Chief Minister of Gujarat

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Chief Minister of Gujarat
મુખ્યમંત્રી ગુજરાત
Government Of Gujarat Seal In All Languages.svg
Emblem of Gujarat
Bhupendrabhai Patel accompanies Narendra Modi at Rajkot (cropped).jpg
since 13 September 2021
Government of Gujarat
Style The Honourable
Status Head of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly& Gujarat Council of Ministers
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
Formation1 May 1960
(65 years ago) (1960-05-01)
DeputyVacant, DCM
Website http://cmogujarat.gov.in/

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]

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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 office since 7 August 2016. [3]

Predecessors

Prime ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly

(election)

Party
1 U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar Upleta 15 February 194826 January 19501 year, 345 daysInterim Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly

(election)

Party
1 U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar Upleta 26 January 195019 December 19544 years, 327 daysInterim Indian National Congress
2nd

(1952 election)

2 No image available.svg Rasiklal Parikh 19 December 195431 October 19561 year, 317 days

Chief Ministers of Gujarat

#PortraitChief Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		ElectionTerm of officePolitical partyMinistry
FromToPeriod
1 Jivraj Mehta.jpg Jivraj Narayan Mehta
(1887–1978)
MLA for Amreli 		1957
(1st/Interim)		1 May 196025 February 19632 years, 300 days Indian National Congress Jivraj
2 Balwantrai Mehta 2000 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Balwantrai Mehta
(1900–1965)
MLA for Bhavnagar 		1962
(2nd)		25 February 196319 September 1965 [†] 2 years, 206 daysBalwantrai
3 Hitendra Desai Lok Sabha photo.jpg Hitendra Desai
(1915–1993)
MLA for Olpad 		19 September 196513 May 19715 years, 236 daysDesai I
1967
(3rd)		Desai II
Indian National Congress (O)
Position vacant (13 May 1971 –17 March 1972)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
4 Ghanshyam Oza Lok Sabha photo.jpg Ghanshyam Oza
(1911–2002
MLA for Dahegam 		1972
(4th)		17 March 197217 July 19731 year, 122 days Indian National Congress Oza
5 Blank.svg Chimanbhai Patel
(1929–1974)
MLA for Sankheda 		17 July 19739 February 1974207 daysChimanbhai I
Position vacant (9 February 1974 –18 June 1975)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
6 Blank.svg Babubhai J. Patel
(1911–2002)
MLA for Sabarmati 		1975
(5th)		18 June 197512 March 1976268 days Indian National Congress (O) Babubhai I
Position vacant (12 March –24 December 1976)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
7 Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg Madhavsinh Solanki
(1927–2021)
MLA for Bhadran		–
(5th)		24 December 197611 April 1977108 days Indian National Congress Solanki I
(6) Blank.svg Babubhai J. Patel
(1911–2002)
MLA for Sabarmati 		11 April 1977 [§] 17 February 19802 years, 312 days Janata Party Babubhai II
Position vacant (17 February –7 June 1980)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
(7) Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg Madhavsinh Solanki
(1927–2021)
MLA for Bhadran		 1980
(6th)		7 June 1980 [§] 6 July 19855 years, 29 days Indian National Congress Solanki II
1985
(7th)		Solanki III
8 Amarsinh Chaudhary Lok Sabha photo.jpg Amarsinh Chaudhary
(1941–2004)
MLA for Vyara 		6 July 198510 December 19894 years, 157 daysChaudhary
(7) Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg Madhavsinh Solanki
(1927–2021)
MLA for Bhadran		10 December 1989 [§] 4 March 199084 daysSolanki IV
(5) Blank.svg Chimanbhai Patel
(1929–1974)
MLA for Sankheda 		1990
(8th)		4 March 1990 [§] 17 February 1994 [†] 3 years, 350 days Janata Dal Chimanbhai II
Indian National Congress
9 Blank.svg Chhabildas Mehta
(1925–2008)
MLA for Mahuva 		17 February 199414 March 19951 year, 25 daysChhabildas
10 Keshubhai Patel Rajya Sabha photo.jpg Keshubhai Patel
(1928–2020)
MLA for Visavadar 		1995
(9th)		14 March 199521 October 1995221 days Bharatiya Janata Party Keshubhai I
11 Blank.svg Suresh Mehta
(born 1936)
MLA for Mandvi 		21 October 199519 September 1996334 daysSuresh
Position vacant (19 September –23 October 1996)
President's rule was imposed during this period [a]
12 Shankersinh Vaghela profile (cropped).jpg Shankersinh Vaghela
(born 1940)
MLA for Radhanpur 		–
(9th)		23 October 199628 October 19971 year, 5 days Rashtriya Janata Party Vaghela
13 Blank.svg Dilip Parikh
(1937–2019)
MLA for Dhandhuka 		28 October 19974 March 1998127 daysParikh
(10) Keshubhai Patel Rajya Sabha photo.jpg Keshubhai Patel
(1928–2020)
MLA for Visavadar 		1998
(10th)		4 March 1998 [§] 7 October 20013 years, 217 days Bharatiya Janata Party Keshubhai II
14 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.jpg Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MLA for Rajkot West, until 2002
MLA for Maninagar, from 2002		7 October 200122 May 201412 years, 227 days Modi I
2002
(11th)		 Modi II
2007
(12th)		 Modi III
2012
(13th)		 Modi IV
15 Anandiben Patel in 2022 (cropped).jpg Anandiben Patel
(born 1941)
MLA for Ghatlodia 		22 May 20147 August 20162 years, 77 days Anandiben
16 Vijay Rupani.jpg Vijay Rupani
(1956–2025)
MLA for Rajkot West 		7 August 201613 September 20215 years, 37 days Rupani I
2017
(14th)		 Rupani II
17 Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel (2).jpg Bhupendrabhai Patel
(born 1962)
MLA for Ghatlodia Assembly constituency 		13 September 2021Incumbent4 years, 10 days Bhupendrabhai I
2022
(15th)		 Bhupendrabhai II

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of October 2024)
  1. Bharatiya Janata Party (43.7%)
  2. Indian National Congress (40.1%)
  3. Janata Party (4.42%)
  4. Indian National Congress (O) (3.46%)
  5. Rashtriya Janata Party (2.11%)
  6. Janata Dal (1.00%)
  7. President's Rule (5.25%)

Timeline

Bhupendrabhai PatelVijay RupaniAnandiben PatelNarendra ModiDilip ParikhShankersinh VaghelaSuresh MehtaKeshubhai PatelChhabildas MehtaAmarsinh ChaudharyMadhav Singh SolankiBabubhai J. PatelChimanbhai PatelGhanshyam OzaHitendra Kanaiyalal DesaiBalwantrai MehtaJivraj Narayan MehtaChief Minister of Gujarat

Notes

Footnotes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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]
References
  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ "Gujarat". Government of India . Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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