Harish Rawat
| Harish Rawat | |
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| हरीश रावत | |
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| 7th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | |
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Assumed office 11 May 2016 |
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| Governor |
Aziz Qureshi Krishan Kant Paul |
| Preceded by | President's Rule |
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In office 1 February 2014 – 27 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Vijay Bahuguna |
| Succeeded by | President's Rule |
| Union Minister of Water Resources | |
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In office 30 October 2012 – 31 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| Succeeded by | Uma Bharti |
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Member of Parliament for Haridwar |
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In office May 2009 – May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Rajendra Kumar Badi |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Pokhriyal |
| Member of Rajya Sabha | |
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In office 2002–2008 |
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| Constituency | Uttarakhand |
| Member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Lok Sabhas for Almora |
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In office 1980-91 |
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| Preceded by | Murli Manohar Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Jeewan Sharma |
| Personal details | |
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27 April 1948 Mohanari, Almora, United Provinces, India (now in Uttarakhand) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Lucknow |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (born 27 April 1948) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Uttarakhand since 2016. Previously he served as Chief Minister from 2014 to 2016. A five-time Member of Parliament, Rawat is a leader of the Indian National Congress party. As a member of 15th Lok Sabha, Rawat served as Union Minister of Water Resources in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2012 to 2014. He also worked as Minister of State at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (2011-2012) and Ministry of Labour and Employment (2009-2011).
Harish Rawat was born in Mohanari village, near Chaunalia in Almora district of the United Provinces (now Uttarakhand) on 27 April 1948 in a Rajput family to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devki Devi. He received a Bachelor of Arts and LL.B. from Lucknow University.
Starting at village level politics, and after staying as a trade unionist and an Indian Youth Congress member for many years, he joined the Indian Parliament in 1980 as a member of the 7th Lok Sabha by defeating the BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi from Almora parliamentary constituency, followed by the 8th Lok Sabha and the 9th Lok Sabha. He has been head of Congress Volunteer Wing, Congress Seva Dal, since 1980.
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