Yogi Adityanath, Indian priest and politician
Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Singh Bisht; 5 June 1972) is an Indian Hindu monk and politician serving as the 23rd and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he is in office since 19 March 2017.He was appointed as the Chief Minister of on 26 March 2017 after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the 2017 State Assembly elections, in which he was a prominent campaigner. He again won the 2022 State Assembly elections to be the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time. He has also been the Member of Parliament from the Gorakhpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh, for five consecutive terms since 1998.Adityanath is also the mahant or head priest of the Gorakhnath Math, a Hindu temple in Gorakhpur, a position he has held since the death of his spiritual "father", Mahant Avaidyanath, in September 2014. He is also the founder of Hindu Yuva Vahini, a Hindu nationalist organisation. He has an image of a Hindutva nationalist and a right-wing populist.