In 20 years, Uttarakhand has had just 1 CM completing his term In 20 years, Uttarakhand has had just 1 CM completing his term Uttarakhand has seen eight chief ministers in 20 years of its existence as a separate state. Only one of them has completed five years' term. Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned four years after taking oath as Uttarakhand CM. advertisement BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat took oath as the Uttarakhand chief minister in 2017. Trivendra Singh Rawat became the eighth chief minister of Uttarakhand after the BJP won the 2017 assembly election with 57 MLAs in the 70-member house. Four years down the line, around half of those MLAs have rebelled against Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, and he on Tuesday got his term curtailed.