Chief Minister of Odisha

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The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor 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] Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.^[2]

Brief History

On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government formed under Prime ministership of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July 1937. Thereafter the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took over the charge of Prime minister for two more years. Again Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati took the charge before he finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946.

After India got its independence under the new framework the Prime Minister or Premier position of provincial governments got abolished and the position of chief minister was created in 1950. Until the first election after independence, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over by Nabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief ministers of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving from 2000 till 2024, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal was the longest-serving chief minister in Odisha's history (He also the 1st never INC associated member to occupy the post). The current chief minister of Odisha since 12 June 2024 is Mohan Charan Majhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Oath of office and secrecy

Before entering office, the Chief Minister takes the oaths of office and secrecy before the Governor in accordance with the Third Schedule to the Constitution of India.

Oath of office

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Oath of secrecy

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ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଭାବରେ ଶପଥ

ପଦ ଗ୍ରହଣ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ରାଜ୍ୟପାଳଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ଭାରତର ସମ୍ବିଧାନର ତୃତୀୟ ଅନୁସୂଚି ଅନୁଯାୟୀ ପଦବୀ ଓ ଗୋପନୀୟତାର ଶପଥ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରନ୍ତି।

ପଦବୀର ଶପଥ

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ଗୋପନୀୟତାର ଶପଥ

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Prime Ministers of Orissa Province

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Parties

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	Name Template:Small	Term of office Electoral mandates Time in office		Appointer Template:Small	Political party of PM	Government
1	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Template:Small	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
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2	Bishwanath Das Template:Small	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small 1939	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
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(1)	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Template:Small	Template:Small 1941	Template:Small 1944	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
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3	Harekrushna Mahatab Template:Small	Template:Small 1946	Template:Small 1950	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
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Chief Ministers of Odisha

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No.		Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office Electoral mandates Time in office		Appointer Template:Small	Political party of CM	Government
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	1		Harekrushna Mahatab Template:Small	Template:Small 1950	Template:Small 1950	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1946
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				2		Nabakrushna Choudhuri Template:Small	Template:Small 1950	Template:Small 1956	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1952
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		(1)				Harekrushna Mahatab Template:Small	Template:Small 1956	Template:Small 1961	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1957
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Position vacant (25 February 1961 – 23 June 1961) President's rule was imposed during this period Template:Small
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				3		Biju Patnaik Template:Small	Template:Small 1961	Template:Small 1963	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1961
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	4	File:Biren-Mitra.jpg	Biren Mitra Template:Small			Template:Small 1963	Template:Small 1965	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1961
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				5	File:Sadasiva-Tripathy.jpg	Sadashiva Tripathy Template:Small	Template:Small 1965	Template:Small 1967	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1961
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		6	File:RNS-Deo.jpg			Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Template:Small	Template:Small 1967	Template:Small 1971	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1967
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Position vacant (9 January 1971 – 3 April 1971) President's rule was imposed during this period Template:Small
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				7	Error creating thumbnail:	Bishwanath Das Template:Small	Template:Small 1971	Template:Small 1972	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1971
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	8	File:Nandini-Satapathy.jpg	Nandini Satpathy Template:Small			Template:Small 1972	Template:Small 1973	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1971
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Position vacant (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) President's rule was imposed during this period Template:Small
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color " \|				(8)	File:Nandini-Satapathy.jpg	Nandini Satpathy Template:Small	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small 1976	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1974
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Position vacant (16 December 1976 – 29 December 1976) President's rule was imposed during this period Template:Small
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		9	File:Binayak Acharya.jpg			Binayak Acharya Template:Small	Template:Small 1976	Template:Small 1977	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1974
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Position vacant (30 April 1977 – 26 June 1977) President's rule was imposed during this period Template:Small
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				10	File:NilamaniRautray.jpg	Nilamani Routray Template:Small	Template:Small 1977	Template:Small 1980	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1977
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Position vacant (17 February 1980 – 9 June 1980) President's rule was imposed during this period Template:Small
rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	11	File:J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Template:Small			Template:Small 1980	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1980 1985
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				12	File:Hemananda Biswal.jpg	Hemananda Biswal Template:Small	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small 1990	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1985
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		(3)	Error creating thumbnail:			Biju Patnaik Template:Small	Template:Small 1990	Template:Small 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1990
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				(11)	File:J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Template:Small	Template:Small 1995	Template:Small 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1995
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	13	File:Giridhar Gamang.jpg	Giridhar Gamang Template:Small			Template:Small 1999	Template:Small 1999	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1995
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				(12)	File:Hemananda Biswal.jpg	Hemananda Biswal Template:Small	Template:Small 1999	Template:Small 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
1995
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		14	File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg			Naveen Patnaik Template:Small	Template:Small 2000	Template:Small 2024	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
2000, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019
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rowspan="4" style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|				15	File:Shri Mohan Charan Majhi.jpg	Mohan Charan Majhi Template:Small	Template:Small 2024	Incumbent	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
2024
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Statistics

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#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
#	Chief Minister	Party		Longest tenure	Total tenure
1	Naveen Patnaik	Template:Party name with color	24 years, 99 days	24 years, 99 days
2	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Template:Party name with color	9 years, 181 days	13 years, 155 days
3	Harekrushna Mahatab	Template:Party name with color	4 years, 129 days	8 years, 148 days
4	Biju Patnaik		Janata Dal/INC	5 years, 10 days	7 years, 111 days
5	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Template:Party name with color	6 years, 160 days	6 years, 160 days
6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Template:Party name with color	3 years, 307 days	3 years, 307 days
7	Bishwanath Das		IND/INC	2 years, 110 days	3 years, 182 days
8	Nandini Satpathy		INC (R)	2 years, 285 days	3 years, 182 days
9	Krushna Chandra Gajapati		National Party	2 years, 219 days	2 years, 328 days
10	Nilamani Routray	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 236 days	2 years, 236 days
11	Sadashiva Tripathy	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 15 days	2 years, 15 days
12	Mohan Charan Majhi	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
13	Biren Mitra	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 142 days	1 year, 142 days
14	Giridhar Gamang	Template:Party name with color	292 days	292 days
15	Hemananda Biswal	Template:Party name with color	90 days	178 days
16	Binayak Acharya		INC (R)	122 days	122 days

Timeline

Timeline of Odisha chief ministers

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Lifespan of Chief Ministers

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References

↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. Template:ISBN. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Odisha as well.
↑ https://apuat21.cgg.gov.in/web/legislative-assembly/leader-of-the-house

External links

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Chief Minister of Odisha

Contents

Brief History

Oath of office and secrecy

Oath of office

Oath of secrecy

ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଭାବରେ ଶପଥ

ପଦବୀର ଶପଥ

ଗୋପନୀୟତାର ଶପଥ

Prime Ministers of Orissa Province

Chief Ministers of Odisha

Statistics

Timeline

Lifespan of Chief Ministers

See also

References

External links