Harish Chandra Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 7th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. A fivetime Member of Parliament, Rawat is a leader of the Indian National Congress party. As a member of 15th Lok Sabha, Rawat served as Union Minister of Water Resources in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He also worked as Minister of State at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Ministry of Labour and Employment .
Harish Rawat was born in village Mohanari, near Chaunalia in Almora district of the United Provinces onApril 1948 in a Rajput family to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devki Devi. He received a Bachelor of Arts and LL.B. from Lucknow University.
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