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Lalu Prasad Yadav

Person of interest · PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Lalu Prasad Yadav is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Laloo Prasad Yadav · Lalu Prasad · Lalu Prasad Yadav · Lalu Prasad, Shri · Shri Lalu Prasad · 11 more...				[sources]
Alias	Laloo Prasad · Lalu Prasad · Lalu Yadav · Yadav, Laloo Prasad · Ядав, Лалу Прасад · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Lalu · 拉鲁·普拉萨德·亚达夫				[sources]
Birth date	1948-06-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Gopalganj · Phulwaria, Distt. Gopalganj (Bihar)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Last name	Lalu Prasad				[sources]
Political association	Rashtriya Janata Dal				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Website	rjd.co.in				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q561812				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997) · Member of the 12th Lok Sabha · Member of the 9th Lok Sabha (1989-1991) · Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly · Minister of Railways (2004-2009) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	B.A.(Hons.), LL.B. Educated at Patna University, Patna · B.A., LL.B. Educated at Patna University, Patna,Bihar · Patna University				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Status	Elected to Lok Sabha · Former				[sources]
Address	(i) Veterinary College, P.S. Gardanibag, Distt. Patna, Bihar. · (i) Vill. Samanpura, Bihar Veterinary College, · 25, Tughlak Road, · 25, Tughlak Road, New Delhi				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

General Secretary, Patna University Students Union, 1970-71; President, Patna University Students Union, 1973-74; previously associated with the Janata Party, Lok Dal and Janata Dal

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

20th chief minister of Bihar and former union minister

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Rabri Devi PEP	spouse	1973-06-01	-
Chiranjeev Rao Close Associate	relative ·

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 12th Lok Sabha	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sadhu Yadav PEP	relative · sister's husband · wife's brother	-	-

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,191

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,170

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata330,646

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,587

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-dd898e9f444fd6ec34617769299cce40663f8423 · NK-NgTqJg9cay7s3UUkcADbUi · in-sansad-8bdf5c5ccb5b50d12be29e0561b95539678d600d · in-sansad-rs-1879 · in-sansad-ls-2439

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