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]
| Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | |
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| Government of Uttarakhand | |
| Style | The Honourable (formal) Mr. Chief Minister (informal) |
| Status | Head of government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Residence |
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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 |
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| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office[3] | Assembly
(election) |
Party[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Nityanand Swami | MLC | 9 November 2000 | 29 October 2001 | 354 days | Interim | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Bhagat Singh Koshyari | MLC | 30 October 2001 | 1 March 2002 | 122 days | |||
| 3 | 
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N. D. Tiwari | Ramnagar | 2 March 2002 | 7 March 2007 | 5 years, 5 days | 1st
(2002) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 4 | _B._C._Khanduri_meeting_with_the_Union_Minister_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas,_Shri_Murli_Deora,_in_New_Delhi_on_December_07,_2007.jpg)
|
B. C. Khanduri | Dhumakot | 7 March 2007 | 27 June 2009 | 2 years, 111 days | 2nd
(2007) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 5 | 
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Ramesh Pokhriyal | Thalisain | 27 June 2009 | 11 September 2011 | 2 years, 75 days | |||
| (4) |
|
B. C. Khanduri | Dhumakot | 11 September 2011 | 13 March 2012 | 184 days | |||
| 6 | 
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Vijay Bahuguna | Sitarganj | 13 March 2012 | 31 January 2014 | 1 year, 324 days | 3rd
(2012) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 7 | 
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Harish Rawat | Dharchula | 1 February 2014 | 27 March 2016 | 2 years, 55 days | |||
| – | 
|
Vacant | N/A | 27 March 2016 | 21 April 2016 | 25 days | |||
| (7) |
|
Harish Rawat | Dharchula | 21 April 2016 | 22 April 2016 | 0.5 day | Indian National Congress | ||
| – |
|
Vacant | N/A | 22 April 2016 | 11 May 2016 | 19 days | |||
| (7) |
|
Harish Rawat | Dharchula | 11 May 2016 | 18 March 2017 | 311 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 8 | 
|
Trivendra Singh Rawat | Doiwala | 18 March 2017 | 10 March 2021 | 3 years, 357 days | 4th
(2017) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 9 | 
|
Tirath Singh Rawat | N/A | 10 March 2021 | 4 July 2021 | 116 days | |||
| 10 | 
|
Pushkar Singh Dhami | Khatima | 4 July 2021 | 23 March 2022 | 3 years, 140 days | |||
| Champawat | 23 March 2022 | Incumbent | 5th
(2022) | ||||||
Statistics
editList by chief minister
edit| # | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
| Vijay Bahuguna | INC | 1 year, 324 days | 1 year, 324 days | ||
| [[]] | BJP | ||||
Timeline
edit- Timeline
Notes
edit- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
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
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.
- ^ "Ex-Chief Ministers: Official Website Of the Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand, India". cm.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 30 September 2021.