- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Born
- 16 September 1975, Tundi, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
- Education (declared)
- Master of HRM and IR, Lucknow University (1999)
- In current post since
- 4 July 2021
- Seat
- Champawat (Legislative Assembly)
Pushkar Singh Dhami was born in 1975 in Tundi, a village in Pithoragarh district. He began in politics in 1990 with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and later led the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha until 2008. He studied at Lucknow University.
Khatima to Champawat
He won the Khatima assembly seat in 2012. When Tirath Singh Rawat resigned in 2021, the BJP made Dhami Chief Minister, and he was sworn in on 4 July 2021. In the 2022 assembly election the BJP kept power but Dhami lost Khatima to the Congress's Bhuwan Chandra Kapri. The party's MLAs chose him as Chief Minister again, and his second term began on 23 March 2022. He entered the assembly through a by-election in Champawat that June, winning more than 92 per cent of the vote.
In office
His government implemented a Uniform Civil Code on 27 January 2025, according to the Chief Minister's office. His 2022 affidavit declares no criminal cases and assets of about Rs 4.65 crore.
Career at a glance
- 1990Begins in politics with the ABVP, the BJP-linked student group
- 2012Elected MLA from Khatima
- Jul 2021Sworn in as Chief Minister after Tirath Singh Rawat resigns
- Mar 2022Loses Khatima but is chosen Chief Minister again by BJP MLAs
- Jun 2022Wins the Champawat by-election with 58,258 votes
- Jan 2025State government implements the Uniform Civil Code
The record card
Facts only, each from a public record. This is not a rating. Affidavit figures are the leader's own sworn declarations at the time of filing.
| Declared criminal cases | 0Uttarakhand 2022 affidavit, Champawat by-election | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Convictions | None declared2022 affidavit | Source |
| Declared assets | Rs 4.65 crore2022, headline figure on the affidavit page; liabilities of Rs 47.8 lakh, a home loan | Source |
| Champawat by-election, 2022 | Won with 58,258 votesOver 92% of the votes polled | Source |
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Sources
Photo: Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons.
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