Giridhar Gamang

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Giridhar Gamang
ଗିରିଧର ଗମାଙ୍ଗ
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13th Chief Minister of Odisha
In office
17 February 1999 – 6 December 1999
GovernorYagya Dutt Sharma
Preceded byJanaki Ballabh Pattanaik
Succeeded byHemananda Biswal
ConstituencyLaxmipur
Member: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byHema Gamang
Succeeded byJayaram Pangi
ConstituencyKoraput
In office
1972–1999
Preceded byBhagirathi Gamang
Succeeded byHema Gamang
Personal details
Born (1943-04-08) 8 April 1943 (age 80)
Dibirisingi Village, Rayagada District, Orissa Province, British Raj
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Hema Gamang
Children2 Sons And 1 Daughter
ResidenceRayagada, Odisha
As of 22 June, 2013
Source: [1]

Giridhar Gamang (born 8 April 1943) is a former leader of the Indian National Congress[1] and a former Chief Minister of Odisha. He has joined BJP since 2015. He was born at Dibirisingi village in Rayagada district of Odisha. In 1972, he was elected for the first time to the 5th Lok Sabha from Koraput. Subsequently, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 2004. He was the Chief Minister of Odisha from 17 February 1999 to 6 December 1999.[2][3]

His wife, Hema Gamang, won from Koraput constituency in the 1999 elections to the 13th Lok Sabha, while he was serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

In 1998, while he was a member of the 12th parliament, he was asked to become Chief minister of Odisha. Two months later, there was a vote-of-confidence against the BJP government and Giridhar still went to the parliament to vote against the government as he was from congress (despite the fact that he had to quit either being CM or the MP office and become MLA, within 6 months). The government lost power by 1 vote (269–270) and it is widely believed that if Giridhar had abstained, the speaker, G. M. C. Balayogi would have used his vote to save the government in case of tie. The fall of government resulted in another fresh general elections in May 1999.[4]

He lost the Koraput Lok Sabha seat for the first time in the 2009 elections to Jayaram Pangi of the Biju Janata Dal.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "BJP to Hold Surveys Across UP Before Finalising CM Face". Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Veteran Congress leader Giridhar Gamang quits party". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Former Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang quits Congress - The Economic Times". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Barik, Satyasundar (30 May 2015). "Former Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang resigns from Congress". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 May 2015.


Preceded by
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 		Chief Minister of Odisha
17 February 1999 – 6 December 1999 		Succeeded by
Hemananda Biswal
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