Odisha Chief Ministers List Since Independence

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Since independence (then Orissa) had 14 chief ministers. The current Odisha chief minister is Naveen Patnaik from Biju Janata Dal.

Naveen Patnaik is the longest standing chief minister and has been serving the state since 2000.

Here is the full list of chief ministers of Odisha from 1947. The article also contains the list of Prime Ministers of Orissa/ Odisha pre-independence.

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Full List Of Odisha Chief Ministers From 1947 To Present

Find below the full list of Odisha Chief Ministers. The list includes the name of Odisha chief ministers, their tenure and party.

Chief Minister	Constituency	Tenure	Party
Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	15 August 1947 – 12th May 1950	Indian National Congress
Nabakrushna Choudhury	Barchana	12th May 1950 – 19th October 1956	Indian National Congress
Dr Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19th October 1956 – 25th February 1961	Indian National Congress
President’s rule	NA	25th February 1961 – 23rd June 1961	NA
Biju Patnaik	Choudwar	23rd June 1961 – 2nd October 1963	Indian National Congress
Biren Mitra	Cuttack City	2nd October 1963 – 21st February 1965	Indian National Congress
Sada Shiva Tripathy	Omerkote	21st February 1965 – 8th March, 1967	Indian National Congress
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Bolangir	8th March 1967 – 9th January 1971	Swatantra Party
President’s rule	NA	11th January 1971 – 3rd April 1971	NA
Biswanath Das	Rourkela	3rd April 1971 – 14th June 1972	Independent
Nandini Satpathy	Cuttack	14th June 1972 – 3rd March, 1973	Indian National Congress
President’s rule	NA	3rd March 1973 – 6th March, 1974	NA
Nandini Satpathy	Dhenkanal	6th March 1974 – 16th December 1976	Indian National Congress
President’s rule	NA	16th December 1976 – 29th December 1976	NA
Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	29th December, 1976 – 30th April, 1977	Indian National Congress
President’s rule	NA	30th April 1977 – 26th June 1977	NA
Nilamani Routray	Basudevpur	26th June 1977 – 17th February 1980	Janata Party
President’s rule	NA	17th February 1980 – 9th June 1980	NA
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	9th June 1980 – 7th December 1989	Indian National Congress
Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	7th December 1989 – 5th March, 1990	Indian National Congress
Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar	5th March 1990 – 15th March, 1995	Janata Dal
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Begunia	15th March 1995 – 17th February 1999	Indian National Congress
Dr Giridhar Gamang	Laxmipur	17th February 1999 – 6th December 1999	Indian National Congress
Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	6th December 1999 – 5th March, 2000	Indian National Congress
Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	5th March 2000 – 16 May 2004	Biju Janata Dal
Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	16 May 2004 – 21 May 2009	Biju Janata Dal
Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	21 May 2009 – 21 May 2014	Biju Janata Dal
Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	21 May 2014-29 May 2019	Biju Janata Dal
Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	29 May 2019- incumbent	Biju Janata Dal

Read: List Of Indian Prime Ministers From 1947

Chief Ministers Of Orissa/Odisha – Quick Facts

• First chief minister of Odisha: Harekrushna Mahatab from INC.
• Longest-serving Chief Minister of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik. (Over five consecutive terms since 2000)
• First woman Chief Minister of Odisha: Nandini Satpathy
• Odisha Chief Minister with the shortest tenure: Giridhar Gamang (February 17, 1999, to December 6, 1999)
• Only Chief Minister elected to the Lok Sabha while in office: Biren Mitra
• Odisha Chief Ministers who were also writers: Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab and Nandini Satpathy

Prime Ministers Of Orissa/ Odisha

The Prime Minister of Orissa (Now Odisha) was the head of the government of Orissa Province During the British rule.

After the independence the position was dissolved, and the state became a part of the republic of India.

Prime Minister	Tenure	Party	Governer	Viceroy
Krushna Chandra Gajapati	1 April 1937 – 19 July 1937	Independent	John Austen Hubback	The Marquess of Linlithgow
Bishwanath Das	19 July 1937 – 6 November 1939	Indian National Congress	John Austen Hubback, G. T. Boag	The Marquess of Linlithgow
Krushna Chandra Gajapati	24 November 1941- 30 June 1944	Independent	Howthorne Lewis	The Marquess of Linlithgow, The Viscount Wavell
Harekrushna Mahatab	23 April 1946 – 26 January 1950	Indian National Congress	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	The Viscount Wavell, Earl Mountbatten

Source: https://magazines.odisha.gov.in