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Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Indian Politician
Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is an Indian politician and the former Chief Minister of the state of Uttarakhand.

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Former Chief Minister of UttarakhandHe is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was born on 15th August, 1958, to the parents Parmanand Pokhriya and Vishambhari Devi, in the Pauri Garhwal district of Garhwal Himalayas in the village of Pinani. He belonged to a poor family but was very intelligent since childhood. Extensive social work, reading and writing became an integral part of his life. He is the fifth chief minister of Uttarakhand.

Political Career of Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is a journalist by profession. In the year 1991, he was elected as a M.L.A. to the Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh from the Karnaprayag constituency. In the year 1993 and 1996, Nishank was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from the Karnaprayag constituency. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank became the Minister for Uttaranchal Development in the Uttar Pradesh state government in 1997. He lost the Uttaranchal Vidhan Sabha election from Thalisain constituency in 2002 but he was elected from the same constituency to the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha in 2007.

During the creation of Uttaranchal, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank became the minister of Uttaranchal under the Uttar Pradesh government. Prior to this, he had been the Cabinet Minister in the ministry of health, family welfare, language, science and technology. On June 27th 2009, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took oath as the fifth chief minister of Uttarakhand. However, on 11th September 2011, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was dismissed from the position by the BJP`s central committee, due to corruption charges. B.C. Khanduri was appointed as the new chief minister.

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