Second Hemananda Biswal ministry

Second Hemananda Biswal ministry
25th Ministry of Odisha
1999–2000
Hemananda Biswal Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha
Date formed	6 December 1999
Date dissolved	5 March 2000
People and organisations
Governor	M. M. Rajendran
Chief Minister	Hemananda Biswal
No. of ministers	31
Member parties	INC 81
Status in legislature	Majority 81 / 147 (55%)
Opposition party	BJD
Opposition leader	Satchidananda Dalal
History
Election	1995
Legislature term	90 days
Predecessor	Giridhar Gamang ministry
Successor	First Naveen Patnaik ministry

Hemananda Biswal was elected as the chief minister of Odisha for the second time in 1999 after Giridhar Gamang resigned as chief minister following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Brief History

Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal along with 2 Cabinet Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M. M. Rajendran at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 6 December 1999. On 9 December 1999, 11 Cabinet Ministers, 8 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 8 Ministers of State were sworn into Council of Ministers and again on 11 December 1999, 1 Minister of state was included in the council. ^[4] Mr. Biswal resigned on 5 March 2000 following his party's defeat in 2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. ^[3]

Council of Ministers

Source

Portfolio	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Steel & Mines Science & Technology Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Panchayati Raj Law			7 February 2000			INC
Cabinet Minister
Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary Affairs		Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Revenue Youth Services		Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Rural Development Planning & Coordination		Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Health & Family Welfare		Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Labour & Employment Public Enterprises		Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Forest Environment		Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Energy		Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Finance		Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Urban Development Information & Public Relations		Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Panchayati Raj Law		Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore	9 December 1999	7 February 2000		INC
Women & Child Development		Saraswati Hembram MLA from Khunta	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Industries		Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
School & Mass Education		Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Commerce and Transport		Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Works Housing		Jayadev Jena MLA from Anandapur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Textiles & Handlooms		Bijaya Laxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare		Mohan Nag MLA from Bhatli	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Excise		Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Minister of State
Health & Family Welfare		Usha Rani Panda MLA from Aska	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Ganeswar Behera MLA from Patamundai	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Panchayati Raj		Padma Lochan Panda MLA from Simulia	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Parama Pujari MLA from Umarkote	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Culture Youth Services		Prasad Kumar Harichandan MLA from Satyabadi	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Urban Development Tourism		Ramakanta Mishra MLA from Ranpur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Energy Sports		Ripunath Seth MLA from Bijepur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Rural Development		Surendra Singh Bhoi MLA from Saintala	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Science & Technology		Debendranath Mansingh MLA from Chilika	11 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC

References

1. "Biswal back at the helm after 10 yrs". The Indian Express. 7 December 1999. Archived from the original on 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
2. PTI (31 October 2022). "I am victim of 'super politics', not 1999 Odisha super cyclone: Ex-CM Giridhar Gamang". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
3. Service, Express News (26 February 2022). "Odisha's first tribal CM Hemananda Biswal no more". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
4. "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly . 14 September 2025.