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Pushkar Singh Dhami

Overview

Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been serving as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand since 4 July 2021.

Dhami represented the Khatima Assembly constituency in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2022. In the 2022 Assembly elections, he did not retain his seat, but was subsequently chosen by BJP MLAs to continue as Chief Minister. He was thereafter elected to the Legislative Assembly through a by-election from the Champawat constituency, which he has represented since 2022.

He is the only Chief Minister of Uttarakhand to have assumed a second consecutive term in the office.

References

Adapted from the English Wikipedia article on Pushkar Singh Dhami.