| Chief Minister of Gujarat | |
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| 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 |
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 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
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Statistics
- List of chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | ||||
| 1 | Narendra Modi | BJP | 12 years, 227 days | 12 years, 227 days | |
| 2 | Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai | INC and 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 and JD(G) | 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 J. Patel | INC(O) (Janata Morcha) and 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 | Ghanshyam Oza | INC | 1 years, 122 days | 1 years, 122 days | |
| 13 | Chhabildas Mehta | INC | 1 years, 24 days | 1 years, 24 days | |
| 14 | Shankersinh Vaghela | RJP | 1 years, 4 days | 1 years, 4 days | |
| 15 | Suresh Mehta | BJP | 334 days | 334 days | |
| 16 | Dilip Parikh | RJP | 188 days | 188 days | |
| 17 | Bhupendrabhai Patel | BJP | 4 years, 339 days | 4 years, 339 days | |
- List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of Chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6 | 10949 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.[4]
- ↑ Narendra Modi is the longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat till date.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
{{cite news}}:|first1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.