Yogi Adityanath
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Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Mohan Singh Bisht; 5 June 1972)[6][1][7][lower-alpha 1][9] is an Indian Hindu monk and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been 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, who is currently running his tenure for over six years, surpassing Sampurnanand.[10]
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 |
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Religion | Hinduism |
Denomination | Shaivism |
School | Yoga |
Lineage | Guru Gorakhnath |
Sect | Nath Sampradaya |
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Temple | Gorakhnath Math |
Religious career | |
Guru | Mahant Avaidyanath |
Period in office | 2014–present |
Predecessor | Mahant Avaidyanath |
Ordination | 12 September 2014 |
Post | Mahant |
He is currently representing Gorakhpur Urban constituency in the legislative assembly since 2022 and was a member of the legislative council from 2017 to 2022. He resigned from the upper house after being elected to the lower house. He is a former Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh from 1998 to 2017 before he resigned to become the chief minister and elected to state legislature.[11]
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".[12] He is the founder of Hindu Yuva Vahini, a Hindu nationalist organisation.[13][14] He has an image of a Hindutva nationalist and a social conservative.[1][15][16][17][18]