Girish Yadav

{{short description|Indian politician (born 1974)}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Girish Chandra Yadav

| image =

| office = Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Youth Affairs & Sports
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start = 25 March 2022

| term_end =

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Yogi Adityanath

| predecessor = Upendra Tiwari

| successor =

| office1 = Minister of State
Housing and Urban Planning
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start1 = 19 March 2017

| term_end1 = 25 March 2022

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Yogi Adityanath

| successor1 = Rakesh Rathour

| office2 = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = 2017

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Nadeem Javed

| successor2 =

| constituency2 = Jaunpur

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|01|10}}

| birth_place = Samaspur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

| father = Savadhu Yadav

| nationality = Indian

| party = {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}} Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Sanju Yadav|1990}}

| children = 2

| residence = Jaunpur

| education = L.L.B.
B.Ed.

| profession = Advocate
Agriculture

| source = https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/18366/18

}}

Girish Chandra Yadav (born January 10, 1974) is an Indian politician serving as the State Minister (Independent charge) in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Office Lucknow|url=http://upcmo.up.nic.in/state_minister.htm|access-date=2020-10-11|website=upcmo.up.nic.in}} Born in Samaspur, Paniaria in Jaunpur,{{Cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19816|access-date=2020-10-11|website=upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014011652/http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19816|url-status=dead}} Mr. Yadav married Smt. Sanju Yadav in 1990, and together they have a son and two daughters.

Yadav is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and is a sitting member of the U.P. Vidhan Sabha (lower house of the state legislature).{{Cite web|title=Members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/ElectedMembers/17|access-date=2020-10-11|website=uplegisassembly.gov.in}} Yadav is an agriculturist by profession and has a special interest in social service. He holds three bachelor's degrees: in Science, Education, Law.