Rekha Gupta

Rekha Gupta was born in Haryana's Jind district and moved to Delhi with her family when she was two. Her father worked for the State Bank of India. She is married to Manish Gupta, a businessman, and they have a son and a daughter.

She began in student politics with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and was president of the Delhi University Students' Union in 1996–97. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002. She was elected a councillor from North Pitampura (ward 54) in 2007 and again in 2012. She was the BJP's candidate in the 2022 mayoral election, which she lost to Shelly Oberoi of the Aam Aadmi Party.

She was sworn in as Chief Minister of Delhi on 20 February 2025 at the Ramlila Ground, a return to power for the BJP in the city after more than 26 years. In the 2025 Delhi Assembly election she was elected MLA for Shalimar Bagh, defeating Bandana Kumari of the Aam Aadmi Party. In July 2026, birthday greetings from public figures referred to her as Chief Minister of Delhi.