Nand Kishore Yadav | |
Birth Date: | 26 August 1953 |
Birth Place: | Patna, Bihar, India |
Residence: | Khajekalan, Bihar, India |
Alma Mater: | Patna University |
Education: | Bachelor of Science |
Occupation: | Politician |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Office: | Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 15 February 2024 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor: | Awadh Bihari Choudhary |
Office1: | Minister of Public Works Department, Government of Bihar |
Term Start1: | 29 July 2017 |
Term End1: | 16 November 2020 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor1: | Tejashwi Yadav |
Successor1: | Mangal Pandey |
Term Start2: | 26 November 2010 |
Term End2: | 16 June 2013 |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor2: | Prem Kumar |
Term Start3: | 24 November 2005 |
Term End3: | 13 April 2008 |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | Nitish Kumar |
Successor3: | Prem Kumar |
Office4: | Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Term Start4: | 19 June 2013 |
Term End4: | 4 December 2015 |
1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata4: | Nitish Kumar Jitan Ram Manjhi Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor4: | Abdul Bari Siddiqui |
Successor4: | Prem Kumar |
Office5: | Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bihar |
Term Start5: | 13 April 2008 |
Term End5: | 26 November 2010 |
1Blankname5: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata5: | Nitish Kumar |
Predecessor5: | Chandra Mohan Rai |
Successor5: | Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Office6: | Minister of Tourism, Government of Bihar |
Term Start6: | 24 November 2005 |
Term End6: | 13 April 2008 |
1Blankname6: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata6: | Nitish Kumar |
Successor6: | Rampravesh Rai |
Office8: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Term Start8: | 1995 |
Predecessor8: | Mahtab Lal Singh |
Constituency8: | Patna Sahib |
Source: | [1] |
Nand Kishore Yadav (born 26 August 1953) is an Indian politician, who currently serves as the Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly.[2] He was former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the Government of Bihar.[3] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is a senior BJP leader who joined, as minister, the Bihar Government after the split of the Mahagathbandhan and parting of ways between RJD and JDU in June 2013. Before that, he was cabinet minister for road construction and tourism and the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, at present Chairman- Prakalan Samiti (Bihar Vidhan Sabha).[4]
Yadav was born on 26 August 1953 to the Panna Lal Yadav and Rajkumari Yadav. His great-grandfather, Jhalo Sardar, was a landlord. There was a myth saying that he used to pet lions.[5] His grandfather, Ramdas Rai, spent the family inheritance, mainly on keeping and breeding birds. (Yadav is quoted as saying, "Hum sher se chidiyon per aagaye"). His father had to restart from scratch and set up a business in the Khajekalan area of old Patna, where he was born and spent his childhood.[6]
Period | Positions | |
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1978 | Councillor, Patna Municipal Corporation | |
1982 | Deputy Mayor, Patna Municipal Corporation | |
1990 | President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Bihar | |
1995 | General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar | |
1998-2003 | President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar | |
1995-2010 | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Patna East | |
2010-present | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Patna Sahib Assembly | |
2005-08 | Minister of Road Construction & Tourism, Government of Bihar | |
2008-10 | Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bihar | |
2010-13 | Minister of Road Construction, Government of Bihar | |
2013-15 | Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
2017-20 | Minister of Road Construction, Government of Bihar | |
2024-present | Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly |