*This list is complete as of 2025.

✅ YADAV / AHIR CHIEF MINISTERS IN INDIA

(State-wise | Chronological)

1. Uttar Pradesh

Mulayam Singh Yadav

• Tenure:

  • 1989–1991

  • 1993–1995

  • 2003–2007

• Party: Janata Dal / Samajwadi Party

• Significance:

  • First Yadav Chief Minister of UP

  • National-level OBC icon

  • Longest-serving Yadav CM in India

Akhilesh Yadav

• Tenure: 2012–2017

• Party: Samajwadi Party

• Significance:

  • Youngest CM of UP

  • Consolidated Yadav political leadership into second generation

2. Bihar

Lalu Prasad Yadav

• Tenure: 1990–1995

• Party: Janata Dal

• Significance:

  • First Yadav Chief Minister of Bihar

  • One of the most influential OBC CMs in Indian history

Rabri Devi

(Included for completeness)

• Tenure:

  • 1997–1999

  • 1999–2000

• Party: Rashtriya Janata Dal

• Note:

  • Became CM as successor to Lalu Prasad Yadav

  • Widely counted within Yadav political leadership, though her caste identity is through marriage

• Significance:

  • First woman CM from Yadav political family

3. Madhya Pradesh

Mohan Yadav

• Tenure: 2023–Present

• Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

• Community: Malviya Yadav

• Significance:

  • First Yadav Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

  • First Yadav CM from BJP nationally

4. Haryana

Rao Birender Singh

• Tenure: 1967–1968

• Party: Vishal Haryana Party

• Community: Ahir (Yadav)

• Significance:

  • First Ahir/Yadav Chief Minister of Haryana

  • One of the earliest OBC CMs in North India

❌ STATES WITH NO YADAV CHIEF MINISTER (TILL DATE)

• Rajasthan

• Jharkhand

• Chhattisgarh

• Odisha

• West Bengal

• Maharashtra

• Gujarat

• Telangana

• Andhra Pradesh

• Tamil Nadu

• Karnataka

• Kerala

• Punjab

• Himachal Pradesh

• Uttarakhand

• Assam and North-East states

• Jammu & Kashmir

• Goa

• Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim

📊 SUMMARY TABLE

State Chief Minister Period

Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav 1989–91, 1993–95, 2003–07

Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav 2012–17

Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav 1990–95

Bihar Rabri Devi* 1997–2000

Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav 2023–Present

Haryana Rao Birender Singh 1967–68

* Rabri Devi included as part of Yadav political lineage