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Mayawati
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mayawati Prabhu Das, Iron Lady Mayawati, Kumari Mayawati, Mayawati Kumari, Māyāvatī
Key facts
- Officeholder.name
- Mayawati
- Officeholder.office
- 2nd National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party
- Officeholder.image
- Mayawati in 2016.jpg
- Officeholder.caption
- Mayawati in 2016
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Kanshi Ram
- Officeholder.predecessor2
- President's rule
- Officeholder.successor2
- Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Officeholder.birth_name
- Kumari Mayawati Das
- Officeholder.birth_place
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Officeholder.party
- Bahujan Samaj Party
- Officeholder.alma_mater
- University of Delhi (LL.B, B.A) Chaudhary Charan Singh University (B.Ed)
- Officeholder.term_start
- 18 September 2003
- Officeholder.term_start3
- 21 April 1997
- Officeholder.term_end3
- 21 September 1997
- Officeholder.predecessor3
- President's rule
- Officeholder.successor3
- Kalyan Singh
- Officeholder.term_start4
- 3 June 1995
- Officeholder.term_end4
- 18 October 1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- New Delhi
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Bahujan Samaj Party
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Mayawati.jpg
- Residence
- Lucknow
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- date of birth
- 1956-01-15
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- Mayawati
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Early political career
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- First term, 1995
- Second term, 1997
- Fourth term, 2007–12
- Later career
- Political and legal issues
- Taj corridor
- Disproportionate assets case
- Bahujan monuments
- World Bank criticism
- Positions held
- Personal life and public image
- Literature about Mayawati
- Awards and recognition
- See also
- References
- External links
Kumari Mayawati (born Kumari Mayawati Das; 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1995 to 1995, 1997 to 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social change for Bahujans, more commonly known as Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as religious minorities since 2003.
Mayawati had also served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 2012 to 2017 from Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati's rise from humble beginnings has been called a "miracle of democracy" by P. V. Narasimha Rao, former prime minister of India. In 1993, Kanshi Ram formed a coalition with the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1995. She was the first female Scheduled Caste chief minister in India. In 1997 and in 2002 she was chief minister with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the second time only for a year up to 26 August 2003 due to BJP withdrawing support.
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