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List of chief ministers of Gujarat
The Chief Minister of Gujarat is the chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits, given that he has the confidence of the assembly.[1]
| Chief Minister of Gujarat | |
|---|---|
| મુખ્યમંત્રી ગુજરાત | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | Gujarat Legislative Assembly |
| Residence | Bungalow No. 26, Ministers’ Enclave, Sector-20, Gandhinagar |
| Appointer | Governor of Gujarat |
| Term length | 5 years subject to the confidence of the assembly.[1] No term limits |
| Inaugural holder | Jivraj Narayan Mehta |
| Formation | 1 May 1960 |
| Deputy | Vacant, DCM |
The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State following the Mahagujarat Movement.[2] Jivraj Narayan Mehta of the INC was the inaugural chief minister. Narendra Modi of the BJP is the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14th prime minister of India. He was succeeded by Anandiben Patel who became the state's first woman chief minister. The current chief minister is Bhupendrabhai Patel of the BJP. He was elected for the post following the resignation of then incumbent Vijay Rupani, who was in the office since 7 August 2016.[3]
Chief Ministers of Gujarat
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Party[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | Amreli | 1 May 1960 | 3 March 1962 | 2 years, 300 days | 1st/Interim (1957 election) | Indian National Congress | ||
| 3 March 1962 | 25 February 1963 | 2nd (1962 election) | |||||||
| 2 | Balwantrai Mehta | Bhavnagar | 25 February 1963 | 19 September 1965 | 2 years, 206 days | ||||
| 3 | Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai | Olpad | 19 September 1965 | 3 April 1967 | 5 years, 245 days | ||||
| 3 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | 3rd (1967 election) | Congress (April1967-Oct1969) [4] Indian National Congress (O) (Oct1969-May1971) | ||||||
| – | Vacant[b] (President's rule) | N/A | 13 May 1971 | 17 March 1972 | 309 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
| 4 | Ghanshyam Oza | Dahegam | 17 March 1972 | 17 July 1973 | 1 year, 122 days | 4th (1972 election) | Indian National Congress | ||
| 5 | Chimanbhai Patel | Sankheda | 17 July 1973 | 9 February 1974 | 207 days | ||||
| – | Vacant[b] (President's rule) | N/A | 9 February 1974 | 18 June 1975 | 1 year, 129 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
| 6 | Babubhai Patel | Sabarmati | 18 June 1975 | 12 March 1976 | 268 days | 5th (1975 election) | Indian National Congress (O) | ||
| – | Vacant[b] (President's rule) | N/A | 12 March 1976 | 24 December 1976 | 287 days | N/A | |||
| 7 | Madhav Singh Solanki | Bhadran | 24 December 1976 | 10 April 1977 | 107 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| (6) | Babubhai Patel | Sabarmati | 11 April 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 312 days | Janata Party | |||
| – | Vacant[b] (President's rule) | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 6 June 1980 | 110 days | N/A | |||
| (7) | Madhav Singh Solanki | Bhadran | 7 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 5 years, 29 days | 6th (1980 election) | Indian National Congress | ||
| 11 March 1985 | 6 July 1985 | 7th | |||||||
| 8 | Amarsinh Chaudhary | Vyara | 6 July 1985 | 9 December 1989 | 4 years, 156 days | ||||
| (7) | Madhav Singh Solanki | Bhadran | 10 December 1989 | 3 March 1990 | 83 days | ||||
| (5) | Chimanbhai Patel | Sankheda | 4 March 1990 | 25 October 1990 | 3 years, 350 days | 8th (1990 election) | Janata Dal | ||
| 25 October 1990 | 17 February 1994 | Indian National Congress | |||||||
| 9 | Chhabildas Mehta | Mahuva | 17 February 1994 | 13 March 1995 | 1 year, 24 days | ||||
| 10 | Keshubhai Patel | Visavadar | 14 March 1995 | 21 October 1995 | 221 days | 9th (1995 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 11 | Suresh Mehta | Mandvi | 21 October 1995 | 19 September 1996 | 334 days | ||||
| – | Vacant[b] (President's rule) | N/A | 19 September 1996 | 23 October 1996 | 27 days | N/A | |||
| 12 | Shankersinh Vaghela | Radhanpur | 23 October 1996 | 27 October 1997 | 1 year, 4 days | Rashtriya Janata Party | |||
| 13 | Dilip Parikh | Dhandhuka | 28 October 1997 | 4 March 1998 | 188 days | ||||
| (10) | Keshubhai Patel | Visavadar | 4 March 1998 | 6 October 2001 | 3 years, 216 days | 10th (1998 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 14 | Narendra Modi | Rajkot II | 7 October 2001 | 22 December 2002 | 12 years, 227 days | ||||
| Maninagar | 22 December 2002 | 22 December 2007 | 11th (2002 election) | ||||||
| 23 December 2007 | 20 December 2012 | 12th (2007 election) | |||||||
| 20 December 2012 | 22 May 2014 | 13th (2012 election) | |||||||
| 15 | Anandiben Patel | Ghatlodia | 22 May 2014 | 7 August 2016 | 2 years, 77 days | ||||
| 16 | Vijay Rupani | Rajkot West | 7 August 2016 | 26 December 2017 | 5 years, 37 days | ||||
| 26 December 2017 | 13 September 2021 | 14th (2017 election) | |||||||
| 17 | Bhupendrabhai Patel | Ghatlodia | 13 September 2021 | 12 December 2022 | 1 year, 235 days | ||||
| 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | 15th (2022 election) | |||||||
Statistics
- List of chief ministers by length of term
| # | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total term in the office | ||||
| 1 | Narendra Modi | BJP | 12 years, 227 days | 12 years, 227 days | |
| 2 | Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai | INC & INC(O) | 5 years, 245 days | 5 years, 245 days | |
| 3 | Madhav Singh Solanki | INC | 5 years, 29 days | 5 years, 219 days | |
| 4 | Vijay Rupani | BJP | 5 years, 37 days | 5 years, 37 days | |
| 5 | Chimanbhai Patel | INC & JD | 3 years, 350 days | 4 years, 192 days | |
| 6 | Amarsinh Chaudhary | INC | 4 years, 156 days | 4 years, 156 days | |
| 7 | Keshubhai Patel | BJP | 3 years, 216 days | 4 years, 72 days | |
| 8 | Babubhai Patel | INC(O) & JP | 2 years, 312 days | 3 years, 215 days | |
| 9 | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | INC | 3 years, 141 days | 3 years, 141 days | |
| 10 | Anandiben Patel | BJP | 2 years, 77 days | 2 years, 77 days | |
| 11 | Balwantrai Mehta | INC | 2 years, 0 days | 2 years, 0 days | |
| 12 | Bhupendrabhai Patel | BJP | 1 year, 235 days | 1 year, 235 days | |
| 13 | Ghanshyam Oza | INC | 1 years, 122 days | 1 years, 122 days | |
| 14 | Chhabildas Mehta | INC | 1 years, 24 days | 1 years, 24 days | |
| 15 | Shankersinh Vaghela | RJP | 1 years, 4 days | 1 years, 4 days | |
| 16 | Suresh Mehta | BJP | 334 days | 334 days | |
| 17 | Dilip Parikh | RJP | 188 days | 188 days | |
- List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of Chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6 | 9749 days |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 8 | 8495 days |
| 3 | Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 2 | 1768 days |
| 4 | Janata Party | 1 | 1042 days |
| 5 | Rashtriya Janata Party | 2 | 497 days |
| 6 | Janata Dal (Gujarat) | 1 | 235 days |
- Timeline
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ 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 President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[5]
- 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 Gujarat as well.
- ^ "Gujarat". Government of India. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- ^ Sep 11, TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated. "Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani submits resignation | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "1969: S. Nijalingappa expelled Indira Gandhi from the party". India Today. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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