List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh was established in 1950 after India had become a republic. prior to that it was a United Provinces (UP).

On 26 January 1950 Govind Ballabh Pant, Premier of United Provinces, became the first Chief Minister of the newly renamed Uttar Pradesh. Out of 21 chief ministers of UP, 11 of them belonged to the Indian National Congress.

Among these is V. P. Singh, a future Prime Minister of India, as was Charan Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

Tribhuvan Narain Singh hence, became the first Chief Minister to be appointed without being a member of either house of the state legislature. Ram Prakash Gupta is only the second person to become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after Tribhuvan Narain Singh (in October 1970) without being a member of either house of the state legislature.

On ten occasions, most recently in 2002, the state has come under President’s rule, leaving the office of chief minister vacant. UP has also had two women chief ministers—Sucheta Kripalani and Mayawati.

Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017; having taken the oath at 38 years of age, he is the youngest person to have held the office.

Only two Chief Ministers completed their official tenure of five years, first being Sampurnanand and the second being Akhilesh Yadav.

Yogi Adityanath of the Bharatiya Janata Party is serving as the incumbent chief minister since March 19, 2017.

List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

1. Govind Ballabh Pant

Born: 10 September 1887, Khoont, British India
Died: 7 March 1961 [aged 73], New Delhi

Constituency: Bareilly
Term: 26 January 1950 – 27 December 1954
Duration: 4 years, 335 days
Party: Indian National Congress

2. Sampurnanand

Born: 1 January 1891, Benares, British India
Died: 10 January 1969 [aged 78], Varanasi

Constituency: Varanasi South
Term: 28 December 1954 – 6 December 1960
Duration: 5 years, 344 days
Party: Indian National Congress

3. Chandrabhanu Gupta

Born: 14 July 1902, Atrauli, British India
Died: 11 March 1980 [aged 77], New Delhi

Constituency: Ranikhet South
Term: 7 December 1960 – 1 October 1963
Duration: 2 years, 298 days
Party: Indian National Congress

4. Sucheta Kripalani

Born: 25 June 1908, Ambala, British India
Died: 1 December 1974 [aged 66], New Delhi

Constituency: Menhdawal
Term: 2 October 1963 – 13 March 1967
Duration: 3 years, 162 days
Party: Indian National Congress

5. Chandrabhanu Gupta

* 2nd Terms as Chief Minister

Constituency: Ranikhet
Term: 14 March 1967 – 2 April 1967
Duration: 19 days
Party: Indian National Congress

6. Charan Singh

Born: 23 December 1902, Noorpur, British India
Died: 29 May 1987 (aged 84), New Delhi

Constituency: Chhaprauli
Term: 3 April 1967 – 25 February 1968
Duration: 328 days
Party: Bharatiya Kranti Dal

7. Chandrabhanu Gupta

* 3rd term as Chief Minister

Constituency: Ranikhet
Term: 26 February 1969 – 17 February 1970
Duration: 356 days
Party: Indian National Congress

8. Charan Singh

* 2nd term as Chief Minister

Constituency: Chhaprauli
Term: 18 February 1970 – 1 October 1970
Duration: 225 days
Party: Bharatiya Kranti Dal

9. Tribhuvan Narain Singh

Born: 8 August 1904, Benares, British India
Died: 3 August 1982 [aged 77], Varanasi

Constituency: Not Elected
Term: 18 October 1970 – 3 April 1971
Duration: 167 days
Party: Indian National Congress

10. Kamalapati Tripathi

Born: 3 September 1905, Benares, British India
Died: 8 October 1990, [aged 85], Varanasi

Constituency: Chandauli
Term: 4 April 1971 – 12 June 1973
Duration: 2 years, 69 days
Party: Indian National Congress

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