List of chief ministers of Odisha

The Chief Minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governoris 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.

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 till July, 1937. There after the All India Congress party leader Biswanath Das took over the charges for two more years. Again the King took the control before finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946. After India got its freedom and constitution was enacted, the state persuaded working in the principles of democracy. Till 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 minister 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
1	Krushna Chandra Gajapati		1 April 1937	19 July 1937	Independent		3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days
2	Biswanath Das		19 July 1937	4 November 1939	Indian National Congress		2 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 2 days
(1)	Krushna Chandra Gajapati		29 November 1941	29 June 1944	Independent		2 years and 7 months
3	Harekrushna Mahatab		23 April 1946	15 August 1947	Indian National Congress		1 year, 3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days

Chief Ministers of Odisha

No	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly(election)	Party
1	Harekrushna Mahatab			15 August 1947	12 May 1950	2 years, 270 days		Indian National Congress
2	Nabakrushna Choudhury		Barchana	12 May 1950	20 Feb 1952	6 years, 160 days
				20 Feb 1952	19 Oct 1956
(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab		Soro	19 October 1956	6 Apr 1957	4 years, 129 days
				6 Apr 1957	22 May 1959
				22 May 1959	25 Feb 1961
–	Vacant (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		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	Fourth Assembly(1967-71) (1967 election)	Swatantra Party
–	Vacant (President’s rule)		N/A	11 January 1971	3 April 1971			N/A
7	Biswanath Das		Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 72 days	Fifth Assembly(1971-73) (1971 election)	Independent
8	Nandini Satpathy			14 June 1972	3 March 1973	262 days		Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (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	Sixth Assembly(1974-77) (1974 election)	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (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 (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	Seventh Assembly(1977-80) (1977 election)	Janata Party
–	Vacant (President’s rule)		N/A	17 February 1980	9 June 1980			N/A
11	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Athagarh	9 June 1980	10 Mar 1985	9 years, 181 days	Eight Assembly(1980-85) (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
				10 Mar 1985	7 Dec 1989		Ninth Assembly(1985-90) (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(total 7 years, 111 days)	Tenth Assembly(1990-95) (1990 election)	Janata Dal
(11)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days	Eleventh Assembly(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(total 178 days)
14	Naveen Patnaik		Hinjili	5 March 2000	16 May 2004	21 years, 43 days	Twelfth Assembly(2000-04) (2000 election)	Biju Janata Dal
				16 May 2004	21 May 2009		Thirteenth Assembly(2004-09) (2004 election)
				21 May 2009	21 May 2014		Fourteenth Assembly(2009-14) (2009 election)
				21 May 2014	29 May 2019		Fifteenth Assembly(2014-19) (2014 election)
				29 May 2019	Incumbent		Sixteenth Assembly (2019 -)(2019 election)

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