List of chief ministers of Delhi
The chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the head of government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. According to the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the National Capital Territory of Delhi's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with its chief minister. Following elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government. The president of India, on the advice of the lieutenant governor, appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that the person has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
| Chief Minister of Delhi | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the National Capital Territory of Delhi | |
| Government of Delhi | |
| Style |
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| Type | Head of State Government |
| Status | Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Residence | 6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, Delhi |
| Seat | Delhi Secretariat, Sachivalaya Rd, Vikram Nagar, New Delhi |
| Nominator | Members of the Government of Delhi in Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Lt. Governor of Delhi by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. |
| Inaugural holder | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav |
| Formation | 17 March 1952-1 November 1956; 1 December 1993 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi |
| Salary |
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| Website | Official website |
History edit
Since 1952, National Capital Territory of Delhi has had 7 chief ministers, starting with the Indian National Congress party's Chaudhary Brahm Prakash. Shortly after his term ended, the office of chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi was abolished for 37 years until 2 December 1993, when the Bharatiya Janata Party's Madan Lal Khurana was sworn in. The longest-serving chief minister, Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress party held the office for over fifteen years.[2] On 28 December 2013, Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party sworn in as first state party chief minister of the national capital territory. There have been one instance of president's rule in National Capital Territory of Delhi, most recently in 2015.
Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party is the incumbent chief minister of Delhi since 14 February 2015.
Official residence edit
Since 2014, CM Kejriwal resides at Bhagwan Das Road in central Delhi. The location is close to the Delhi Secretariat.[3]
List edit
- Key
- † Assassinated or died in office
- § Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
- RES Resigned
| No[a] | Portrait | Name[4] | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Party[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brahm Prakash | Nangloi Jat | 17 March 1952 | 12 February 1955[RES] | 2 years, 332 days | Interim (1952 election) | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | Daryaganj | 12 February 1955 | 1 November 1956 | 1 year, 263 days | ||||
| Office abolished (1 November 1956 - 1 December 1993)[c] | |||||||||
| 3 | Madan Lal Khurana | Moti Nagar | 2 December 1993 | 26 February 1996[RES] | 2 years, 86 days | 1st (1993 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 4 | Sahib Singh Verma | Shalimar Bagh | 26 February 1996 | 12 October 1998[RES] | 2 years, 228 days | ||||
| 5 | Sushma Swaraj | Not Contested | 12 October 1998 | 3 December 1998 | 52 days | ||||
| 6 | Sheila Dikshit | New Delhi | 3 December 1998 | 1 December 2003 | 15 years, 25 days | 2nd (1998 election) | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 December 2003 | 29 November 2008 | 3rd (2003 election) | |||||||
| 30 November 2008 | 28 December 2013 | 4th (2008 election) | |||||||
| 7 | Arvind Kejriwal | New Delhi | 28 December 2013 | 14 February 2014[RES] | 48 days | 5th (2013 election) | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | – | 14 February 2014 | 14 February 2015 | 1 year, 0 days | Dissolved | – | ||
| (7) | Arvind Kejriwal | New Delhi | 14 February 2015 | 15 February 2020 | 9 years, 77 days | 6th (2015 election) | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
| 16 February 2020 | Incumbent | 7th (2020 election) | |||||||
Notes edit
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ As after that States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was passed which made Delhi a Union Territory. Thus, no one was appointed the next CM of Delhi until legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution and formed Delhi Metropolitan Council.[5]
See also edit
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- History of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Elections in the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- National Capital Territory of Delhi Legislative Assembly
- List of lieutenant governors of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- List of deputy chief ministers of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
References edit
- ^ 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 Telangana as well.
- ^ . IBN Live. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence". NDTV.com. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ [List of Honourable Chief Ministers]. Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ . Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links edit
- Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister