List of chief ministers of Jharkhand
| Chief Minister of Jharkhand | |
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| Government of Jharkhand | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Type | Head of Government |
| Status | Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Residence | Jinx, Kanke Road, Ranchi |
| Seat | Chief Minister Secretariat (CMO), Ranchi, Jharkhand |
| Nominator | Members of the Government of Jharkhand in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Governor of Jharkhand by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Babulal Marandi |
| Formation | 15 November 2000 |
| Salary |
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| Website | official website |
The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Six people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000.[2] Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi, represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His successor Arjun Munda, also from the BJP, is the longest-serving chief minister; he served for over five years, across three terms but never completed a full term. Two chief ministers, Shibu Soren and his son Hemant Soren, represented the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Shibu Soren's first term ended in just ten days, as he could not prove that he had the support of a majority of the house and was forced to resign. The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda, one of the few independents to become the chief minister of any state.[3] In between their reigns, the state has also been under President's rule three times. Raghubar Das, of the BJP, was the first non-tribal and first chief minister to complete a full term in the state. Hemant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is the incumbent chief minister.
List
| # | Portrait | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency |
Term of office | Election (Term) |
Party | Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office) |
Government | Appointed by (Governor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MLA for Ramgarh |
15 November 2000 |
18 March 2003 |
2 years, 123 days | 2000 (1st) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | Position vacant (15 Nov. 2000 – 14 Sep. 2006) |
Marandi | Prabhat Kumar | ||
| 2 | 
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Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan |
18 March 2003 |
2 March 2005 |
1 year, 349 days | Munda I | M. Rama Jois | ||||
| 3 | 
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Shibu Soren (born 1944) Unelected |
2 March 2005 |
12 March 2005 |
10 days | 2005 (2nd) |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Shibu I | Syed Sibtey Razi | ||
| (2) |
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Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan |
12 March 2005 |
19 September 2006 |
1 year, 191 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Munda II | ||||
| 4 | 
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Madhu Koda (born 1971) MP for Jaganathpur |
19 September 2006 |
27 August 2008 |
1 year, 343 days | Independent | Sudhir Mahato (19 Sep. 2006 – 23 Aug. 2008) |
Koda | |||
| (3) |
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Shibu Soren (born 1944) Unelected |
27 August 2008 |
19 January 2009 |
145 days | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Stephen Marandi (27 Aug. 2008 – 18 Jan. 2009) |
Shibu II | |||
| President's rule was imposed during the period (19 January – 30 December 2009) | |||||||||||
| (3) |
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Shibu Soren (born 1944) MLA for Jamtara |
30 December 2009 |
1 June 2010 |
153 days | 2009 (3rd) |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Sudesh Mahto (30 Dec. 2009 – 31 May. 2010) Raghubar Das (30 Dec. 2009 – 31 May. 2010) |
Shibu III | K. Sankaranarayanan | |
| President's rule was imposed during the period (1 June – 11 September 2010) | |||||||||||
| (2) |
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Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan |
11 September 2010 |
18 January 2013 |
2 years, 129 days | – (3rd) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | Sudesh Mahto (11 Sep. 2010 – 18 Jan. 2013) Hemant Soren (11 Sep. 2010 – 18 Jan. 2013) |
Munda III | M. O. H. Farook | |
| President's rule was imposed during the period (18 January – 13 July 2013) | |||||||||||
| 5 | 
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Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Dumka |
13 July 2013 |
28 December 2014 |
1 year, 168 days | – (3rd) |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Position vacant (13 Jul. 2013 – present) |
Hemant I | Syed Ahmed | |
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Raghubar Das (born 1955) MLA for Jamshedpur East |
28 December 2014 |
29 December 2019 |
5 years, 1 day | 2014 (4th) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | Das | |||
| (5) |
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Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Dumka |
29 December 2019 |
Incumbent | 4 years, 307 days | 2019 (5th) |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Hemant II | Droupadi Murmu | ||
Timeline
Notes
References
- ^ a b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Jharkhand as well.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ Ramanujam, P.V. (14 September 2006). "Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.