Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is serving as the 21st and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 19 March 2017. He is the longest-serving Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and is currently running his tenure for over 6 years, surpassing Sampurnanand. He has represented the Gorakhpur Urban Assembly constituency in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since 2022 and was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from 2017 to 2022. He is a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency, Uttar Pradesh from 1998 to 2017 before he resigned to become the Chief Minister. He resigned from the legislative council after being elected to the legislative assembly.
Adityanath is also the mahant (Head Priest) of the Gorakhnath Math, a Hindu monastery in Gorakhpur, a position he has held since September 2014 following the death of Mahant Avaidyanath, his spiritual “father”. He is also the founder of Hindu Yuva Vahini, a Hindu nationalist organisation. He has an image of a Hindutva nationalist and a social conservative
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Biography
Full name
Yogi Adityanath
Date of Birth/DOB
5 June 1972
Birth Place
Panchur, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttar Pradesh, India (present-day Uttarakhand)
Current Designation
21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Current Address
5, Kalidas Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Permanent address
R/O 361 Old Gorakhpur, PS & PO Gorakhpur, Tehsil Sadar Bajar,Dist. Gorakhpur
Incumbent CM Yogi Adityanath contested an assembly election for the first time from the Gorakhpur urban constituency of Uttar Pradesh and registered a victory with over 1 lakh votes.
2017
He resigned from Lok Sabha and was elected as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
2015
He served as a member of the General Purposes Committee from 29 Jan. 2015 – 21 Sept. 2017.
2014
He was again elected to the 16th Lok Sabha (5th term). This time he defeated Rajmati Nishad of the Samajwadi Party.
2009
He was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha (4th term). On 31 Aug. 2009, he became a member of the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture and a Member, of the Consultative Committee of, the Ministry of Home Affairs.
2004
He was re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. He also became a Member of the Committee on Government Assurances, the Member Standing Committee on External Affairs, the Member Consultative Committee, and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
1999
He was re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term). From 1999 to 2000, he was appointed as the Member of the Standing Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution, and a Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
1998
From 1998 to 1999, he served as a Member of the Standing Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and Its Sub-Committee-B on the Department of Sugar and Edible Oils Distribution Also, he was a Member of, the Consultative Committee, the Ministry of Home Affairs.
1998
Adityanath was elected to Loksabha from Gorakhpur constituency. He defeated Jamuna Prasad Nishad of the Samajwadi Party.
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