| Chief Minister of Gujarat | |
|---|---|
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | Gujarat Legislative Assembly |
| 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 |
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]
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 incumbent chief minister is Vijay Rupani, who is in the office since 7 August 2016.
Chief Ministers of Gujarat
| Colour key for parties |
|---|
| # | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of office[3] | Assembly[4] | Party[lower-alpha 2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | |||||||
| 1 | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Amreli | 1 May 1960 | 3 March 1962 | 3 years, 141 days | First
(1960–61)[5] |
Indian National Congress | |
| 3 March 1962 | 19 September 1963 | Second
(1962–66)[6] | |||||||
| 2 | Balwantrai Mehta | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Bhavnagar | 19 September 1963 | 19 September 1965 | 2 years, 0 days | |||
| 3 | Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai | Olpad | 19 September 1965 | 3 April 1967 | 5 years, 245 days | ||||
| 3 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | Third
(1967–71)[7] |
Indian National Congress (O) | ||||||
| – | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
Error creating thumbnail: File missing | N/A | 13 May 1971 | 17 March 1972 | 309 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
| 4 | Ghanshyam Chotalal Oza | Dehgam | 17 March 1972 | 17 July 1973 | 1 year, 122 days | Fourth
(1972–74)[9] |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 5 | Chimanbhai Patel | File:Chimanbhai Patel.jpg | Sankheda | 17 July 1973 | 9 February 1974 | 207 days | |||
| – | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
Error creating thumbnail: File missing | N/A | 9 February 1974 | 18 June 1975 | 1 year, 129 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
| 6 | Babubhai Jashbhai Patel | Sabarmati | 18 June 1975 | 12 March 1976 | 268 days | Fifth
(1975–80)[10] |
Indian National Congress (O) (Janata Morcha) |
||
| – | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
Error creating thumbnail: File missing | N/A | 12 March 1976 | 24 December 1976 | 287 days | N/A | ||
| 7 | Madhav Singh Solanki | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Bhadran | 24 December 1976 | 10 April 1977 | 107 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| (6) | Babubhai Jashbhai Patel | Sabarmati | 11 April 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 312 days | Janata Party | |||
| – | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
Error creating thumbnail: File missing | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 6 June 1980 | 110 days | N/A | ||
| (7) | Madhav Singh Solanki | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Bhadran | 7 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 5 years, 29 days | Sixth
(1980–85)[11] |
Indian National Congress | |
| 11 March 1985 | 6 July 1985 | Seventh
(1985–90)[12] | |||||||
| 8 | Amarsinh Bhilabhai Chaudhary | Vyara (ST) | 6 July 1985 | 9 December 1989 | 4 years, 156 days | ||||
| (7) | Madhav Singh Solanki | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Bhadran | 10 December 1989 | 3 March 1990 | 83 days | |||
| (5) | Chimanbhai Patel | File:Chimanbhai Patel.jpg | Unjha | 4 March 1990 | 25 October 1990 | 3 years, 350 days | Eighth
(1990–95)[13] |
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 | Indian National Congress | |||
| 10 | Keshubhai Patel | 
|
Visavadar | 14 March 1995 | 21 October 1995 | 221 days | Ninth
(1995–98)[14] |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 11 | Suresh Mehta | Mandvi | 21 October 1995 | 19 September 1996 | 334 days | ||||
| – | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
Error creating thumbnail: File missing | N/A | 19 September 1996 | 23 October 1996 | 27 days | N/A | ||
| 12 | Shankersinh Vaghela | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Radhanpur | 23 October 1996 | 27 October 1997 | 1 year, 4 days | Rashtriya Janata Party | ||
| 13 | Dilip Ramanbhai Parikh | File:Dilipbhai Parikh.jpg | Dhandhuka | 28 October 1997 | 4 March 1998 | 188 days | |||
| (10) | Keshubhai Patel |
|
Visavadar | 4 March 1998 | 6 October 2001 | 3 years, 216 days | Tenth
(1998–2002)[15] |
Bharatiya Janta Party | |
| 14 | Narendra Damodardas Modi | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Rajkot II | 7 October 2001 | 22 December 2002 | 12 years, 227 days | |||
| Maninagar | 22 December 2002 | 22 December 2007 | Eleventh
(2002–07)[16] | ||||||
| 23 December 2007 | 20 December 2012 | Twelfth
(2007–12)[17] | |||||||
| 20 December 2012 | 22 May 2014 | Thirteenth
(2012–17)[18] | |||||||
| 15 | Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel | File:Anandiben Patel Ji.jpg | Ghatlodia | 22 May 2014 | 7 August 2016 | 2 years, 77 days | |||
| 16 | Vijay Ramniklal Rupani | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Rajkot West | 7 August 2016 | 26 December 2017 | 10 years, 11 days | |||
| 26 December 2017 | Incumbent | Fourteenth
(2017–22)[19] | |||||||
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Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 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.[8]
- References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Chief Ministers of Gujarat. Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.
- ↑ List of Duration of Sessions (1 to 12 Vidhansabha) and sittings of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1975, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1980, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1985, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1990, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1995, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1998, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 2002, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "BJP retains Vijay Rupani as CM in Gujarat, but is undecided in Himachal Pradesh". The Indian Express. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.