Narayan Dutt Tiwari | |
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21st Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 22 August 2007 – 26 December 2009 |
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Preceded by | Rameshwar Thakur |
Succeeded by | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | |
In office 2 March 2002 – 7 March 2007 |
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Preceded by | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
Succeeded by | B. C. Khanduri |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 25 July 1987 – 25 June 1988 |
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Preceded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
Succeeded by | Shankarrao Chavan |
Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 22 October 1986 – 25 July 1987 |
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Preceded by | P. Shiv Shankar |
Succeeded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 25 June 1988 – 5 December 1989 |
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In office 3 August 1984 – 24 September 1985 |
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In office 21 January 1976 – 30 April 1977 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Baluti, United Provinces, British India (now in Nainital District, Uttarakhand) |
18 October 1925
Political party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
Spouse(s) |
Sushila Tiwari (m. 1954–93) (her death) Ujjwala Tiwari (m. 2014) |
Children | Rohit Shekhar Tiwari |
Residence | C1/9, Tilak Lane , New Delhi and 1 A, Mall Avanue , Lucknow, |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Narayan Dutt Tiwari (born 18 October 1925 in Baluti, Nainital district) is an Indian politician. He was formerly in Indian National Congress.
He was thrice Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1976–77, 1984–85, 1988–89) and once Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2002–2007). In 1986–1987, he served in Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet as Minister for External Affairs. He was serving as Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2007 until 2009, when he was forced to resign following a sex scandal.
Narayan Dutt Tiwari was born in 1925, in village Baluti, Nainital district. His father Poornanand Tiwari was an officer in the forest department, and who later resigned and joined the Non-cooperation movement. Tiwari received his education at various schools including, M.B. School, Haldwani, E.M. High School, Bareilly and C.R.S.T. High School, Nainital.
His initiation into politics came early, when during the Indian Independence movement, he was arrested on 14 December 1942 for writing Anti-British leaflets opposing imperialist policies, and sent to Nainital jail, where his father was already lodged. Upon his release after 15 months in 1944, he joined Allahabad University, where he topped the University in M.A. (Political Science), he continued his education doing LLB from the same university, and elected as the President of the Students’ Union of the Allahabad University in 1947. Meanwhile, he remained Secretary, All India Student Congress, 1945-49.