List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | |
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Appointer | Governor of Uttarakhand |
Inaugural holder | Nityanand Swami |
Formation | 9 November 2000 |
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The Chief Minister of the State of Uttarakhand, is the head of the Government of Uttarakhand. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Uttarakhand is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, the 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 that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Uttarakhand was formed on November 9, 2000, when it was carved out from the himalayan districts of Uttar Pradesh. Eight people have served as the state's chief minister, across five assembly terms; five of those belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party including the current incumbent Trivendra Singh Rawat and the inaugural office holder Nityanand Swami, while the remaining three belong to the Indian National Congress.
List of the Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand
Following is the list of the Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand since its inception on 9 November 2000:
Colour key for parties |
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S. No. | Name Constituency |
Term[2] | Party[lower-alpha 1] | Assembly (Election) |
Appointed by (Governor) | ||||
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1 | Nityanand Swami MLC for Garhwal Division Graduates |
9 November 2000 | 29 October 2001 | 11 months and 20 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Interim Assembly (2000–02) | Surjit Singh Barnala | ||
2 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari MLC for Kumaon Division Teachers |
30 October 2001 | 1 March 2002 | 4 months and 1 day | |||||
3 | Narayan Datt Tiwari Ramnagar |
2 March 2002 | 7 March 2007 | 5 years and 5 days | Indian National Congress | 1st Assembly (2002–07) (2002 election) | |||
4 | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Dhumakot |
8 March 2007 | 26 June 2009 | 2 years, 3 months and 18 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2nd Assembly (2007–12) (2007 election) |
Sudarshan Agarwal | ||
5 | Ramesh Pokhriyal Thalisain |
27 June 2009 | 10 September 2011 | 2 years, 2 months and 14 days | Banwari Lal Joshi | ||||
(4) | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Dhumakot |
11 September 2011 | 12 March 2012 | 6 months and 1 day (Total 2 years, 9 months and 21 days) |
Margaret Alva | ||||
6 | Vijay Bahuguna Sitarganj |
13 March 2012 | 31 January 2014 | 1 year, 10 months and 18 days | Indian National Congress | 3rd Assembly (2012–17) (2012 election) | |||
7 | Harish Rawat Dharchula |
1 February 2014 | 27 March 2016 | 2 years, 1 month and 26 days | Aziz Qureshi | ||||
- | Vacant (President's rule)[3] |
27 March 2016 | 21 April 2016 | 25 days | N/A | N/A | |||
(7) | Harish Rawat Dharchula |
21 April 2016 | 22 April 2016 | 1 day | Indian National Congress | Krishan Kant Paul | |||
- | Vacant (President's rule) |
22 April 2016 | 11 May 2016 | 19 days (Total 1 month 14 days) |
N/A | N/A | |||
(7) | Harish Rawat Dharchula |
11 May 2016 | 17 March 2017 | 10 months and 6 days (Total 3 years and 3 days) |
Indian National Congress | Krishan Kant Paul | |||
8 | Trivendra Singh Rawat Doiwala |
18 March 2017 | Incumbent | 1 year and 7 months | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4th Assembly (2017–22) (2017 election) | |||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ 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.
- References
- ↑ 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 Uttarakhand as well.
- ↑ Former Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand. Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
- ↑ http://governoruk.gov.in/upload/pressrelease/Pressrelease-1163.pdf