Chief Minister of Union Territory of Puducherry | |
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புதுச்சேரி முதல்வர் పుదుచ్చేరి ముఖ్యమంత్రి പുതുച്ചേരി മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി Ministre en chef de Pondichéry | |
Style | The Honourable |
Status | Head of Government |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of | |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits. |
Inaugural holder | Edouard Goubert |
Formation | 1 July 1963 |
Website | py |
The chief minister of Puducherry is the chief executive of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is a union territory's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, the union territory's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The President of India 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. [1]
Since 1963, Puducherry has had 10 chief ministers. The longest-serving and current chief minister, N. Rangasamy from All India N.R. Congress held the office for over thirteen years in multiple tenure. The former Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation M. O. H. Farook has the second-longest tenure and V. Vaithilingam from Indian National Congress has the third-longest tenure. The inaugural holder Édouard Goubert has the shortest tenure (only 1 year, 71 days). There have been seven instances of president's rule in Puducherry, most recently in 2021.
The current incumbent is N. Rangasamy of the All India N.R. Congress since 7 May 2021.
The French settlements in India were in transition period between the de facto transfer day (i.e. 1 November 1954) and the de jure transfer day (i.e. 16 August 1962). In January 1955, The Indian union government by an order renamed these four French settlements in India as State of Pondicherry. [2] : 20 Both these transfer days are official holidays within the UT of Puducherry.
The list of chief counsellors:
The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 that came into force on 1 July 1963 and the state of Pondicherry got converted into the Union territory with effect from the same day. Also, its Representative Assembly was converted into Legislative Assembly.
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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Term of office [7] | Assembly (Election) | Ministry | Appointed by | Political party [lower-alpha 1] (Alliance) | |||
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Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
1 | Edouard Goubert (1894–1979) | Mannadipet | 1 July 1963 | 10 September 1964 | 1 year, 71 days | 1st (1959 election) | Goubert | S. K. Datta | Indian National Congress | ||
2 | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1909–1982) | Nettapakkam | 11 September 1964 | 9 April 1967 [RES] | 2 years, 210 days | 2nd (1964 election) | Reddiar I | S. L. Silam | |||
3 | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) | Karaikal North | 9 April 1967 | 6 March 1968 [RES] | 332 days | Farook I | |||||
(2) | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1909–1982) | Nettapakkam | 6 March 1968 [§] | 17 September 1968 | 195 days | Reddiar II | |||||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 18 September 1968 | 16 March 1969 | 179 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
(3) | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) | Kalapet | 17 March 1969 [§] | 2 January 1974 | 4 years, 291 days | 3rd (1969 election) | Farook II | B. D. Jatti | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 3 January 1974 | 5 March 1974 | 61 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
4 | S. Ramassamy (1939–2017) | Karaikal South | 6 March 1974 | 28 March 1974 | 22 days | 4th (1974 election) | Ramassamy I | Cheddi Lal | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 29 March 1974 | 1 July 1977 | 3 years, 94 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
(4) | S. Ramassamy (1939–2017) | Karaikal South | 2 July 1977 [§] | 12 November 1978 | 1 year, 133 days | 5th (1977 election) | Ramassamy II | B. T. Kulkarni | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 13 November 1978 | 15 January 1980 | 1 year, 63 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
5 | M. D. R. Ramachandran (Unknown) | Mannadipet | 16 January 1980 | 23 June 1983 [NC] | 3 years, 158 days | 6th (1980 election) | Ramachandran I | B. T. Kulkarni | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 24 June 1983 | 15 March 1985 | 1 year, 264 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
(3) | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) | Lawspet | 16 March 1985 [§] | 7 March 1990 | 4 years, 356 days | 7th (1985 election) | Farook III | T. P. Tewary | Indian National Congress | ||
(5) | M. D. R. Ramachandran (Unknown) | Mannadipet | 8 March 1990 [§] | 2 March 1991 [NC] | 359 days | 8th (1990 election) | Ramachandran II | Chandrawati | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 3 March 1991 | 3 July 1991 | 122 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
6 | V. Vaithilingam (1950–) | Nettapakkam | 4 July 1991 | 25 May 1996 | 4 years, 326 days | 9th (1991 election) | Vaithilingam I | Harswarup Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
7 | R. V. Janakiraman (1941–2019) | Nellithope | 26 May 1996 | 21 March 2000 [NC] | 3 years, 300 days | 10th (1996 election) | Janakiraman | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
8 | P. Shanmugam (1927–2013) | Yanam | 22 March 2000 | 23 May 2001 | 1 year, 219 days | Shanmugam I | Rajani Rai | Indian National Congress | |||
24 May 2001 | 27 October 2001 [RES] | 11th (2001 election) | Shanmugam II | ||||||||
9 | N. Rangasamy (1950–) | Thattanchavady | 27 October 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 6 years, 313 days | Rangasamy I | |||||
13 May 2006 | 4 September 2008 [RES] | 12th (2006 election) | Rangasamy II | Madan Mohan Lakhera | |||||||
(6) | V. Vaithilingam (1950–) | Nettapakkam | 4 September 2008 [§] | 15 May 2011 | 2 years, 253 days | Vaithilingam II | Govind Singh Gurjar | ||||
(9) | N. Rangasamy (1950–) | Kadirkamam | 16 May 2011 [§] | 5 June 2016 | 5 years, 20 days | 13th (2011 election) | Rangasamy III | Iqbal Singh | All India N.R. Congress | ||
10 | V. Narayanasamy (1947–) | Nellithope | 6 June 2016 | 22 February 2021 [NC] | 4 years, 261 days | 14th (2016 election) | Narayanasamy | Kiran Bedi | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) | ||
– | Vacant ( President's rule ) | N/A | 23 February 2021 | 6 May 2021 | 72 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | ||
(9) | N. Rangasamy (1950–) | Thattanchavady | 7 May 2021 [§] | Incumbent | 2 years, 279 days | 15th (2021 election) | Rangasamy IV | Tamilisai Soundararajan | All India N.R. Congress (National Democratic Alliance) |
Puducherry, also known as Pondicherry, is a union territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts. It was formed out of four territories of former French India, namely Pondichéry, Karikal (Karaikal), Mahé and Yanaon, excluding Chandannagar (Chandernagore), and it is named after the largest district, Puducherry, which was also the capital of French India. Historically known as Pondicherry, the territory changed its official name to Puducherry on 1 October 2006.
Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy is an Indian politician who is the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He previously served as last Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 2001 to 2006 and first Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2006 to 2008 as a member of the Indian National Congress and then from 2011 to 2016 as a member of his own party, the All India N.R. Congress. He holds the record of becoming Chief Minister within three months after creating his own party. He also holds concessive record of becoming Chief Minister of Puducherry for fourth time.
Édouard Goubert was mayor and first chief minister of Pondicherry between 1 July 1963 and 11 September 1964. Initially a strongly pro-French leader, he later shifted towards the pro-merger Indian National Congress, which ultimately became the death knell for the sovereignty of France's comptoirs in India. He and Lambert Saravane founded the French India Socialist Party in July 1947.
The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India, only three have legislatures and they are Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. After delimitation shortly after its formation, the Puducherry legislative assembly has 33 seats, of which 5 are reserved for candidates from scheduled castes and 3 members are nominated by the Government of India. 30 out of 33 Members are elected directly by the people on the basis of universal adult franchise and the remaining three are nominated by the central government. These nominated members enjoy same powers as elected members of the assembly.
The Coup d'état of Yanaon (Yanam) was a tense but ultimately non-lethal political coup at Yanam, India, in 1954. It occurred as India and France held ongoing negotiations regarding the future of French settlements in India. Yanam, along with Pondicherry, Karikal, and Mahé, was one of four small French colonial enclaves remaining in India after its 1947 independence from Britain. Though widely separated along both of India's coasts, the towns were collectively known as Pondicherry [Fr: Pondichéry; mod. India: Puducherry], after the largest of the settlements.
The City of Puducherry on the southeast coast of India does not have a recorded history from antiquity. Puducherry has history recorded only after the advent of the colonial powers such as the Dutch, Portuguese, English and the French. Nearby places such as Arikanmedu, Kakayanthoppe, Villianur, and Bahur, which were annexed by the French East India Company over a period of time and became the Union Territory of Puducherry after Independence, have written histories that predate the colonial era.
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Varadarajulu Kailasa Subbiah was an Indian communist politician from Pondicherry. Subbiah was the secretary of the Communist Party of French India. He is regarded as the founder of the trade union movement in the union territory. Subbiah was one of the 'Tamrapatra awardees', awarded the decoration for their role in the Indian freedom struggle.
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place on 23 August 1964 to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory. The elections marked the end of the rule of Edouard Goubert in Pondicherry.
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. So. the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly along with 16 municipal councils were held in 1955 from July 18 to 23 for 39 constituencies to constitute First Pondicherry Representative Assembly. The election were held on the basis of adult franchise under the State of Pondicherry Order, 1955 which prescribed the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections, more or less on the pattern adopted in the Indian Union. The elections were conducted under supervision of the Election commissioner Mr. Sukumar Sen and heavy polling was reported during the elections.
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, second general elections were held in August 1959 to constitute Second Pondicherry Representative Assembly.
After the merger of French settlements into an Indian union, a new assembly, named the Pondicherry Representative Assembly, was created by the government of India. After the "de facto transfer day" of 1 October 1954, before 16 August 1962 also referred to as "de-jure transfer day". During this transition period, general elections to the representative assembly were held in 1955 and 1959. After the de-jure transfer day, legal integration of French settlements into the Indian Union was complete. However, this assembly, like its predecessor, was advisory in its role, which led to frequent contention between the popular government and the chief commissioner.
The Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the Legislative Assembly on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963. All the 39 members who were elected by 1959 were deemed to have been elected to the First Assembly of PondicherryPremière Assemblée de Pondichéry.
The Second Representative Assembly of PondicherryDeuxième Assemblée Représentative de Pondichéry succeeded the First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and its ally in the 1959 assembly election held between 11 and 14 August 1959.
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. In January 1955, The Indian union government renamed the French settlements in India as State of Pondicherry by passing an order. The previous assembly that was elected during French rule was dissolved on 13 June 1955 and the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly were held in next month from 18 to 23 July for 39 constituencies. The election were held on the basis of adult franchise under the State of Pondicherry Order, 1955 which prescribed the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections, more or less on the pattern adopted in the Indian Union.
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place in May 2006 to constitute the Twelfth Assembly of Pondicherry. The UPA alliance comprising Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Communist Party of India has won and N. Rangasamy of Congress got elected as chief minister.
Moti K. Kripalani, ICS, was an Indian civil servant who went to serve as Chief commissioner of Ajmer and Pondicherry.