Akhileshwar Prasad Yadav and his mother's name is Shanti Devi. Yadav holds a degree of Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Law from

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern er ...

, Bihar. He married Savita Yadav on 18 February 1991. They have two daughters, elder Divya Prakash and younger Shefali Roy.

Political Tenure

* 1980-1985 and 1990-2004 - Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (four terms) * 1995-2000 - Minister, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education, Government of Bihar * 2000-2004 - Minister, Micro-irrigation, Government of Bihar * 2004-2009 - State Minister, water resources, Government of India and

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member from

constituency * 2014-2019 -

member from Banka constituency

External links

Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website
* 1954 births Living people People from Jamui Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians India MPs 2004–2009 Union ministers of state of India Lok Sabha members from Bihar India MPs 2014–2019 People from Banka district Members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly {{Bihar-RJD-politician-stub