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Uttar Pradesh was formed in January 1950. The state contributes 80 seats to Lok Sabha and 31 seats to Rajya Sabha in the Indian parliament. The capital city of the state is Lucknow and Kanpur is the economic and industrial capital.
Before 26th January 1950, Uttar Pradesh was a part of the United Province and now it is the state with the largest population in India. Here, we are providing the list of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh from the time of its being United Province till present.
United Province: It was a province under the rule of the British Government, which has its centre at Allahabad. In the recent era, the United Province area can be found incorporated into Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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Name |
Headquarters/Office |
Political Party |
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Mohd. Ahmad Saiyed Khan |
3rd April 1937 to 16th July 1937 |
Independent |
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Gobind Ballabh Panth |
17th July 1937 to 2nd November 1939 |
Indian National Congress |
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Vacant |
Vacant |
Vacant |
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Gobind Ballabh Panth |
1st April 1946 to 25 January 1950 |
Indian National Congress |
Uttar Pradesh: In the post-independence era, United Province is known as the State of Uttar Pradesh. On 26th January 1950, the head of the United Province, Shri Gobind Ballabh Pant became the first Chief Minister of the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Full List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Govind Ballabh Pant
Tenure: (26 January 1950 – 27 December 1954) – 4 Years, 335 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter who was also one of the architects of modern India. He played a pivotal role in India’s freedom struggle and later in the Indian Government. Pant was the Chief Minister of the United Provinces from 1937 to 1939. After independence, he became the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Sampurnanand
Tenure: (28 December 1954 – 6 December 1960) – 5 years, 344 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Sampurnanand was a teacher as well politician who hailed from Benaras (present day Varanasi). In 1922, Sampurnanand was elected to the All-India Congress Committee and since then was active in the freedom struggle. He participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement. He served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for almost 6 years. He was later appointed as the governor of Rajasthan.
Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Tenure: Ist term: (7 December 1960 – 1 October 1963) – 2 years, 298 days
IInd term: (14 March 1967 – 2 April 1967) – 19 days
IIIrd term: (26 February 1969 – 17 February 1970) – 356 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Chandra Bhanu Gupta has served thrice as the Chief Minster of Uttar Pradesh. He was an active politician since the age of 17. He joined the Indian Independence Movement and also took part in anti-Rowlatt Bill. C.B. Gupta was elected as the President of Congress Party for Lucknow in 1929. Apart from being a politician, Gupta was a social worker and educationist.
Sucheta Kiplani
Tenure: (2 October 1963 – 13 March 1967) – 3 years, 162 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Sucheta Kiplani, the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was also the first ever woman Chief Minister in India. Born in Ambala, Punjab (now Haryana), she was a professor and also a freedom fighter who was extremely active in the freedom struggle. Sucheta was also the founder of the All India Mahila Congress which was established in 1940.
Charan Singh
Tenure: Ist term:(3 April 1967 – 25 February 1968) – 328 years,
IInd term: 918 February 1970 – 1 October 1970) – 225 days
Party: Bharatiya Kranti Dal
Chaudhary Charan Singh was the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is frequently referred to as the ‘Champion of India’s peasants’. Not only this, Charan Singh was also the 5th Prime Minister of India. He followed the policies of Mahatma Gandhi and led a non-violent struggle for India’s independence. However, he was imprisoned several times.
Charan Singh actively worked for the development of Uttar Pradesh by introducing various schemes for the welfare of the people. He formed his own party Bharatiya Kranti Dal which was later merged with Janata Dal. Charan Singh is well-remembered by the people of Uttar Pradesh. The University of Meerut in UP is named as Chaudhary Charan Singh University after him. The Amausi Airport in Lucknow was also renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport after him.
Tribhuvana Narayana Singh
Tenure: (18 October 1970 – 3 April 1971) – 167 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Tribhuvan Narayana Singh was the 12th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He later served as the Governor of West Bengal. He had also served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and as Union Minister of Industry and Steel. Singh remained the Chancellor of Calcutta University from 1977 to 1980.This active politician was renowned for becoming the first Chief Minister to be appointed without being a member of either house of the state legislature.
Kamlapati Tripathi
Tenure: (4 April 1971 – 12 June 1973) – 2 years, 69 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Kamlapati Tripathi was a freedom fighter and also an inspirational writer. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as the Union Minister of Railways twice. Being a freedom fighter Tripathi participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement, and Quit India Movement. He was also played an important role in drafting the Constitution of India. Tripathi resigned as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh because of the 1973 Provincial Armed Constabulary Revolt.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
Tenure: (8 November 1973 – 29 November 1975) – 2 years, 21 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was a member of the Indian National Congress who later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh. He parted ways with Congress when Indira Gandhi lifted the state emergency and called for new elections to the Lok Sabha and formed a new group called Congress for Democracy (CFD). His daughter Rita Bahuguna Joshi is also in Politics and is currently a minister in the Yogi Cabinet.
N. D. Tiwari
Tenure: Ist term: (21 January 1976 – 30 April 1977) – 99 days
IInd term: (3 August 1984 – 24 September 1985) – 1 year 52 days
IIIrd term: (25 June 1988 – 5 December 1989) – 1 year, 163 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Tiwari was appointed thrice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He has also served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the only Indian to serve as the Chief Minister of two states. Apart from this, Tiwari has also served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2007 till 2009.
Ram Naresh Yadav
Tenure: (23 June 1977 – 27 February 1979) – 249 days
Party: Janata Party
Ram Naresh Yadav was a successful lawyer and a social worker. He belonged to the Janata Party but later joined Congress. Yadav also served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 26th August 2011 to 7th September 2016. Yadav was allegedly involved in the Vyapam Scam. He was also booked under the Information Technology Act and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Banarsi Das
Tenure: (28 February 1979 – 17 February 1980) – 354 days
Party: Janata Party
Banarasi Das was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1979. Das was also a freedom fighter who went to jail several times during the freedom struggle. Before being the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Das was the member of Indian Parliament from Bulandshahr.
V. P. Singh
Tenure: (9 June 1980 – 18 July 1982) – 2 years, 39 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Vishwanath Pratap Singh was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and also as the 8th Prime Minister of India. Singh actively worked for the backward castes and became quite popular as Prime Minister. He has also served as Minister for Finance and Defence in 1984 and 1987.
Sripati Mishra
Tenure: (19 July 1982 – 2 August 1984) – 2 years, 14 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Sripati Mishra served as the Vidhan Sabha speaker in 1980 before becoming the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is one of those politicians who worked really hard to acquire top position in the state from village politics. Mishra has also served as a senior member of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council.
Vir Bahadur Singh
Tenure: (24 September 1985 – 24 June 1988) – 2 years, 274 days
Party: Indian National Congress
Vir Bahadur Singh, the 14th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was also a freedom fighter. He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942. Singh has also served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the Union Minister of Communication in 1988.
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Tenure: Ist term: (5 December 1989 – 24 June 1991) -1 year, 201 days
IInd term: (4 December 1993- 3 June 1995) – 1 year, 181 days
IIIrd term: ( 29 August 2003 – 13 May 2007) – 3 years, 257 days
Party: Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party
Mulayam Singh is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh thrice in non-consecutive terms and also as the Minister of Defence from 1996 to 1998. He is also the founder of Samajwadi Party and currently serves as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Azamgarh. Yadav has also served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh for eight terms.
Mayawati
Tenure: Ist term: (3 June 1995 – 18 October 1995) – 137 days
IInd term: (21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997) – 184 days
IIIrd term: (3 May 2002 – 29 August 2003) – 1 year 118 days
Ivth term: (13 May 2007 – 15 March 2012) – 4 years 307 days
Party: Bahujan Samaj Party
Mayawati is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party who has also served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for 4 times. Mayawati was the first female Scheduled Caste Chief Minister in India. The rise of Mayawati from humble beginnings has been defined as “miracle of democracy” by former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. She was also included in the list of India’s influential women by Time Magazine in 2007.
Kalyan Singh
Tenure: Ist term: (24 June 1991 – 6 December 1992) – 1 year, 165 days
IInd term: (21 September 1997 -12 November 1999) – 2 years, 52 days
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Kalyan Singh, the current Governor of Rajasthan, is an Indian politician hailing from Uttar Pradesh. He has served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh twice in 1991 and 1997. Kalyan Singh is well-known for his role in the Babri Masjid Demolition case.
Ram Prakash Gupta
Tenure: (12 November 1999 – 28 October 2000) – 351 days
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Ram Prakash Gupta was the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and also the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was the member of erstwhile Bharatiya Janta Sangh, the predecessor party of Bharatiya Janata Party. Gupta was embroiled in several controversies throughout his political career.
Rajnath Singh
Tenure: (28 October 2000 – 8 March 2002) – 1 year, 131 days
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajnath Ram Badan Singh is the incumbent Minister of Home Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Modi. He has served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2000. Singh has held various important offices in the past including the position of Cabinet Minister in Vajpayee government, and President of BJP (twice). He has served as Member of Parliament from Ghaziabad and Lucknow and also as Minister of Agriculture in 2003.
Akhilesh Yadav
Tenure: (15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017) – 5 years, 4 days
Party: Samajwadi Party
Akhilesh Yadav, the current President of the Samajwadi Party, served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. He is the youngest person to have held the office at the age of 38. Akhilesh is the son of former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Yogi Adityanath
Tenure: (19 March 2017 – Incumbent)
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Yogi Adityanath, born as Ajay Mohan Bisht, is an Indian monk and politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He has held the office since 19 March 2017. Adityanath has been the Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur Constituency for five consecutive terms since 1998. Adityanath has completed his bachelor’s in Mathematics. Currently, he is also the Mahant or the chief priest of Gorkhnath Math, a Hindu temple in Gorakhpur.
From the above list, we came to know about the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and also about the United Province Chief Ministers.
FAQ
Who is the first woman CM of UP?
The first woman to become chief minister was Sucheta Kripalani of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 2 October 1963 as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
He is the longest serving chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, being in office for 7 years, and the only UP chief minister to have two consecutive terms. Previously, Yogi Adityanath served as a member of India’s parliament for almost two decades, from 1998 until 2017.
Who is the 1st CM of India?
The first chief minister in India was Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant. He became the CM of United Provinces ( now called Uttar Pradesh) first in 1937 and later in 1950. His first stint as the CM of UP was made possible only because the British government had called for elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937.
Who is CM of minimum age?
A chief minister must be: a citizen of India. should be a member of the state legislature. of 25 years of age or more.
What is the salary of CM in India?
Chief Ministers in India, pivotal figures in state politics and the top leaders of state governments, earn between Rs. 1,25,000 and Rs. 4,00,000 monthly as of 2023, not counting additional perks like housing, travel, and phone allowances, which vary by state.
Who is the first girl CM in India?
Sucheta Kriplani, India’s first woman chief minister, was a fearless fighter for the country’s independence. Born on 25 June 1908 in Ambala, Sucheta’s keen interest in politics took root at a young age, when British rule was at its peak.
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