Durga Prasad Yadav

Durga Prasad Yadav
Durga Prasad Yadav
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 1996
Preceded by	Raj Bali Yadav
Constituency	Azamgarh
	In office; March 1985 – December 1993
Preceded by	Ram Kunwar Singh
Succeeded by	Raj Bali Yadav
Constituency	Azamgarh
Cabinet Minister; (Government of Uttar Pradesh)
	In office; 2012–2017
Governor	Banwari Lal Joshi; Ram Naik;
Chief Minister	Akhilesh Yadav;
Ministry & Department's	Transport; Forest; Environment; Zoological Garden;
Personal details
Born	12 January 1954 ; Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Party	Samajwadi Party
Other political; affiliations	Janata Dal; Independent
Alma mater	Shibli National College, Azamgarh (B.A., Gorakhpur University) ; Shibli National College, Azamgarh (L.L.B., Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University)
Occupation	Agriculture
Profession	Politician

Durga Prasad Yadav (born 12 January 1954) is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He is also a former transport minister and forest minister. He represents the Azamgarh constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.^[2]

Personal life

Yadav was born 12 January 1954 in Aahopatti, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh to his father Ram Dhyan Yadav. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Shibli National College, Azamgarh under Gorakhpur University in 1981 and attained a Bachelor of Law degree from Shibli National College, Azamgarh under Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in 1991.^[1]^[3]

Durga Prasad Yadav has been a MLA since 1985. He represented the Azamgarh constituency and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.^[4]

#	From	To	Position
01	1985	1989	Member, 09th Legislative Assembly
02	1989	1991	Member, 10th Legislative Assembly
03	1991	1993	Member, 11th Legislative Assembly
04	1996	2002	Member, 13th Legislative Assembly
05	2002	2007	Member, 14th Legislative Assembly
06	2007	2012	Member, 15th Legislative Assembly
07	2012	2017	Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
08	2017	2022	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
09	2022	Incumbent	Member, 18th Legislative Assembly

1 2 "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Durga Prasad(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- AZAMGARH(AZAMGARH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
↑ "Lok Sabha 2004 - Durga Prasad Yadav". myneta.info. Retrieved 3 May 2019.