Gamang ministry

Template:Infobox government cabinet Giridhar Gamang was elected as the chief minister of Odisha in february 1999 after Janaki Ballabh Patnaik resigned as chief minister owning moral responsibility for the series of attacks on the minorities in the state. ^[1]^[2]

Brief history

Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang along with 2 Cabinet Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Acting Governor C. Rangarajan at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 17 February 1999. On 22 February 1999, 12 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 7 Ministers of State were sworn into Council of Ministers and on 24 February 1999, another 2 Ministers of State were included in the Council of Ministers.^[3] Shri Gamang resigned on 6 December 1999 following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone.^[4]^[5]

Council of Ministers

Source
Portfolio	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Giridhar Gamang Template:Small	17 February 1999	6 December 2000	Template:Party name with color
Cabinet Minister
Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary Affairs		Basanta Kumar Biswal Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Rural Development Panchayati Raj		Kahnu Charan Lenka Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Labour & Employment Public Enterprises		Durga Shankar Pattanayak Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Energy Health & Family Welfare	File:Niranjan Patnaik.jpg	Niranjan Patnaik Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration	File:Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty.jpg	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Works Urban Development Information & Public Relations	File:Bhupinder Singh.jpg	Bhupinder Singh Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare School & Mass Education	File:Sk. Matlub Ali.jpg	Sk. Matlub Ali Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Finance Law	File:Raghunath Patnaik.jpg	Raghunath Patnaik Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Revenue Fisheries & Animal Resources Development	File:Jagannath Patnaik.jpg	Jagannath Patnaik Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development	File:Gajadhar Majhi.jpg	Gajadhar Majhi Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Tourism Planning & Coordination	File:Netrananda Mallick.jpg	Netrananda Mallick Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Women & Child Development	File:Saraswati Hembram.jpg	Saraswati Hembram Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Transport	File:Prakash Chandra Debata.jpg	Prakash Chandra Debata Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Excise Sports and Youth Affairs	File:Suresh Kumar Routray.jpg	Suresh Kumar Routray Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Commerce	File:Nabin Chandra Narayan Das.jpg	Nabin Chandra Narayan Das Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Textiles & Handlooms	File:Bijayalaxmi Sahoo.jpg	Bijayalaxmi Sahoo Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Steel & Mines	File:Haladhar Karjee.jpg	Haladhar Karjee Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Minister of State
Industries	File:Debendranath Mansingh.jpg	Debendranath Mansingh Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Health & Family Welfare	File:Anantaram Majhi.jpg	Anantaram Majhi Template:Small	22 February 1999	15 March 1999	Template:Party name with color
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development	File:Padmalochan Panda.jpg	Padmalochan Panda Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Urban Development	File:Usha Rani Panda.jpg	Usha Rani Panda Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
School & Mass Education	File:Ripunath Seth.jpg	Ripunath Seth Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Home Science & Technology Culture	File:Prasad Harichandan (cropped).JPG	Prasad Kumar Harichandan Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Forest and Environment	File:Surendra Singh Bhoi.jpg	Surendra Singh Bhoi Template:Small	22 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Rural Development Panchayati Raj	File:Parama Pujari.jpg	Parama Pujari Template:Small	24 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	File:Ganeswar Behera.jpg	Ganeswar Behera Template:Small	24 February 1999	6 December 1999	Template:Party name with color