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| image              = Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav , addressing at the National Development Council 52nd Meeting, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on December 9, 2006.jpg
| image              = File:Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_,_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council_52nd_Meeting,_at_Vigyan_Bhawan,_New_Delhi_on_December_9,_2006.jpg
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1939|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1939|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Saifai]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| birth_place        = [[Saifai]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date         = <!-- See the talk page before adding a death date.  The Mulayam Singh Yadav who died in early October 2020 is not the subject of this article.-->
| death_date         = <!-- See the talk page before adding a death date.  The Mulayam Singh Yadav who died in early October 2020 is not the subject of this article.-->
| residence          = [[Saifai]], [[Etawah district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| residence          = [[Saifai]], [[Etawah district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| office            = President of the [[Samajwadi Party]]
| office14            =[[Samajwadi Party|President of the Samajwadi Party]]
| term_start          = 1992
| term_start14        = 4 October 1992
| term_end            = 2017
| term_end14          = 1 January 2017
| predecessor         = ''Position established''
| predecessor14         = ''Position established''
| successor           = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| successor14           = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| constituency1      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
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| term_end3          = 2014
| term_end3          = 2014
| constituency3      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| constituency3      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| predecessor3 = [[Dharmendra Yadav]]
| successor3 = [[Tej Pratap Singh Yadav]]
| term_start4        = 2004
| term_start4        = 2004
| term_end4          = 2004
| term_end4          = 2004
| constituency4      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| constituency4      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| predecessor4 = [[Balram Singh Yadav]]
| successor4 = [[Dharmendra Yadav]]
| term_start5        = 1998
| term_start5        = 1998
| term_end5          = 2004
| term_end5          = 2004
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| term_end6          = 1998
| term_end6          = 1998
| constituency6      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| constituency6      = [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
| predecessor6 = [[Uday Pratap Singh]]
| successor6 = [[Balram Singh Yadav]]
| office7            = 15th [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
| office7            = 15th [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
| governor7 = [[Vishnu Kant Shastri]]<br />[[Vishnu Kant Shastri]]<br />[[T. V. Rajeswar]]
| term_start7        = 29 August 2003
| term_start7        = 29 August 2003
| term_end7          = 13 May 2007
| term_end7          = 13 May 2007
| predecessor7        = [[Mayawati]]
| predecessor7        = [[Mayawati]]
| successor7          = [[Mayawati]]
| successor7          = [[Mayawati]]
| governor8 = [[Motilal Vora]]
| term_start8        = 5 December 1993
| term_start8        = 5 December 1993
| term_end8          = 3 June 1995
| term_end8          = 3 June 1995
| predecessor8        = [[President's rule]]
| predecessor8        = [[President's rule]]
| successor8          = [[Mayawati]]
| successor8          = [[Mayawati]]
| governor9 = [[Mohammed Usman Arif]]<br />[[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]]
| term_start9        = 5 December 1989
| term_start9        = 5 December 1989
| term_end9          = 24 June 1991
| term_end9          = 24 June 1991
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| predecessor10      = [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| predecessor10      = [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| successor10        = [[George Fernandes]]
| successor10        = [[George Fernandes]]
| office11            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]], [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]]
| office11            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the ]] [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start11        = 1967
| term_start11        = 1967
| term_end11          = 1969
| term_end11          = 1969
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* [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
* [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
* [[Janata Party]]
* [[Janata Party]]
* Lok Dal (B)
* [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]
* [[Janata Dal]] (first time [[Chief Minister]] in 1989 as Janata Dal Leader)
* [[Janata Dal]] (first time [[Chief Minister]] in 1989 as Janata Dal Leader)
| spouse              = (1) Malati Devi (2) Sadhana Gupta
| spouse              = Malati Devi, Sadhana Gupta
| children            = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br>
| children            = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/mulayam-singh-yadav|title = Mulayam Singh Yadav&#124; National Portal of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/uttar-pradesh/story/a-cbi-documents-disclosed-prateek-yadav-is-not-son-of-mulayam-singh-yadav-387302-2016-10-26|title=मुलायम के अकेले वारिस हैं अखिलेश, प्रतीक नहीं हैं बेटे!}}</ref>
Prateek Yadav (step-son)<ref>https://hindi.oneindia.com/news/india/prateek-yadav-is-not-mulayam-singh-yadav-s-son-revealing-cbi-state-388667.html</ref>
| footnotes          =  
| footnotes          =  
| relations          = [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]] (brother)<br>[[Ram Gopal Yadav]] (cousin) <br />[[Dimple Yadav]] (daughter-in-law)<br />
| relations          = [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]] (brother)<br>[[Ram Gopal Yadav]] (cousin) <br />[[Dimple Yadav]] (daughter-in-law)<br />[[Dharmendra Yadav]] (nephew)<br />[[Tej Pratap Singh Yadav]] (grandnephew)
Kamla Devi Yadav (sister) <br />[[Dharmendra Yadav]] (nephew)<br />[[Tej Pratap Singh Yadav]] (grandnephew)<br />Aparna Yadav (stepdaughter-in-law)
| alma_mater          = [[Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College|K. K. College, Etawah]]<br>A.K. College, Shikohabad<br>B.R. College<br>[[Agra University]]
| alma_mater          = [[Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College|K. K. College, Etawah]]<br>A.K. College, Shikohabad<br>B.R. College<br>[[Agra University]]
| education          = [[Masters of Arts]], (Political Science), (English Literature), [[Bachelor of Education]]
| education          = [[Masters of Arts]], (Political Science), (English Literature), [[Bachelor of Education]]
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Mulayam Singh Yadav was born to Murti Devi and Sughar Singh Yadav on 22 November 1939 in [[Saifai village]], [[Etawah district]], Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=Detailed Profile: Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav |publisher=Government of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/mulayam-singh-yadav |access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>
Mulayam Singh Yadav was born to Murti Devi and Sughar Singh Yadav on 22 November 1939 in [[Saifai village]], [[Etawah district]], Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=Detailed Profile: Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav |publisher=Government of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/mulayam-singh-yadav |access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>


Yadav had three degrees—B.A., B.T. and M.A. in political science from [[Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College]] in [[Etawah]], A. K. College in [[Shikohabad]], and B. R. College, [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University|Agra University]] respectively.<ref name="profile" />
Yadav has three degrees in political science — a B.A. from [[Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College]] in [[Etawah]], a B.T. from A. K. College in [[Shikohabad]], and an M.A. from  B. R. College, [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University|Agra University]].<ref name="profile" />


Yadav had married twice. His first wife, Malti Devi, suffered complications while giving birth to their first child, [[Akhilesh Yadav]]. She was in a vegetative state until May 2003 when she died. Akhilesh went on to become the [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] from 2012 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-samajwadi-parivar/921192/0 |title=The Samajwadi Parivar |work=Indian Express |date=7 March 2012 |access-date=10 October 2013 |last=Yadav |first=Shyamlal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-05-27/lucknow/27270264_1_tributes-saifai-village-mulayam-singh |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Tributes paid to Mulayam's wife |access-date=10 October 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Yadav had a relationship with Sadhana Gupta while still married to Malti Devi in the 1980s. Sadhna was married to Chandra Prakash Gupta and had a child, Prateek Gupta born on July 7, 1987 at the district hospital in Fatehgarh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/sanjeev-singh-blog/warring-yadavs-star-in-kalyugs-ramayan/|title=Warring Yadavs star in Kalyug's Ramayan|date=26 October 2016|website=Times of India Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/what-befalls-a-hubby-who-forgets-a-kaikeyisque-boon/cid/1513884|title=What befalls a hubby who forgets a Kaikeyisque boon|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> Gupta was not well known until February 2007, when the relationship was admitted in [[Supreme Court of India|India's Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/06spec.htm |title=Will this man bring down Mulayam? |last=Bhatt |first=Sheela |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=10 October 2007 |work=rediff.com}}</ref> Prateek Yadav manages the land-holdings of the Yadav family.<ref name="prateekyadav">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mulayam-s-younger-son-prefers-bodybuilding-to-body-politic/1061986/0 |title=Mulayam's younger son prefers body-building to body politic |date=20 January 2013 |access-date=10 October 2013 |work=Indian Express}}</ref>
Yadav has married twice. His first wife, Malti Devi, was in a vegetative state from 1973 until her death in May 2003 following complications while giving birth to their only child, [[Akhilesh Yadav]]. Akhilesh was [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] from 2012 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-samajwadi-parivar/921192/0 |title=The Samajwadi Parivar |work=Indian Express |date=7 March 2012 |access-date=10 October 2013 |last=Yadav |first=Shyamlal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-05-27/lucknow/27270264_1_tributes-saifai-village-mulayam-singh |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Tributes paid to Mulayam's wife |access-date=10 October 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Yadav had a relationship with Sadhana Gupta while still married to Malti Devi in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/sanjeev-singh-blog/warring-yadavs-star-in-kalyugs-ramayan/|title=Warring Yadavs star in Kalyug's Ramayan|date=26 October 2016|website=Times of India Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/what-befalls-a-hubby-who-forgets-a-kaikeyisque-boon/cid/1513884|title=What befalls a hubby who forgets a Kaikeyisque boon|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> Gupta was not well known until February 2007, when the relationship was admitted in [[Supreme Court of India|India's Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/06spec.htm |title=Will this man bring down Mulayam? |last=Bhatt |first=Sheela |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=10 October 2007 |work=rediff.com}}</ref>


== Early political career ==
== Early political career ==
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=== Second term ===
=== Second term ===
In 1992, Yadav founded his own Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party). In 1993, he allied with the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] for the elections to Uttar Pradesh assembly due to be held in November 1993.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyyWqZHUWiYC|title=Mulayam Singh Yadav Aur Samajvad|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|isbn=978-81-7028-712-4|pages=56–57|language=hi}}</ref> The alliance between Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party prevented the return of BJP to power in the state. Yadav became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh with the support of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and [[Janata Dal]]. His stand on movement for demanding separate statehood for [[Uttarakhand]] was as much controversial as his stand on Ayodhya movement in 1990 was. There was a firing on Uttarakhand activists at Muzaffarnagar on 2 October 1994, something for which Uttarakhand activists held him responsible. He continued holding that post until his ally opted into another alliance in June 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mulayam Singh Yadav Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/mulayam-singh-yadav.html/|access-date=18 November 2020|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
In 1992, Yadav founded his own [[Samajwadi Party]] (Socialist Party). In 1993, he allied with the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] for the elections to Uttar Pradesh assembly due to be held in November 1993.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyyWqZHUWiYC|title=Mulayam Singh Yadav Aur Samajvad|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|isbn=978-81-7028-712-4|pages=56–57|language=hi}}</ref> The alliance between Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party prevented the return of BJP to power in the state. Yadav became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh with the support of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and [[Janata Dal]]. His stand on movement for demanding separate statehood for [[Uttarakhand]] was as much controversial as his stand on Ayodhya movement in 1990 was. There was a firing on Uttarakhand activists at Muzaffarnagar on 2 October 1994, something for which Uttarakhand activists held him responsible. He continued holding that post until his ally opted into another alliance in June 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mulayam Singh Yadav Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/mulayam-singh-yadav.html/|access-date=18 November 2020|website=Elections in India}}</ref>


=== Third term  ===
=== Third term  ===
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