List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand

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Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Seal of Uttarakhand.svg
Emblem of Uttarakhand
Pushkar Dhami.jpg
Incumbent
Pushkar Singh Dhami
since 4 July 2021
Government of Uttarakhand
Style The Honourable (formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (informal)
Status Head of government
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to
Residence
NominatorMembers 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)
Formation9 November 2000
(23 years ago) (2000-11-09)
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]

Contents

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

#PortraitChief Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency		Term of officeElection
(Term)		PartyGovernmentAppointed by
(Governor)
1 CM UK.jpg Nityanand Swami
(1927–2012)
MLC		9 November
2000		29 October
2001		354 days–
(Interim)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Swami Surjit Singh Barnala
2 Bhagatsinghkoshyari.jpg Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(born 1942)
MLC		30 October
2001		1 March
2002		122 days Koshyari
3 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MLA for Ramnagar 		2 March
2002		7 March
2007		5 years, 5 days 2002
(1st)		 Indian National Congress Tiwari
4 The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Major General (Retd.) B. C. Khanduri meeting with the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Murli Deora, in New Delhi on December 07, 2007.jpg Major General (Retd.)
B. C. Khanduri
(born 1934)
MLA for Dhumakot 		7 March
2007		26 June
2009		2 years, 111 days 2007
(2nd)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Khanduri I Sudarshan Agarwal
5 Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', 2020.jpg Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
(born 1959)
MLA for Thalisain 		27 June
2009		10 September
2011		2 years, 75 days Pokhriyal Banwari Lal Joshi
(4) The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Major General (Retd.) B. C. Khanduri meeting with the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Murli Deora, in New Delhi on December 07, 2007.jpg Major General (Retd.)
B. C. Khanduri
(born 1934)
MLA for Dhumakot 		11 September
2011		13 March
2012		184 days Khanduri II Margaret Alva
6 Vijay Bahuguna.jpg Vijay Bahuguna
(born 1947)
MLA for Sitarganj 		13 March
2012		31 January
2014		1 year, 324 days 2012
(3rd)		 Indian National Congress Bahuguna
7 HarishRawat.jpg Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MLA for Dharchula 		1 February
2014		27 March
2016		2 years, 55 days Harish Aziz Qureshi
President's rule was imposed during this period (27 March – 21 April 2016)
(7) HarishRawat.jpg Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MLA for Dharchula 		21 April
2016		22 April
2016		1 day–
(3rd)		 Indian National Congress Harish Krishan Kant Paul
President's rule was imposed during this period (22 April – 11 May 2016)
(7) HarishRawat.jpg Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MLA for Dharchula 		11 May
2016		18 March
2017		311 days–
(3rd)		 Indian National Congress Harish Krishan Kant Paul
8 The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat.jpg Trivendra Singh Rawat
(born 1960)
MLA for Doiwala 		18 March
2017		10 March
2021		3 years, 357 days 2017
(4th)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Trivendra
9 The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Tirath Singh Rawat.jpg Tirath Singh Rawat
(born 1964)
Unelected		10 March
2021		4 July
2021		116 days Tirath Baby Rani Maurya
10 Pushkar Dhami.jpg Pushkar Singh Dhami
(born 1975)
MLA for Khatima, until 2022
MLA for Champawat, from 2022		4 July
2021		Incumbent2 years, 292 days Dhami I
2022
(5th)		 Dhami II Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Gurmit Singh

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    References

    1. ↑ Kumar, Yogesh (30 March 2017). "Trivendra Singh Rawat moves into 'jinxed' CM bungalow". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
    2. 1 2 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.
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