List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand

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India has 28 states and 8 Union territories as of April 2021 in this country. Uttarakhand is a state in the northern part of India. Uttarakhand is a eighteenth largest state by area and its the Twenty largest state by population in India country.

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Uttarakhand which is appointed by a state’s governor. The chief minister is the leader of the state Legislative assembly. They would be the chief adviser to the nominal head of their respected state. All new principal announcements of policy are made by him on the floor of the house. The Chief Minister supervises and coordinates the policies of the several Ministers involved in the formulation and implementation of a policy and department. For the removal of ministers, the governor is dependent on the chief minister because the governor can’t remove/dismiss ministers at his will. The Chief Minister has a free hand in preparing the list of his colleagues and also he may ask anyone of his colleagues to resign.

Uttarakhand has one legislature house and chamber, the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly has 70 seats, headed by a Uttarakhand state sends 5 members to the Lok Sabha and 3 members to the Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister heads the executive, which is made up of the party or coalition elected with a majority in the legislature. Chief minister guide and control the activity of other ministers. The maximum term serves of chief minister is for five years and is subject to no term limits. The first chief minister formed was on 9 November 2000.

Sr no.	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Party
1.	Nityanand Swami	GarhwalKumaon Graduates	9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001 (354 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party
2.	Bhagat Singh Koshyari	MLA	30 October 2001 to 1 March 2002 (122 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party
3.	Narayan Datt Tiwari	Ramnagar	2 March 2002 to 7 March 2007 (5 years 5 days)	Indian National Congress
4.	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri	Dhumakot	7 March 2007 to 26 June 2009 (2 years 111 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party
5.	Ramesh Pokhriyal	Thalisain	27 June 2009 to 10 September 2011 (2 years 75 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
6.	Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2nd term)	Dhumakot	11 September 2011 to 13 March 2012 (184 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
7.	Vijay Bahuguna	Sitarganj	13 March 2012 to 31 January 2014 (1 year 324 days )	Indian National Congress
8.	Harish Rawat	Dharchula	1 February 2014 to 27 March 2016 (2 years 55 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	25 days	N/A
9.	Harish Rawat (2nd term)	Dharchula	21 April 2016 to 22 April 2016 (1 day)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	19 days	N/A
10.	Harish Rawat (3rd term)	Dharchula	11 May 2016 to 18 March 2017 (311 days)	Indian National Congress
11.	Trivendra Singh Rawat	Doiwala	18 March 2017 to 10 March 2021 (3 years 357 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party
12.	Tirath Singh Rawat	MP-Garhwal	10 March 2021 to present	Bharatiya Janata party

⦿Did you know?

1.Nine people have served as the state's chief minister.

2.Narayan Datt Tiwari only CM to have completed five years term.

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FAQ:

Q1. Which is the Biggest city in Uttarakhand?
Ans. Dehradun Q2. The old name of Uttarakhand?
Ans. Uttaranchal Q3. Where is the meeting place of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly?
Ans. Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Gairsain (summer) and Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun (winter).