Akhilesh Kumar Singh

{{Short description|Indian politician (1959–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Akhilesh Kumar Singh

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly for Rae Bareli

| term_start = 1993

| term_end = 2017

| predecessor = Ashok Kumar Singh

| successor = Aditi Singh

| constituency = Rae Bareli Sadar

| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|09|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|08|20|1959|09|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

| nationality = Indian

| party = Peace Party of India

| otherparty = Indian National Congress

| residence = Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

| children = Aditi Singh

| alma_mater = Feroze Gandhi College, Kanpur University

| occupation = Politician

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| website =

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Akhilesh Kumar Singh (15 September 1959 – 20 August 2019) was an Indian politician.

Akhilesh Singh was born on 15 September 1959. Singh was first elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993 as an Indian National Congress candidate from Rae Bareli Sadar. Singh won reelection twice, in 1996 and 2002, while retaining his affiliation with Congress.{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Sanjeev |title=Akhilesh Singh's demise may spell doom for Congress in Rae Bareli |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/sanjeev-singh-blog/akhilesh-singhs-demise-may-spell-doom-for-congress-in-rae-bareli/ |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=20 August 2019}} Expelled from Congress prior to the 2007 election,{{cite news |last1=Winters |first1=Bryce J. |title=Akhilesh Singh, father of Congress MLA Aditi Singh from Raebareli, Passed Away |url=https://thenewscrunch.com/akhilesh-singh-father-of-congress-mla-aditi-singh-from-raebareli-passed-away/2174/ |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The News Crunch |date=20 August 2019}} Singh ran as a political independent and won a fourth legislative term. Singh contested the 2012 election after joining the Peace Party of India. Upon the completion of his fifth legislative term, Singh's daughter Aditi announced that she would contest her father's open seat in 2017, which she won on Congress ticket.{{cite news |last1=Ahmad |first1=Qazi Faraz |title='Robin Hood of Rae Bareli', Five-Time MLA Akhilesh Singh Passes Away |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/robin-hood-of-rae-bareli-five-time-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away-2276447.html |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=News 18 |date=20 August 2019}}{{cite news |title=Five-time Rae Bareli MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70749165.cms |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=20 August 2019}}

In later life, Singh was diagnosed with cancer, and died of the disease while seeking treatment at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences on 20 August 2019.{{cite news|agency=Indo-Asian News Service |title=UP Congress ex-MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/up-congress-ex-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/820092.html |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Tribune/Hindustan Times |date=20 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820064151/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/up-congress-ex-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/820092.html |archivedate=20 August 2019}} [https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ex-up-congress-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/story-VkYD2ItTlERmfXgH53dEoM.html Alt URL]