Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Minister of State for Water Resources
In office 23 May 2004 – 6 November 2005
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Bijoya Chakravarty
In office 24 October 2006 – 22 May 2009
Succeeded by	Vincent Pala
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Brahmanand Mandal
Succeeded by	Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Constituency	Munger
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Putul Kumari
Succeeded by	Giridhari Yadav
Constituency	Banka
Personal details
Born	(1954-08-02) 2 August 1954 (age 69) Jamui, Bihar, India
Political party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Spouse	Savita Yadav
Children	2 daughters
Residence	Jamui
Website	www.rashtriyajanatadal.com
As of 26 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (born 2 August 1954) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He served as the Minister of State of Water Resources^[1] during UPA I under then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Yadav represented the Munger constituency of Bihar and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party. He won the 2014 Indian general election from Banka Constituency and in 2019 lost to Giridhari Yadav from the same constituency.

Biography

Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav was born in Barhat, Jamui district, in Bihar state. His late father's name is Akhileshwar Prasad Yadav and his mother's name is Shanti Devi. Yadav holds a degree of Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Law from Patna University, Bihar. He married Savita Yadav on 18 February 1991. They have two daughters, elder Divya Prakash and younger Shefali Roy.

Political Tenure

• 1980-1985 and 1990-2004 - Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (four terms)
• 1995-2000 - Minister, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education, Government of Bihar
• 2000-2004 - Minister, Micro-irrigation, Government of Bihar
• 2004-2009 - State Minister, water resources, Government of India and Lok Sabha member from Munger constituency
• 2014-2019 - Lok Sabha member from Banka constituency