Mayawati becomes 33rd Chief Minister of UP

Lucknow, May 13 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati today became the 33rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after her party achieved absolute majority in the 403 member house.

She also equalled the record set by Chandrabhanu Gupta and Narain Dutt Tiwari of becoming chief minister for the fourth time.

After Sucheta Kriplani, she is the second only woman to don the mantle of the CM. She is also the only Dalit woman to assume office of the Chief Minister in UP.

LIST OF CHIEF MINISTERS 1 Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant 15 Aug 1947-28 Dec 1954 (Congress) 2 Dr Sampurnanand 28 Dec 1954-1957 (Congress) 3 Dr Sampurnanand 10 Apr 1957-7 Dec 1960 (Congress) 4 Chandra Bhanu Gupta 7 Dec 1960-2 Oct 1963(Congress) 5 Sucheta Kriplani 2 Oct 1963-14 Mar 1967 (Congress) 6 Chandra Bhanu Gupta 14 Mar 1967-3 Apr 1967 (Congress) 7 Chaudhry Charan Singh 3 Apr 1967-17 Feb 1968 (Bharatiya Lok Dal) President's Rule 17 Feb 1968 26 Feb 1969 8 Chandra Bhanu Gupta 26 Feb 1969-18 Feb 1970 (Congress) 9 Chaudhry Charan Singh 18 Feb 1970-2 Oct 1970 (Bharatiya Lok Dal) President's Rule 2 Oct 1970 18 Oct 1970 10 Tribhuvana Narayana Singh 18 Oct 1970-4 Apr 1971 (Congress) 11 Pandit Kamalapathi Tripathi 4 Apr 1971-12 Jun 1973 (Congress) President's Rule 12 Jun 1973 8 Nov 1973 12 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 8 Nov 1973-30 Nov 1975 (Congress) President's Rule 30 Nov 1975 21 Jan 1976 13 Narayan Dutt Tiwari 21 Jan 1976-30 Apr 1977 (Congress) President's Rule 30 Apr 1977 23 Jun 1977 14 Ram Naresh Yadav 23 Jun 1977-28 Feb 1979 (Janata Party) 15 Banarsi Das 28 Feb 1979-17 Feb 1980 (Janata Party) President's Rule 17 Feb 1980 9 Jun 1980 16 Vishwanath Pratap Singh 9 Jun 1980-19 Jul 1982 (Congress) 17 Sripat Mishra 19 Jul 1982 3 Aug 1984 (Congress) 18 Narayan Dutt Tiwari 3 Aug 1984-24 Sep 1985 (Congress) 19 Bir Bahadur Singh 24 Sep 1985-5 Jun 1988 (Congress) 20 Narayan Dutt Tiwari 25 Jun 1988-5 Dec 1989 (Congress) 21 Mulayam Singh Yadav 5 Dec 1989-24 Jun 1991 (Janata Dal) 22 Kalyan Singh 24 Jun 1991-6 Dec 1992 (Bharatiya Janata Party) President's Rule 6 Dec 1992 4 Dec 1993 23 Mulayam Singh Yadav 5 Dec 1992- 3 Jun 1995 (Samajwadi Party) 24 Mayawati 3 Jun 1995-18 Oct 1995 (Bahujan Samaj Party) President's Rule 18 Oct 1995 21 Mar 1997 25 Mayawati 21 Mar 1997-21 Sep 1997 (Bahujan Samaj Party) 26 Kalyan Singh 21 Sep 1997-21 Feb 1998 (Bharatiya Janata Party) 27 Jagdambika Pal 21 Feb 1998 23 Feb 1998 (Congress) (The High Court had though refused to grant him the status of Chief Minister) 28 Kalyan Singh 23 Feb 1998-12 Nov 1999 (Bharatiya Janata Party) 29 Ram Prakash Gupta 12 Nov 1999-28 Oct 2000 (BJP) 30 Rajnath Singh 28 Oct 2000-8 Mar 2002 (Bharatiya Janata Party) President's Rule 8 Mar 2002 3 May 2002 31 Mayawati 3 May 2002-29 Aug 2003 (Bahujan Samaj Party) 32 Mulayam Singh Yadav 29 Aug 2003-11 May 2007 (Samajwadi Party) 33 Mayawati sworn in on May 13, 2007 UNI