Yogi Adityanath
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Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Mohan Singh Bisht; 5 June 1972)[lower-alpha 1] is an Indian Hindu monk and politician, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been serving as the Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh since 19 March 2017. He is the longest serving chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, being in office for 7 years,[3] and the only UP chief minister to have two consecutive terms.[4]
Yogi Adityanath | |
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21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
Assumed office 19 March 2017 | |
Governor | Ram Naik Anandiben Patel (Incumbent) |
Deputy | Brajesh Pathak (2022–present) Keshav Prasad Maurya (2017–present) Dinesh Sharma (2017–2022) |
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Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Radha Mohan Das Agarwal |
Constituency | Gorakhpur Urban |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
In office 18 September 2017 – 22 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Yashwant Singh |
Succeeded by | Daya Shankar Mishra |
Constituency | Elected by members of the UPLA |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 5 October 1998 – 21 September 2017 | |
Preceded by | Mahant Avaidyanath |
Succeeded by | Praveen Kumar Nishad |
Constituency | Gorakhpur |
Personal details | |
Born | Ajay Mohan Singh Bisht[1] (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 51) Panchur, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence(s) | 5, Kalidas Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Alma mater | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (BSc, Mathematics) |
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Cabinet | |
Website | www |
Personal | |
Religion | Hinduism |
Denomination | Shaivism |
School | Yoga |
Lineage | Guru Gorakhnath |
Sect | Nath Sampradaya |
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Temple | Gorakhnath Math |
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Guru | Mahant Avaidyanath |
Period in office | 2014–present |
Predecessor | Mahant Avaidyanath |
Ordination | 12 September 2014 |
Post | Mahant |
Previously, Yogi Adityanath served as a member of India's parliament for almost two decades, from 1998 until 2017. At the age of 26, he became one of the youngest Indian parliamentarians in 1998 and went on to win the next five consecutive terms from Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency).[5][6] In 2017, he moved from central to the UP state politics and was elected as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[7] Initially, in 2017, he became a member of the UP legislative council. Subsequently, in 2022, he became a member of the state legislative assembly, having won the election from Gorakhpur Urban (assembly constituency).
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 Guru.[8][9][10] He is the founder of Hindu Yuva Vahini, a Hindu nationalist organisation.[11][12] He has an image of a Hindutva nationalist and a social conservative.[1][13][14][15]