# List of chief ministers 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.
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.

## Premier of United Provinces (1937–50)

The United Provinces, headquartered in Allahabad was a province of British India that comprised present day Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council.
Premier of United Provinces (1937–50) :
| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Assembly | Appointee (Governor) |
| No | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Party | Party | Assembly | Appointee (Governor) |
| 1 | | The Nawab of Chhatri | 3 April 1937 | 16 July 1937 | 104 days | Independent | | 1st Assembly (1937 Elections) | Sir Harry Graham Haig |
| 2 | | Govind Ballabh Pant | 17 July 1937 | 2 November 1939 | 2 years, 108 days | Indian National Congress | | 1st Assembly (1937 Elections) | Sir Harry Graham Haig |
| - | | Vacant (Governor's Rule) | 3 November 1939 | 31 March 1946 | 6 years, 148 days | N/A | | Dissolved | - |
| (2) | | Govind Ballabh Pant | 1 April 1946 | 25 January 1950 | 3 years, 299 days | Indian National Congress | | 2nd Assembly (1946 Elections) | Sir Francis Verner Wylie |

## Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand

| No | Name | Constituency | Term of office. | Term of office. | Term of office. | Party | Party |
| 1 | Govind Ballabh Pant | Bareilly | 26 January 1950 | 20 May 1952 | 4 years, 336 days | Provincial Assembly (1946 Elections) | Indian National Congress |
| 1 | Govind Ballabh Pant | Bareilly | 20 May 1952 | 28 December 1954 | 4 years, 336 days | 1st (1951 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Sampurnanand | Varanasi South | 28 December 1954 | 9 April 1957 | 5 years, 345 days | 1st (1951 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Sampurnanand | Varanasi South | 10 April 1957 | 7 December 1960 | 5 years, 345 days | 2nd (1957 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Ranikhet South | 7 December 1960 | 14 March 1962 | 2 years, 299 days | 2nd (1957 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Ranikhet South | 14 March 1962 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 299 days | 3rd (1962 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | Sucheta Kripalani | Menhdawal | 2 October 1963 | 14 March 1967 | 3 years, 163 days | 3rd (1962 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (3) | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Ranikhet | 14 March 1967 | 3 April 1967 | 20 days | 4th (1967 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Charan Singh | Chhaprauli | 3 April 1967 | 25 February 1968 | 328 days | 4th (1967 election) | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 25 February 1968 | 26 February 1969 | 1 year, 1 day | Dissolved | N/A |
| (3) | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Ranikhet | 26 February 1969 | 18 February 1970 | 357 days | 5th (1969 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (5) | Charan Singh | Chhaprauli | 18 February 1970 | 1 October 1970 | 225 days | 5th (1969 election) | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 1 October 1970 | 18 October 1970 | 17 days | 5th (1969 election) | N/A |
| 6 | Tribhuvan Narain Singh | | 18 October 1970 | 4 April 1971 | 168 days | 5th (1969 election) | Indian National Congress (O) |
| 7 | Kamalapati Tripathi | Chandauli | 4 April 1971 | 13 June 1973 | 2 years, 70 days | 5th (1969 election) | Indian National Congress |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 13 June 1973 | 8 November 1973 | 148 days | 5th (1969 election) | N/A |
| 8 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna | Bara | 8 November 1973 | 4 March 1974 | 2 years, 22 days | 5th (1969 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 8 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna | Bara | 5 March 1974 | 30 November 1975 | 2 years, 22 days | 6th (1974 election) | Indian National Congress |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 30 November 1975 | 21 January 1976 | 52 days | 6th (1974 election) | N/A |
| 9 | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | Kashipur | 21 January 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 1 year, 99 days | 6th (1974 election) | Indian National Congress |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 30 April 1977 | 23 June 1977 | 54 days | Dissolved | N/A |
| 10 | Ram Naresh Yadav | Nidhauli Kalan | 23 June 1977 | 28 February 1979 | 1 year, 250 days | 7th (1977 election) | Janata Party |
| 11 | Banarasi Das | Hapur | 28 February 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 354 days | 7th (1977 election) | Janata Party |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 9 June 1980 | 113 days | Dissolved | N/A |
| 12 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | Tindwari | 9 June 1980 | 19 July 1982 | 2 years, 40 days | 8th (1980 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 13 | Sripati Mishra | Isauli | 19 July 1982 | 3 August 1984 | 2 years, 15 days | 8th (1980 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (9) | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | Kashipur | 3 August 1984 | 10 March 1985 | 1 year, 52 days | 8th (1980 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (9) | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | Kashipur | 11 March 1985 | 24 September 1985 | 1 year, 52 days | 9th (1985 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 14 | Vir Bahadur Singh | Paniyara | 24 September 1985 | 25 June 1988 | 2 years, 275 days | 9th (1985 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (9) | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | Kashipur | 25 June 1988 | 5 December 1989 | 1 year, 163 days | 9th (1985 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 15 | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Jaswantnagar | 5 December 1989 | 24 June 1991 | 1 year, 201 days | 10th (1989 election) | Janata Dal |
| 16 | Kalyan Singh | Atrauli | 24 June 1991 | 6 December 1992 | 1 year, 165 days | 11th (1991 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 6 December 1992 | 4 December 1993 | 363 days | Dissolved | N/A |
| (15) | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Jaswantnagar | 4 December 1993 | 3 June 1995 | 1 year, 181 days | 12th (1993 election) | Samajwadi Party |
| 17 | Mayawati | N/A | 3 June 1995 | 18 October 1995 | 137 days | 12th (1993 election) | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | | 18 October 1995 | 17 October 1996 | 1 year, 154 days | Dissolved | N/A |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | | 17 October 1996 | 21 March 1997 | 1 year, 154 days | 13th (1996 election) | N/A |
| (17) | Mayawati | Harora | 21 March 1997 | 21 September 1997 | 184 days | 13th (1996 election) | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| (16) | Kalyan Singh | Atrauli | 21 September 1997 | 12 November 1999 | 2 years, 52 days | 13th (1996 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Ram Prakash Gupta | MLC | 12 November 1999 | 28 October 2000 | 351 days | 13th (1996 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 19 | Rajnath Singh | Haidergarh | 28 October 2000 | 9 November 2000 | 1 year, 131 days | 13th (1996 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## List

| # | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Government | Appointed by (Governor) |
| 1 | Nityanand Swami (1927–2012) MLC | 9 November 2000 | 29 October 2001 | 354 days | – (Interim) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Swami | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| 2 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) MLC | 30 October 2001 | 1 March 2002 | 122 days | – (Interim) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Koshyari | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| 3 | N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MLA for Ramnagar | 2 March 2002 | 7 March 2007 | 5 years, 5 days | 2002 (1st) | Indian National Congress | Tiwari | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| 4 | 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 | Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' (born 1959) MLA for Thalisain | 27 June 2009 | 10 September 2011 | 2 years, 75 days | 2007 (2nd) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pokhriyal | Banwari Lal Joshi |
| (4) | Major General (Retd.) B. C. Khanduri (born 1934) MLA for Dhumakot | 11 September 2011 | 13 March 2012 | 184 days | 2007 (2nd) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Khanduri II | Margaret Alva |
| 6 | Vijay Bahuguna (born 1947) MLA for Sitarganj | 13 March 2012 | 31 January 2014 | 1 year, 324 days | 2012 (3rd) | Indian National Congress | Bahuguna | Margaret Alva |
| 7 | Harish Rawat (born 1948) MLA for Dharchula | 1 February 2014 | 27 March 2016 | 2 years, 55 days | 2012 (3rd) | Indian National Congress | Harish | Aziz Qureshi |
| President's rule was imposed during this period (27 March – 21 April 2016) |||||||||||
| (7) | 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) | Harish Rawat (born 1948) MLA for Dharchula | 11 May 2016 | 18 March 2017 | 311 days | – (3rd) | Indian National Congress | Harish | Krishan Kant Paul |
| 8 | Trivendra Singh Rawat (born 1960) MLA for Doiwala | 18 March 2017 | 10 March 2021 | 3 years, 357 days | 2017 (4th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trivendra | Krishan Kant Paul |
| 9 | Tirath Singh Rawat (born 1964) Unelected | 10 March 2021 | 4 July 2021 | 116 days | 2017 (4th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Tirath | Baby Rani Maurya |
| 10 | Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 1975) MLA for Khatima, until 2022 MLA for Champawat, from 2022) | 4 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 258 days | 2017 (4th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dhami I | Baby Rani Maurya |
| 10 | Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 1975) MLA for Khatima, until 2022 MLA for Champawat, from 2022) | 4 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 258 days | 2022 (5th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dhami II | Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Gurmit Singh |