List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh Mukhya Mantri)
Incumbent Akhilesh Yadav since 15 March 2012
Appointer	Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Inaugural holder	Govind Ballabh Pant
Formation	26 January 1950

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), a north Indian state, is the head of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Uttar Pradesh 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.

On 26 January 1950 Govind Ballabh Pant, Premier of United Provinces, became the first Chief Minister of the newly renamed Uttar Pradesh. Including him, 11 out of the 20 UP chief ministers belong 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. UP has also had two women chief ministers—Sucheta Kriplani and Mayawati. On ten occasions, most recently in 2002, the office of chief minister has been vacant, the state having come under President's rule.

Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party has served as the incumbent chief minister since 15 March 2012.

Premiers of United Provinces

A statue of Govind Ballabh Pant, the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

The United Provinces, headquartered in Allahabad was a province of British India that comprised present day Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It was established in 1902 to be the headquarters of the English settlements on North India. Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council.

No	Name	Term of office		Party
1	Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari	3 April 1937	16 July 1937	Independent
2	Govind Ballabh Pant	17 July 1937	2 November 1939	Indian National Congress
Vacant
(2)	Govind Ballabh Pant	1 April 1946	25 January 1950	Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

UP's fifth chief minister, Charan Singh of the Bharatiya Kranti Dal, went on to become India's fifth prime minister.

Although V. P. Singh's chief-ministerial reign was as a Congressman, as Prime Minister of India he headed the National Front government as a member of the Janata Dal.

UP's 19th chief minister, Rajnath Singh, is the current Union Home Minister.

No	Name Constituency	Term of office		Tenure length	Party		Assembly (Election)	Ref
1	Govind Ballabh Pant Barreilly Municipality	26 January 1950	20 May 1952		Indian National Congress		Not yet created
		20 May 1952	27 December 1954				First Assembly (1952–57) (1951 election)
2	Sampurnanand Varanasi City South	28 December 1954	9 April 1957
		10 April 1957	6 December 1960				Second Assembly (1957–62) (1957 election)
3	Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South	7 December 1960	14 March 1962
		14 March 1962	1 October 1963				Third Assembly (1962–67) (1962 election)
4	Sucheta Kriplani Mendhwal	2 October 1963	13 March 1967
(3)	Chandra Bhanu Gupta [2] Ranikhet	14 March 1967	2 April 1967				Fourth Assembly (1967–68) (1967 election)
5	Charan Singh	3 April 1967	25 February 1968		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
–	Vacant (President's rule)	25 February 1968	26 February 1969		N/A		Dissolved
(3)	Chandra Bhanu Gupta [3] Ranikhet	26 February 1969	17 February 1970		Indian National Congress		Fifth Assembly (1969–74) (1969 election)
(5)	Charan Singh [2] Chaprauli	18 February 1970	1 October 1970		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
–	Vacant (President's rule)	1 October 1970	18 October 1970		N/A
6	Tribhuvana Narayana Singh	18 October 1970	3 April 1971		Indian National Congress
7	Kamlapati Tripathi Chandauli	4 April 1971	12 June 1973
–	Vacant (President's rule)	13 June 1973	8 November 1973		N/A
8	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara	8 November 1973	4 March 1974		Indian National Congress
		5 March 1974	29 November 1975				Sixth Assembly (1974–77) (1974 election)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	30 November 1975	21 January 1976		N/A
9	N. D. Tiwari Kashipur	21 January 1976	30 April 1977		Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (President's rule)	30 April 1977	23 June 1977		N/A		Dissolved
10	Ram Naresh Yadav	23 June 1977	27 February 1979		Janata Party		Seventh Assembly (1977–80) (1977 election)
11	Banarsi Das Hapur	28 February 1979	17 February 1980
–	Vacant (President's rule)	17 February 1980	9 June 1980		N/A		Dissolved
12	V. P. Singh Tindwar	9 June 1980	18 July 1982		Indian National Congress		Eighth Assembly (1980–85) (1980 election)
13	Sripati Mishra	19 July 1982	2 August 1984
(9)	N. D. Tiwari [2] Kashipur	3 August 1984	10 March 1985
		11 March 1985	24 September 1985				Ninth Assembly (1985–89) (1985 election)
14	Vir Bahadur Singh Paniara	24 September 1985	24 June 1988
(9)	N. D. Tiwari [3]	25 June 1988	5 December 1989
15	Mulayam Singh Yadav Jaswantnagar	5 December 1989	24 June 1991		Janata Dal		Tenth Assembly (1989–91) (1989 election)
16	Kalyan Singh Atrauli	24 June 1991	6 December 1992		Bharatiya Janata Party		Eleventh Assembly (1991–92) (1991 election)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	6 December 1992	4 December 1993		N/A		Dissolved
(15)	Mulayam Singh Yadav [2] Jaswantnagar	4 December 1993	3 June 1995		Samajwadi Party		Twelfth Assembly (1993–95) (1993 election)
17	Mayawati	3 June 1995	18 October 1995		Bahujan Samaj Party
–	Vacant (President's rule)	18 October 1995	17 October 1996		N/A		Dissolved
		17 October 1996	21 March 1997				Thirteenth Assembly (1996–2002) (1996 election)
(17)	Mayawati [2] Harora	21 March 1997	21 September 1997		Bahujan Samaj Party
(16)	Kalyan Singh [2] Atrauli	21 September 1997	12 November 1999		Bharatiya Janata Party
18	Ram Prakash Gupta	12 November 1999	28 October 2000
19	Rajnath Singh Haidargarh	28 October 2000	8 March 2002
–	Vacant (President's rule)	8 March 2002	3 May 2002		N/A		Fourteenth Assembly (2002–07) (2002 election)
(17)	Mayawati [3] Harora	3 May 2002	29 August 2003		Bahujan Samaj Party
(15)	Mulayam Singh Yadav [3]	29 August 2003	13 May 2007		Samajwadi Party
(17)	Mayawati [4] None (MLC)	13 May 2007	15 March 2012		Bahujan Samaj Party		Fifteenth Assembly (2007–12) (2007 election)
20	Akhilesh Yadav None (MLC)	15 March 2012	Incumbent		Samajwadi Party		Sixteenth Assembly (2012–17) (2012 election)

External links

• States of India since 1947 on WorldStatesmen.org
• "Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh". The Indian Express. 15 May 2007. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.