Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav

Full name: Lalu Prasad Yadav

The gist: Colorful lifelong politician Lalu Yadav is a minister in the current UPA-led government and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party.

Title: Ex Minister of Railways, Government of India

Constituency: Chapra, Bihar

Party: Rashtriya Janata Dal

Date and place of birth: 11 June 1948; Phulwaria, Dist. Gopalganj (Bihar)

Profession: Politician; social worker; lawyer

Education: B.A., LL.B.; educated at Patna University, Patna (Bihar)

Resume: Yadav was one of the youngest members of the Lok Sabha when he joined in 1977 at age 29. He served as chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997. He formed the Rashtriya Janata Dal in 1997, after breaking away from the Janata Dal. In 2004, Yadav was re-elected to his 4 th Lok Sabha term and appointed railway minister in the UPA-led government. Yadav is president of the RJD.

Personal: Yadav is married to Rabri Devi, who was formerly the chief minister of Bihar. They have two sons and seven daughters.

Hobbies: Active participant in social, cultural, literary and artistic activities of schools, colleges, universities and other institutions; reading books on thinkers and revolutionaries, writing and debating, music and dance, football, wrestling, cricket, kabaddi, badminton and other indoor games; President, Bihar Cricket Association, 2001