Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Mohan Singh Bisht, 5 June 1972) is an Indian Hindu monk and politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 19 March 2017 and is the longest-serving chief minister in the state's history.
He represented Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha for five consecutive terms (1998–2017) and has been the Mahant (head priest) of the Gorakhnath Math since 2014. In 2022 he became the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to win two consecutive terms, and he was elected to the assembly from Gorakhpur Urban.