List of chief ministers of Odisha
Chief Minister of Odisha | |
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since 5 March 2000 | |
Chief Minister's Office | |
Style | The Honourable (formal) Mr. Chief Minister (informal) |
Status | Head of government |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of | |
Reports to | |
Residence | Naveen Nivas, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
Seat | Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
Appointer | Governor of Odisha by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly |
Term length | At the pleasure of the governor Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner No term limits specified.[1] |
Precursor | Prime Minister of Orissa |
Inaugural holder | Harekrushna Mahatab |
Formation | 1 April 1936 |
Website | cm |
The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the 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 that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The province has been controlled by the King of Paralakhemundi, Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July, 1937. Thereafter the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took charge for two more years. Again the King took the control before he finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946. After India got its freedom and constitution was enacted, the state started working in the principles of democracy. Until the first election, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over by Nabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief ministers of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving since 2000, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal is the incumbent chief minister, and the longest-serving one in Odisha's history.
Premiers/Prime Ministers of Orissa
No | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Days in office | Assembly | ||
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1 | Krushna Chandra Gajapati | File:Krushna Chandra Gajapati.jpg | 1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937 | Independent | 109 days | First Pre-Independent Assembly
(1937-1945) | |
2 | Bishwanath Das | 19 July 1937 | 6 November 1939 | Indian National Congress | 2 years, 108 days | |||
(1) | Krushna Chandra Gajapati | File:Krushna Chandra Gajapati.jpg | 24 November 1941 | 30 June 1944 | Independent | 2 years, 213 days | ||
3 | Harekrushna Mahatab | 23 April 1946 | 15 August 1947 | Indian National Congress | 1 year, 114 days | Second Pre-Independent Assembly
(1946-1952) |
Chief ministers of Odisha
Colour key for parties |
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No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly
(election) |
Party[a] | |||
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1 | Harekrushna Mahatab | East Bhadrak | 15 August 1947 | 12 May 1950 | 2 years, 270 days | Second Pre-Independent Assembly
(1946-1952) |
Indian National Congress | ||
2 | Nabakrushna Choudhuri | Barchana | 12 May 1950 | 20 February 1952 | 6 years, 160 days | ||||
20 February 1952 | 19 October 1956 | 1st
(1952-1957) (1952 election) | |||||||
(1) | Harekrushna Mahatab | Soro | 19 October 1956 | 25 February 1961 | 4 years, 129 days | ||||
6 April 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 2nd
(1957-1961) (1957 election) | |||||||
– | Vacant[b] (President's rule) |
N/A | 25 February 1961 | 23 June 1961 | N/A | ||||
3 | Biju Patnaik | Choudwar | 23 June 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 101 days | 3rd
(1961-1967) (1961 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
4 | Biren Mitra | Cuttack City | 2 October 1963 | 21 February 1965 | 1 year, 142 days | ||||
5 | Sadashiva Tripathy | Omerkote | 21 February 1965 | 8 March 1967 | 2 years, 15 days | ||||
6 | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Bolangir | 8 March 1967 | 9 January 1971 | 3 years, 307 days | 4th
(1967-1971) (1967 election) |
Swatantra Party | ||
– | Vacant[b] (President's rule) |
N/A | 11 January 1971 | 3 April 1971 | N/A | ||||
7 | Bishwanath Das | Rourkela | 3 April 1971 | 14 June 1972 | 1 year, 72 days | 5th
(1971-1973) (1971 election) |
Independent | ||
8 | Nandini Satpathy | Cuttack | 14 June 1972 | 3 March 1973 | 262 days | Indian National Congress | |||
– | Vacant[b] (President's rule) |
N/A | 3 March 1973 | 6 March 1974 | N/A | ||||
(8) | Nandini Satpathy | Dhenkanal | 6 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 285 days | 6th
(1974-1977) (1974 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
– | Vacant[b] (President's rule) |
N/A | 16 December 1976 | 29 December 1976 | N/A | ||||
9 | Binayak Acharya | Berhampur | 29 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 122 days | Indian National Congress | |||
– | Vacant[b] (President's rule) |
N/A | 30 April 1977 | 26 June 1977 | N/A | ||||
10 | Nilamani Routray | Basudevpur | 26 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 236 days | 7th
(1977-1980) (1977 election) |
Janata Party | ||
– | Vacant[b] (President's rule) |
N/A | 17 February 1980 | 9 June 1980 | N/A | ||||
11 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Athagarh | 9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 9 years, 181 days | 8th
(1980-1985) |
Indian National Congress | ||
10 March 1985 | 7 December 1989 | 9th
(1985-1990) (1985 election) | |||||||
12 | Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 7 December 1989 | 5 March 1990 | 88 days | ||||
(3) | Biju Patnaik | Bhubaneswar | 5 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | 10th
(1990-1995) (1990 election) |
Janata Dal | ||
(11) | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Begunia | 15 March 1995 | 17 February 1999 | 3 years, 339 days | 11th
(1995-2000) (1995 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
13 | Giridhar Gamang | Laxmipur | 17 February 1999 | 6 December 1999 | 292 days | ||||
(12) | Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | 90 days | ||||
14 | Naveen Patnaik | Hinjili | 5 March 2000 | 16 May 2004 | 24 years, 269 days | 12th
(2000-2004) (2000 election) |
Biju Janata Dal | ||
16 May 2004 | 21 May 2009 | 13th
(2004-2009) (2004 election) | |||||||
21 May 2009 | 21 May 2014 | 14th
(2009-2014) (2009 election) | |||||||
21 May 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 15th
(2014-2019) (2014 election) | |||||||
29 May 2019 | Incumbent | 16th
(2019-2024) (2019 election) |
See also
- Elections in Odisha
- History of Odisha
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of deputy chief ministers of Odisha
- List of governors of Odisha
- Odisha Legislative Assembly
Notes
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ a b c d e f When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[2]
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 Odisha as well.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.