mayawati (born 15 january 1956) is an indian politician. she was the chief minister of uttar pradesh four times between 1995, 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 until 2012. she is the national president of the bahujan samaj party (bsp) since 2003. from 2012 until 2017, she was a member of the rajya sabha.