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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chandrapal Singh Yadav
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dakor]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| residence = [[Jhansi]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] for [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| constituency = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 26 November 2014
| term_end = 25 November 2020
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Hardwar Dubey]]
| constituency1 = [[Jhansi (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Jhansi-Lalitpur]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] ([[Lok Sabha]])
| term_start1 =May 2004
| term_end1 =May 2009
| predecessor1 = Sujan Singh Bundela
| successor1 = [[Pradeep Jain Aditya]]
| party =[[Samajwadi Party]]
| religion =
| spouse = Gyanwati Yadav
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 21 September |
| year = 2006 |
}}

'''Chandrapal Singh Yadav''' (born 19 March 1959, [[Dakor]],[[Jalaun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]) is an Indian politician who serves as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. Yadav was recently elected as a president of the I.C.A (International Cooperative Alliance) - Asia Pacific region. He was previously a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] (the lower house) for the [[Jhansi (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Jhansi constituency]] in Uttar Pradesh. He was also a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] between 1996 and 2001.<ref name="biodata">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4031 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621180721/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4031 |archivedate=21 June 2006 |title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 14 th Lok Sabha: Yadav, Shri Chandrapal Singh |publisher=Government of India |accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was educated at [[Gorakhpur University]] and [[Lucknow University]] and has MSc, M.A. (Geography), BEd and LL.B. degrees<ref name="biodata" /> along with PhD from [[Bundelkhand University]] in 2006.<ref>https://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=562</ref> He married Gyanwati Yadav on 1 January 1977, and the couple have a son and a daughter.<ref name="biodata" />

==Political career==

Yadav served in the 14th Lok Sabha as a member of the Committee on Estimates, Committee on Energy and Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.<ref name="biodata" />

Yadav has also been involved in public education programs focused on [[Dalit (outcaste)|Dalit]]s and has organized public dramatic performances which attack practices that Indian rationalists consider superstitions.<ref name="biodata" />

Yadav stood as a candidate in the [[2014 Indian general election]] from Jhansi constituency<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-09/news/48999692_1_uma-bharati-aam-aadmi-party-narendra-modi|title=Jhansi: Five-way battle|work=The Economic Times|date= 9 April 2014}}</ref> and was defeated by [[Uma Bharti]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-results-2014-seven-union-ministers-taste-humiliating-defeat-in-uttar-pradesh/articleshow/35219947.cms|title=Election Results 2014: Seven Union Ministers taste humiliating defeat in Uttar Pradesh|work=The Economic Times| date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2446.htm?ac=46|title=GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014, Uttar Pradesh - Jhansi|publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA| date=16 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213718/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2446.htm?ac=46 |archivedate=2014-07-14}}</ref>

In November 2014 he was one of eleven Samajwadi Party members who joined the Rajya Sabha upon election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/11-new-members-take-oath-in-Rajya-Sabha/articleshow/45281506.cms |work=The Times of India |date=26 November 2014 |title=11 new members take oath in Rajya Sabha |agency=Press Trust of India|accessdate=2014-11-30}}</ref>

==President of International Co-operative Alliance==

Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Yadav created history by winning hands down and becoming the first Indian to head ICA Asia-Pacific as its President.

Chandra Pal polled 185 votes while his rival Chitose Arai of Japan polled 83 votes. Yadav won by more than 102 votes, an unheard-of margin in international cooperative politics.<ref>https://www.indiancooperative.com/ica/chandra-pal-smashes-his-rival-wins-with-landslide-victory/</ref>
Chandrapal Yadav has been the chairman of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) since 1998 continuously. He is also the board member of NAFED.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/ex-rs-mp-elected-icaapac-president/articleshow/88017846.cms</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Politicians from Jhansi]]
[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:University of Lucknow alumni]]
[[Category:Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University alumni]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]
[[Category:People from Jalaun district]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]

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