Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand
10 people have held the office, across 14 terms, from formation to today.
Every Chief Minister
Most recent first, with a short biography where one is available.
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Incumbent4 Jul 2021 – present · 5 years, 2 months · 2 terms
Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand since 4 July 2021, who is also the longest serving chief minister for the state. He has represented the Champawat Assembly constituency in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly since 2022 and represented Khatima from 2012 to 2022. He lost his seat in the 2022 elections, but was re-elected as Chief Minister by BJP MLAs. Wikipedia →
10 Mar 2021 – 4 Jul 2021 · 3 months
Tirath Singh Rawat (born 9 April 1964) is an Indian politician, a former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and former Member of Parliament from Lok Sabha. He served as CM and former leader of the house in state legislative assembly in 2021. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the Garhwal constituency in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Wikipedia →
18 Mar 2017 – 10 Mar 2021 · 3 years, 11 months
Trivendra Singh Rawat (born 20 December 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand between 2017 and 2021. He is currently serving as the Member of Parliament from Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency since 2024 after winning as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Rawat was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from 1979 to 2002 and held the post of organising secretary of the Uttarakhand region, and later the Uttarakhand state, after the state's formation in 2000. Wikipedia →
1 Feb 2014 – 18 Mar 2017 · 3 years · 3 terms
Harish Singh Rawat (born 27 April 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2014 to 2017. A five-time Member of Parliament, Rawat is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress party. As a member of 15th Lok Sabha, Rawat served as Union Minister of Water Resources in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2012 to 2014. Wikipedia →
13 Mar 2012 – 31 Jan 2014 · 1 year, 10 months
Vijay Bahuguna (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, an independence activist and politician, and also a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vijay Bahuguna was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India. Wikipedia →
Ramesh Pokhriyal
27 Jun 2009 – 11 Sep 2011 · 2 years, 2 months
Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" (born 15 July 1959) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Human Resource Development Minister in the Union Government of India starting from 31 May 2019. The name of his ministry was changed to Education Ministry in July 2020, following the ministry's name change, his title was changed to Minister of Education. Wikipedia →
B. C. Khanduri
7 Mar 2007 – 13 Mar 2012 · 2 years, 9 months · 2 terms
Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Retd.), AVSM (1 October 1934 – 19 May 2026) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2007 to 2009 and 2011 to 2012. Between 2000 and 2004, he served in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet, as Minister of Transport and Highways. He was a Member of Parliament in the 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Lok Sabha representing the Garhwal parliamentary constituency of Uttarakhand and was a senior member of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Wikipedia →
N. D. Tiwari
2 Mar 2002 – 7 Mar 2007 · 5 years
Narayan Datt Tiwari (18 October 1925 – 18 October 2018) was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttaranchal (later Uttarakhand) from 2002 to 2007. He was the first Indian Chief Minister who served for two states. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a former member of the Praja Socialist Party and the Indian National Congress. Wikipedia →
30 Oct 2001 – 1 Mar 2002 · 4 months
Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 17 June 1942) is an Indian politician, journalist, author and former teacher who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran, Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 3rd State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter, was the first leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. Wikipedia →
9 Nov 2000 – 29 Oct 2001 · 11 months
Nityanand Swami (born Nityanand Sharma, 27 December 1927 – 12 December 2012) was the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first chief minister of the state, serving from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001. Wikipedia →
Full timeline
Every term and every President's or Governor's Rule interval, most recent first.
| 23 Mar 2022 – present | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP | 4 years, 5 months |
| 4 Jul 2021 – 23 Mar 2022 | Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP | 8 months |
| 10 Mar 2021 – 4 Jul 2021 | Tirath Singh Rawat | BJP | 3 months |
| 18 Mar 2017 – 10 Mar 2021 | Trivendra Singh Rawat | BJP | 3 years, 11 months |
| 11 May 2016 – 18 Mar 2017 | Harish Rawat | INC | 10 months |
| 22 Apr 2016 – 11 May 2016 | President's / Governor's Rule — Second spell of President's Rule after a court reinstatement order was stayed pending floor test | 19 days | |
| 21 Apr 2016 – 22 Apr 2016 | Harish Rawat | INC | 1 day |
| 27 Mar 2016 – 21 Apr 2016 | President's / Governor's Rule — President's Rule following political crisis/defections | 25 days | |
| 1 Feb 2014 – 27 Mar 2016 | Harish Rawat | INC | 2 years, 1 month |
| 13 Mar 2012 – 31 Jan 2014 | Vijay Bahuguna | INC | 1 year, 10 months |
| 11 Sep 2011 – 13 Mar 2012 | B. C. Khanduri | BJP | 6 months |
| 27 Jun 2009 – 11 Sep 2011 | Ramesh Pokhriyal | BJP | 2 years, 2 months |
| 7 Mar 2007 – 27 Jun 2009 | B. C. Khanduri | BJP | 2 years, 3 months |
| 2 Mar 2002 – 7 Mar 2007 | N. D. Tiwari | INC | 5 years |
| 30 Oct 2001 – 1 Mar 2002 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | BJP | 4 months |
| 9 Nov 2000 – 29 Oct 2001 | Nityanand Swami | BJP | 11 months |
State created as 'Uttaranchal' on 9 Nov 2000, renamed 'Uttarakhand' in 2007 during B. C. Khanduri's first term; list is continuous across the renaming.