Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
In office 1 July 2002 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by
Shanta Kumar
Succeeded by
Sharad Pawar
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office 1 September 2001 – 1 July 2002
Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by
Satyanarayan Jatiya
Succeeded by
Sahib Singh Verma
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 13 October 1999 – 1 September 2001
Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by
Ananth Kumar
Succeeded by
Shahnawaz Hussain
Minister of Textiles
In office 6 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Prime Minister
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Preceded by
Ram Niwas Mirdha
Succeeded by
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 8 July 2016 – 4 December 2017
Constituency
Bihar
In office 13 June 2014 – 7 July 2016
Constituency
Bihar
In office 8 July 2004 – 16 May 2009
Succeeded by
George Fernandes
Constituency
Bihar
In office 5 July 1986 – 28 November 1989
Constituency
Uttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by
Pappu Yadav
Succeeded by
Pappu Yadav
Constituency
Madhepura
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Succeeded by
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Constituency
Madhepura
In office 1991–1998
Preceded by
Ramendra Kumar Yadav
Succeeded by
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Constituency
Madhepura
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by
Saleem Iqbal Shervani
Succeeded by
Swami Chinmayanand
Constituency
Badaun
In office 1974–1980
Preceded by
Seth Govind Das
Succeeded by
Munder Sharma
Constituency
Jabalpur
2nd President of Janata Dal
In office 1997 - 1999
Preceded by
V. P. Singh
Succeeded by
position abolished
Personal details
Born
(1947-07-01)1 July 1947 Babai, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died
12 January 2023(2023-01-12) (aged 75) Gurugram, Haryana, India
Political party
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Other political affiliations
Loktantrik Janata Dal (2017-2022)
Janata Dal (United) (1999-2017)
Spouse
Rekha
(m. 1989)
Children
2
Alma mater
Jabalpur Engineering College (B.E)
Robertson College Jabalpur (BSc)
Occupation
Politician
Sharad Yadav (1 July 1947 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times[1] and to the Rajya Sabha four times from JD(U).[2] He was the first national president of Janata Dal (United), serving from its formation in 2003 until 2016.[3] He was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha in 2017 and removed from party leadership positions for engaging in anti-party activities.[4][5]
^"Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile. Yadav, Shri Sharad". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^"List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^Sanskarshan Thakur (2014). Single Man. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. Epilogue. ISBN 9789350297780.
^"Sharad Yadav, Ali Anwar disqualified as Rajya Sabha members". Business Line. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^Bhattacharya, Devika (12 August 2017). "Nitish Kumar: Sharad Yadav removed as JD(U) party leader in Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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