Mayawati
Appearance
Mayawati | |
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![]() Mayawati in 2016 | |
President of the Bahujan Samaj Party | |
Assumed office 18 September 2003 | |
Preceded by | Kanshi Ram |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 3 April 2012 – 20 July 2017 | |
Succeeded by | Anil Agrawal, BJP |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 3 June 1995 – 18 October 1995 | |
Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
Succeeded by | President's rule |
In office 21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997 | |
Preceded by | President's rule |
Succeeded by | Kalyan Singh |
In office 3 May 2002 – 29 August 2003 | |
Preceded by | President's rule |
Succeeded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
In office 13 May 2007 – 15 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
Succeeded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
Personal details | |
Born | Mayawati Prabhu Das 15 January 1956 New Delhi, India |
Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party |
Residence | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician |
Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh four times between 1995, 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 until 2012.[1] She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) since 2003.[2] From 2012 until 2017, she was a member of the Rajya Sabha.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Mayawati resigns, Mulayam stakes claim BSP snaps ties with NDA * Governor sends report to Centre". tribuneindia.com. 27 August 2003. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ↑ "BSP leader Kumari Mayawati - also called by her other name, Iron Lady". The Times of India. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.