Chief Minister 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 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. Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.

Brief History

On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government formed under Prime ministership of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July 1937. Thereafter the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took over the charge of Prime minister for two more years. Again Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati took the charge before he finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946.

After India got its independence under the new framework the Prime Minister or Premier position of provincial governments got abolished and the position of chief minister was created in 1950. Until the first election after independence, 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 from 2000 till 2024, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal was the longest-serving chief minister in Odisha's history (He also the 1st never INC associated member to occupy the post). The current chief minister of Odisha since 12 June 2024 is Mohan Charan Majhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Prime Ministers of Orissa Province

;Parties

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 1

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | Krushna Chandra Gajapati

| 1937

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 2

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | Bishwanath Das

| 1937

| 1939

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| colspan="2" align="center" |  —

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | (1)

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Krushna Chandra Gajapati

| 1941

| 1944

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| colspan="2" align="center" |  —

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| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 3

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Harekrushna Mahatab

| 1946

| 1950

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| colspan="2" align="center" | 1946

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Chief Ministers of Odisha

;Parties

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! colspan="2" width="2%" |No.

! width="75" |Portrait

! width="27%" |Name

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! width="27%" |Appointer

! width="10%" |Political party of CM

! colspan="2" width="10%" |Government

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 1

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Harekrushna Mahatab

| 1950

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| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1946

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

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| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 2

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Nabakrushna Choudhuri

| 1950

| 1956

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| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1952

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | (1)

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Harekrushna Mahatab

| 1956

| 1961

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|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1957

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| colspan="10" align="center" | Position vacant (25 February 1961 – 23 June 1961) President's rule was imposed during this period

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 3

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Biju Patnaik

| 1961

| 1963

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1961

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 4

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Biren Mitra

| 1963

| 1965

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1961

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 5

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Sadashiva Tripathy

| 1965

| 1967

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1961

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 6

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo

| 1967

| 1971

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCE2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1967

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| colspan="10" align="center" | Position vacant (9 January 1971 – 3 April 1971) President's rule was imposed during this period

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 7

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Bishwanath Das

| 1971

| 1972

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1971

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 8

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Nandini Satpathy

| 1972

| 1973

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CEFDF9" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1971

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| colspan="10" align="center" | Position vacant (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) President's rule was imposed during this period

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color: " |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | (8)

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Nandini Satpathy

| 1974

| 1976

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CEFDF9" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1974

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| colspan="10" align="center" | Position vacant (16 December 1976 – 29 December 1976) President's rule was imposed during this period

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 9

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Binayak Acharya

| 1976

| 1977

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CEFDF9" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1974

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| colspan="10" align="center" | Position vacant (30 April 1977 – 26 June 1977) President's rule was imposed during this period

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 10

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Nilamani Routray

| 1977

| 1980

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCEAFF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1977

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| colspan="10" align="center" | Position vacant (17 February 1980 – 9 June 1980) President's rule was imposed during this period

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 11

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

| 1980

| 1989

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1980 1985

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 12

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Hemananda Biswal

| 1989

| 1990

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1985

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | (3)

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Biju Patnaik

| 1990

| 1995

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D6ECE0" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1990

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | (11)

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

| 1995

| 1999

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1995

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 13

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Giridhar Gamang

| 1999

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1995

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | (12)

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Hemananda Biswal

| 1999

| 2000

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#CCF2FF" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 1995

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 14

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Naveen Patnaik

| 2000

| 2024

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#E3EDDC" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 2000, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| rowspan="4" style="background-color:" |

| rowspan="4" align="center" | 15

| rowspan="4" | 80px

| rowspan="4" align="center" | Mohan Charan Majhi

| 2024

| Incumbent

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFE5CC" |

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="center" | 2024

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="center" |

| colspan="6" |

Statistics

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! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" |#

! rowspan="2" |Chief Minister

! rowspan="2" colspan=2 |Party

! colspan="2" |Term of office

! Longest tenure

! Total tenure

! data-sort-value="1" | 1

| Naveen Patnaik

| 24 years, 98 days

! data-sort-value="2" | 2

| Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

| 9 years, 181 days

| 13 years, 155 days

! data-sort-value="3" | 3

| Harekrushna Mahatab

| 4 years, 129 days

| 8 years, 178 days

! data-sort-value="4" | 4

| Biju Patnaik

| /INC

| 5 years, 10 days

| 7 years, 111 days

! data-sort-value="5" | 5

| Nabakrushna Choudhuri

| 6 years, 160 days

! data-sort-value="6" | 6

| Bishwanath Das

| style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" |

| style="text-align:left;" | IND/INC

| 2 years, 110 days

| 3 years, 179 days

! data-sort-value="7" | 7

| Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo

| 3 years, 307 days

! data-sort-value="8" | 8

| Nandini Satpathy

| style="background-color:#00FFFF;" |

| style="text-align:left;" | INC (R)

| 2 years, 285 days

| 3 years, 182 days

! data-sort-value="9" | 9

| Krushna Chandra Gajapati

| style="background-color:#ffff00;" |

| style="text-align:left;" | National Party/IND

| 2 years, 219 days

| 2 years, 328 days

! data-sort-value="10" | 10

| Nilamani Routray

| 2 years, 236 days

! data-sort-value="11" | 11

| Sadashiva Tripathy

| 2 years, 15 days

! data-sort-value="12" | 12

| Mohan Charan Majhi

! data-sort-value="13" | 13

| Biren Mitra

| 1 year, 142 days

! data-sort-value="14" | 14

| Hemananda Biswal

| 292 days

| 374 days

! data-sort-value="15" | 15

| Giridhar Gamang

| 292 days

! data-sort-value="16" | 16

| Binayak Acharya

| style="background-color:#00FFFF;" |

| style="text-align:left;" | INC (R)

| 122 days

Timeline

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

| Timeline of Odisha chief ministers

Lifespan of Chief Ministers

References

External links

Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister
Former Chief Ministers

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the Deputy chief minister of state:

Oath of Secrecy

"I, [Name], do swear in the name of God / solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as a Minister for the State of [Name of State] except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister.Oath of Office (ପଦବୀର ଶପଥ)

"Moo, [Nāma], Ishwaranka nāmre shapatha karuchhi jeoo (or dhrudhatara sahita nishthāpara ghoshanā karuchhi je) moo bidi dwārā sthāpita Bhāratara Sambidhāna prati prakruta bishwāsa o anoogatya rakhi bā. Moo Bhāratara sārba-bhaumatwā o akhandatā rakhyā karibi, moo [Rajyara Nāma] rajyara mukhyamantri bhabare moora kartatbya nishthāpara o bibekara sahita nirbāha karibi, ebang moo bhaya bā pakshapātita, anurāga bā bidesha narakhi, Sambidhāna o niyama anoosāre sabhiānka prati nyāya karibi."

B. Oath of Secrecy (ଗୋପନୀୟତାର ଶପଥ)

"Moo, [Nāma], Ishwaranka nāmre shapatha karuchhi jeoo (or dhrudhatara sahita nishthāpara ghoshanā karuchhi je) [Rajyara Nāma] rajyara mukhyamantri bhabare moora bichaāraku anāpadooto bā mote janāparutbā yeounsi bishaya, moora kartatbyara oochit nirbāha pāin pratyakhya bā parōkhya bhābare moo kāhāku jānāibi nāhi bā prakāsha karibi nāhi."

Brief History

Prime Ministers of Orissa Province

Chief Ministers of Odisha

Statistics

Timeline

Lifespan of Chief Ministers

See also

References

External links