All you need to know about Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand's next CM

DEHRADUN: Pushkar Singh Dhami will be the new chief minister of Uttarakhand, succeeding Tirath Singh Rawat, who stepped down from the post on Friday. He will be sworn in on Sunday, along with the new Uttarakhand Cabinet.
The MLA from Khatima seat in Udham Singh Nagar district was elected leader of the BJP legislature party at a meeting of the party MLAs in Dehradun on Saturday afternoon.
Dhami's name was proposed by outgoing chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Pradesh BJP president Madan Kaushik and seconded by a number of MLAs, including former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
Here's a look at the CM-designate's journey so far:
* Pushkar Singh Dhami was born on September 6, 1975, in Khatima. His ancestral village is Harkhola (Kanalichhina Block), Pithoragarh district
* He is a qualified lawyer, holding an LLB degree from Lucknow university
* Dhami started his political career in 1990 with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He also served as the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
* He worked as political advisor to former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
* He won a 2nd straight term from The Khatima seat in 2017.
* At 45 years, Dhami will be the youngest to assume the office of chief minister in Uttarakhand.