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Harish Rawat
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Office Chief Minister of Uttarakhand




Office Union Minister of Water Resources
Term start 11 May 2016
Term end 18 March 2017
Predecessor President's rule
Successor Trivendra Singh Rawat
Predecessor President's rule
Successor President's rule



Born 1948-04-27 (age 78)
Born Almora, United Provinces, India
(now in Uttarakhand, India)



Nationality Indian


Political party Indian National Congress



Alma mater University of Lucknow
Occupation Politician


Harish Singh Rawat (born 27 April 1948) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2014 to 2017. 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.[1] He also worked as Minister of State at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industries[2] (2011–2012) and Ministry of Labour and Employment[3] (2009–2011).

Early life and education

Harish Rawat was born in a Kumaoni Rajput family[4][5] in Mohnari village (Adbora Mohnari Graam Sabha), near Chaunalia (263680), Ranikhet in Almora district of the United Provinces (now Uttarakhand) on 27 April 1948 to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devki Devi. He studied from GIC Chaunalia in his early days. He received a Bachelor of Arts and LL.B. from Lucknow University.[6] He is married to his fellow Congress member and politician Renuka Rawat who also obtained Bachelor of Law from Lucknow University.[7]

Early political career

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.

Later years

In 2000, he was unanimously elected as President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee,[8] and remained so until he was replaced by Yashpal Arya. In 2002, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament.

In the 2009 general election, he left his traditional stronghold of Almora after it became a reserved seat post delimitation to contest from Haridwar, and won the election with over 3.3 Lakh of votes.[9]

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

In February 2014, Rawat took the oath of office as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand when Vijay Bahuguna resigned due to criticism of his handling of rehabilitation after June 2013 floods.[10] In July 2014, he won a by-election from Dharchula assembly seat by over 19,000 votes.[11]

On 18 March 2016, nine Congress MLAs rebelled against Rawat, reducing the Congress-led Government to a minority. The Union Government decided to impose President's Rule in the state, and the order was signed by President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 March 2016.[12][13] He was later reinstated as Chief Minister on 11 May 2016 after winning the trust vote. On 11 March, Congress under the leadership of Harish Rawat lost the 2017 Assembly Elections to BJP. He was also defeated from the two seats (Haridwar Rural and Kichcha) from which he contested.

Positions held

Year Description
1980 - 1984 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
  • Member, House Committee
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee
1984 - 1989 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1989 - 1991 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • Member, House Committee (1989–91)
  • Member, Committee on Official Language (1990–91)
  • Member, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Communications (1990–91)
2002 - 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development (2003–04)
  • Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power (2004–08)
  • Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society (2004–08)
  • Member, Committee on MPLADS (Rajya Sabha) (2004–08)
2009 - 2014 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • Union Minister of State, Labour and Employment (2009–11)
  • Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries (2011 - 2012)
  • Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs (2011 - 2012)
  • Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources (2012–14)
2014 - 2017 Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly in bye Election

Elections contested

Lok Sabha

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1980 Almora Template:Won 46.31% Murli Manohar Joshi JNP 21.27% [14]
1984 Almora Template:Won 61.26% Murli Manohar Joshi BJP 14.79% [15]
1989 Almora Template:Won 42.45% Kashi Singh Airy UKD 39.39% [16]
1991 Almora Template:Lost 37% Jeewan Sharma BJP 45.94% [17]
1996 Almora Template:Lost 26.59% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 41.05% [18]
1998 Almora Template:Lost 33.60% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 52.39% [19]
1999 Almora Template:Lost 45.50% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 48.39% [20]
2009 Haridwar Template:Won 42.16% Swami Yatindranand Giri BJP 25.99% [21]
2019 Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar Template:Lost 34.41% Ajay Bhatt BJP 61.65% [22]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2014 (Bye Elect) Dharchula Template:Won 72.83% Vishnu Dutt BJP 24.75% [23]
2017 Haridwar Rural Template:Lost 33.28% Yatishwaranand BJP 45.78%
2017 Kichha Template:Lost 43.66% Rajesh Shukla BJP 45.77%

References

  1. ↑ Harish Rawat Rawat takes Charge as Union Minister of Water Resources. Press Information Bureau.
  2. ↑ Union Council of Ministers. The Hindu(12 July 2011).
  3. ↑ Ministers and their portfolios. NDTV. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Battle for Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat main hurdle for BJP. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  5. ↑ Not Just BJP, Congress' Harish Rawat Faces Ire of Party Workers Too as he Contests From Nainital : "I am Rana Sanga-Rajput King of 16 Century.". News18(24 March 2019). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  6. ↑ Detailed Profile: Shri Harish Rawat National Portal of India
  7. ↑ Harish Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history. Elections in India. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  8. ↑ Harish Rawat elected Uttaranchal PCC chief The Hindu, 4 December 2000.
  9. ↑ Haridwar CNN IBN.
  10. ↑ Bahuguna gives himself a parting gift. The Hindu(31 January 2014).
  11. ↑ Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat. The Economic Times(9 August 2014). Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Sting operation on Harish Rawat sea fate in Uttarakhand. hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times(28 March 2016). Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  13. ↑ उत्तराखंड के पूर्व CM हरीश रावत के खिलाफ कथित MLA खरीद फरोख्त का मामला दर्ज. ndtvkhabar.com.
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  22. ↑ Election Commission of India.
  23. ↑ [9]

12. उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री ने प्रवासियों से कहा - घर लौट आओ प्लीज http://www.uttarakhandnews.org/2015/02/uttarakhandchiefministerharishrawat_4.html

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