Vijay Bahuguna (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, an independence activist and politician, and also a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vijay Bahuguna was a member of the

14th 14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 (number), 13 and preceding 15 (number), 15. In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen". In mathematics * 14 is a composite number. * 14 is a square pyramidal number. * 14 is a s ...

and

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

s of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.Tehri Garhwal

CNN IBN CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is currently co-owned by Network18 Group and Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN provides internationa ...

. Bahuguna was sworn in as the Chief

Minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

of Uttarakhand on 13 March 2012. Bahuguna resigned from his CM post on 31 January 2014. His youngest son Saurabh Bahuguna has taken forward his legacy and has won from Sitarganj ( Udham Singh Nagar), Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Saurabh Bahuguna from BJP won with 50597 votes.

Family and background

Vijay Bahuguna was born at

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

in a Brahmin family. His father was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh & was a freedom fighter. H. N. Bahuguna also participated in Non-Cooperation Movement. Vijay Bahuguna has a sister Rita Bahuguna who is also a politician. Rita was a former Congress leader and former president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. She joined the BJP on 20 October 2016 and was a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh government. Now she is Member of parliament from

Education and early career

Vijay Bahuguna did his Bachelor of Arts and then LLB from the University of Allahabad in

, Uttar Pradesh. He then started working as an

advocate An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries' legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, ...

in the

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high ...

in Allahabad. He later became a Judge of the

, later transferring to become a judge of the

Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ol ...

Posts held

Resignation

Vijay Bahuguna had submitted his resignation as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 31 January 2014. His government had received widespread criticism for handling rescue operations in the wake of floods in June, 2013. Harish Rawat was sworn as Chief Minister on 1 February 2014 in presence of

Governor of Uttarakhand The governor of Uttarakhand is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is ''de jure'' head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the gov ...

, Aziz Qureshi.

Other associations

:*Member, Executive Council, Garhwal University, Uttarakhand :*President, Ranjit Pandit Shiksha Samiti; running educational colleges,

:*Vice-president, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress since 1999 :*Member, All India Congress Committee since 1997 :*Ex Judge

Elections contested

Lok Sabha

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bahuguna, Vijay 1947 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 Politicians from Allahabad University of Allahabad alumni 20th-century Indian lawyers Uttar Pradesh politicians Indian National Congress politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand Judges of the Allahabad High Court Judges of the Bombay High Court Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand Chief ministers from Indian National Congress People from Tehri Garhwal district Finance Ministers of Uttarakhand