Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2017
Governor	Ram Naik
Deputy	Keshav Prasad Maurya Brijesh Pathak
Preceded by	Akhilesh Yadav
Member of the India Parliament for Gorakhpur
Incumbent
Assumed office 1998
Preceded by	Avaidyanath
Personal details
Born	Ajay Singh Bisht[1] (1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 (age 52) Panchur, Pauri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (present day Uttarakhand)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Occupation	Politician monk
Website	www.yogiadityanath.in

Mahant Yogi Adityanath (birth name Ajay Singh Bisht;^[1] 5th June 1972^[2]) is a Hindu monk and Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.^[3][4][5][6]

Sources

1. In The End, This Is What Worked In Yogi Adityanath's Favour, 18 March 2017.
2. Shri Yogi Adityanath: Members bioprofile, Sixteenth Lok Sabha, retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. Ellen Barry (18 March 2017), "Firebrand Hindu Cleric Yogi Adityanath Picked as Uttar Pradesh Minister", The New York Times
4. "Yogi Adityanath is new Uttar Pradesh CM, will have two deputies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
5. "Hindu firebrand Yogi Adityanath picked as Uttar Pradesh chief minister". BBC News. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
6. "Yogi Adityanath is new Uttar Pradesh CM, will have two deputies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

Books

• Basu, Amrita (2015), Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-316-30018-3

Other websites

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