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'''Durga Prasad Yadav''' 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 (Assembly constituency)|Azamgarh]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and is a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf</ref>

==Personal life==
Yadav was born 12 January 1954 in Aahopatti, [[Azamgarh district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to his father Ram Dhyan Yadav. He married Suman Yadav on 5 July 1983, with whom he has three sons and a daughter. 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.<ref name="UPVS"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Durga Prasad(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- AZAMGARH(AZAMGARH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4519 |website=myneta.info |accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>

==Political career==
Durga Prasad Yadav has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] since 1985. he represented the [[Azamgarh (Assembly constituency)|Azamgarh]] constituency and is a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/loksabha2004/candidate.php?candidate_id=3993 | title=Lok Sabha 2004 - Durga Prasad Yadav | publisher=myneta.info |accessdate=3 May 2019 }}</ref> He is one of the top leader of [[Samajwadi Party]].

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 1985 || 1989 || Member, [[09th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|09th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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| 02 || 1989 || 1991 || Member, [[10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|10th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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| 03 || 1991 || 1993 || Member, [[11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|11th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 04 || 1996 || 2002 || Member, [[13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|13th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 05 || 2002 || 2007 || Member, [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 06 || 2007 || 2012 || Member, [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|15th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 07 || 2012 || 2017 || Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 08 || 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|}

==See also==
*[[Azamgarh (Assembly constituency)|Azamgarh]]
*[[Politics of India]]
*[[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:People from Azamgarh district]]

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