Party Name : Janata Dal (United)
Constituency : Madhepura
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Nand Kishore Yadav
Mother's Name : Smt. Sumitra Yadav
Date of birth : 01 Jul 1947
Profession : Agriculturist Educationist, Engineer
Positions held :
1974 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha in bye-election1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)President, Yuva Janata Dal1978 General-Secretary, Lok DalPresident, Yuva Lok Dal1986 Elected to Rajya Sabha1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1989-97 General-Secretary, Janata DalChairman, Janata Dal Parliamentary Board1989-90 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles and Food Processing Industries1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)Member, Public Accounts Committee1993 Leader, Janata Dal Parliamentary Party1995 Working President, Janata Dal1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)Chairman, Finance Committee1997 President, Janata Dal1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)13 Oct.1999 - 31 Aug. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation1 Sep. 2001- 30 Jun. 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Labour1 Jul. 2002 - 15 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)Member, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Water ResourcesMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)31 Aug. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Urban Development
More Information :
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Articles on Socio-Political issues, reading and listening to music
Sports and Clubs
Hockey, kabbadi and wrestling
Other Information
Gold Medalist in B.E. from Jabalpur Engineering College; President, Students Union, Jabalpur, Engineering College, 1971; influenced by the teachings of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia; active youth leader and participated in a number of mass movements; Detained under MISA during 1969-70, 1972 and 1975; played a significant role in the implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations
