| Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | |
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| Government of Uttarakhand | |
| Style |
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| Status | Head of government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
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| Nominator | Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Governor of Uttarakhand by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Assembly |
| Term length | 5 Years Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2] |
| Inaugural holder | Nityanand Swami (2000–2001) |
| Formation | 9 November 2000 |
| Website | Chief Minister of Uttarakhand |
The chief minister of Uttarakhand is the Head of the government of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Ten people have served as the state's chief minister since its formation on 9 November 2000. Seven of them, including the inaugural officeholder Nityanand Swami and the incumbent Pushkar Singh Dhami represented the (BJP) while the rest represented the Indian National Congress.
List
[edit]| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) Constituency) |
Election | Tenure in office | Party | Ministry | |||
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| From | To | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Nityanand Swami (1927–2012) MLC (Garhwal–Kumaon Graduates) |
– | 9 November 2000 |
29 October 2001 |
354 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Swami | |
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Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) MLC |
30 October 2001 |
1 March 2002 |
122 days | Koshyari | |||
| 3 | 
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Narayan Datt Tiwari (1925–2018) MLA for Ramnagar |
2002 | 2 March 2002 |
7 March 2007 |
5 years, 5 days | Indian National Congress | Tiwari | |
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Major-General B. C. Khanduri (Retd), AVSM (born 1934) MLA for Dhumakot |
2007 | 7 March 2007 |
27 June 2009 |
2 years, 112 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Khanduri I | |
| 5 | 
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Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" (born 1959) MLA for Thalisain |
27 June 2009 |
11 September 2011 |
2 years, 76 days | Pokhriyal | |||
| (4) |
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Major-General B. C. Khanduri (Retd), AVSM (born 1934) MLA for Dhumakot |
11 September 2011[§] |
13 March 2012 |
184 days | Khanduri II | |||
| 6 | 
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Vijay Bahuguna (born 1947) MLA for Sitarganj |
2012 | 13 March 2012 |
31 January 2014 |
1 year, 324 days | Indian National Congress | Bahuguna | |
| 7 | 
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Harish Rawat (born 1948) MLA for Dharchula |
1 February 2014 |
27 March 2016 |
2 years, 55 days | Harish | |||
| Position vacant (22 April 2016 – 11 May 2016) President's rule was imposed during this period[a] | |||||||||
| (7) |
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Harish Rawat (born 1948) MLA for Dharchula |
– | 11 May 2016[§] |
18 March 2017 |
311 days | Indian National Congress | Harish | |
| 8 | 
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Trivendra Singh Rawat (born 1960) MLA for Doiwala |
2017 | 18 March 2017 |
10 March 2021 |
3 years, 357 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trivendra | |
| 9 | 
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Tirath Singh Rawat (born 1964) Unelected |
10 March 2021 |
4 July 2021 |
116 days | Tirath | |||
| 10 |
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Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 1975) MLA for Khatima (until Mar'2022) MLA for Champawat (from May'2022) |
4 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 4 years, 52 days | Dhami I | |||
| 2022 | Dhami II | ||||||||
Statistics
[edit]List by chief minister
[edit]Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of December 2024)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (58.5%)
- Indian National Congress (41.0%)
- President's Rule (0.52%)
| # | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
| 1. | N. D. Tiwari | INC | 5 years, 5 days | 5 years, 5 days | |
| 2. | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP | 4 years, 52 days | 4 years, 52 days | |
| 3. | Trivendra Singh Rawat | BJP | 3 years, 357 days | 3 years, 357 days | |
| 4. | Harish Rawat | INC | 2 years, 55 days | 3 years, 2 days | |
| 5. | B. C. Khanduri | BJP | 2 years, 111 days | 2 years, 295 days | |
| 6. | Ramesh Pokhriyal | BJP | 2 years, 75 days | 2 years, 75 days | |
| 7. | Vijay Bahuguna | INC | 1 year, 324 days | 1 year, 324 days | |
| 8. | Nityanand Swami | BJP | 354 days | 354 days | |
| 9. | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | BJP | 122 days | 122 days | |
| 10. | Tirath Singh Rawat | BJP | 116 days | 116 days | |
See also
[edit]- Government of Uttarakhand
- Governor of Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- Cabinet of Uttarakhand
- Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of prime ministers of India
Notes
[edit]- ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kumar, Yogesh (30 March 2017). "Trivendra Singh Rawat moves into 'jinxed' CM bungalow". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Uttar Pradesh as well.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.