The Chief Minister of Gujarat is the head of government of the Indian state of Gujarat. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Gujarat is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits.
The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State. Jivraj Narayan Mehta of the Indian National Congress was the inaugural chief minister of the state. Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose term lasted for 12 years, 227 days from October 2001 to May 2014, has been the longest serving chief minister of the state. He resigned to become the 14th prime minister of India, and was succeeded by Anandiben Patel, who was the state's first woman chief minister. The incumbent chief minister is Bhupendrabhai Patel of the BJP since 13 September 2021.
Predecessors Following the Indian Independence in 1947, the province of Bombay was established from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency. The Bombay State was created in 1950 following the adoption of the Constitution of India which included parts of Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency (part of present-day Gujarat). During the reorganisation of Indian states in 1956, the Saurashtra and Kutch States (part of present-day Gujarat) were added to Bombay State.
Prime Minister of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50) NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly (election)Party 1 U. N. Dhebar 15 February 1948 26 January 1950 Interim Indian National Congress
Chief Minister of Saurashtra (1950-56) NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly (election)Party1U. N. Dhebar26 January 195019 December 1954InterimIndian National Congress2nd2Rasiklal Parikh19 December 195431 October 1956
Chief Minister of Bombay (1947-60)
Chief Ministers of Gujarat (1960-present) The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State following the Mahagujarat Movement.
NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly (election)Party1Jivraj MehtaAmreli1 May 19608 March 19621st(1957 election)Indian National Congress8 March 196219 September 19632nd(1962 election) 2Balwantrai MehtaBhavnagar19 September 196319 September 19653Hitendra DesaiOlpad19 September 19653 April 19673 April 196712 November 19693rd(1967 election)12 November 196913 May 1971Indian National Congress (O)–Vacant(President's rule)N/A13 May 197117 March 1972DissolvedN/A4Ghanshyam OzaDahegam17 March 197217 July 19734th(1972 election)Indian National Congress5Chimanbhai PatelSankheda17 July 19739 February 1974–Vacant(President's rule)N/A9 February 197418 June 1975DissolvedN/A6Babubhai PatelSabarmati18 June 197512 March 19765th(1975 election)Indian National Congress (O)–Vacant(President's rule)N/A12 March 197624 December 1976N/A7Madhav Singh SolankiBhadran24 December 197611 April 1977Indian National Congress(6)Babubhai PatelSabarmati11 April 197717 February 1980Janata Party–Vacant(President's rule)N/A17 February 19807 June 1980N/A(7)Madhav Singh SolankiBhadran7 June 198010 March 19856th(1980 election)Indian National Congress11 March 19856 July 19857th (1985 election)8Amarsinh ChaudharyVyara6 July 198510 December 1989(7)Madhav Singh SolankiBhadran10 December 19894 March 1990(5)Chimanbhai PatelSankheda4 March 199025 October 19908th(1990 election)Janata Dal25 October 199017 February 1994Indian National Congress9Chhabildas MehtaMahuva17 February 199414 March 199510Keshubhai PatelVisavadar14 March 199521 October 19959th(1995 election)Bharatiya Janata Party11 Suresh MehtaMandvi21 October 199519 September 1996–Vacant(President's rule)N/A19 September 199623 October 1996N/A12Shankersinh VaghelaRadhanpur23 October 199627 October 1997Rashtriya Janata Party13Dilip ParikhDhandhuka27 October 19974 March 1998(10)Keshubhai PatelVisavadar4 March 19987 October 200110th(1998 election)Bharatiya Janata Party14Narendra ModiRajkot West7 October 200122 December 2002Maninagar22 December 200222 December 200711th(2002 election)23 December 200720 December 201212th(2007 election)20 December 201222 May 201413th(2012 election)15Anandiben PatelGhatlodia22 May 20147 August 201616Vijay RupaniRajkot West7 August 201626 December 201726 December 201713 September 202114th(2017 election)17Bhupendrabhai PatelGhatlodia13 September 202112 December 202212 December 2022Incumbent15th(2022 election)
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List by chief minister #Chief MinisterPartyTerm of office Longest tenure Total tenure 1 Narendra Modi 2 Hitendra Desai /INC(O) 3 Madhav Singh Solanki 5 years, 221 days 4 Vijay Rupani 5 Bhupendrabhai Patel 6 Chimanbhai Patel 4 years, 192 days 7 Amarsinh Chaudhary 8 Keshubhai Patel 4 years, 73 days 9 Babubhai Patel /INC (O) 3 years, 215 days 10 Jivraj Mehta 11 Anandiben Patel 12Balwantrai Mehta 13 Ghanshyam Oza 14 Chhabildas Mehta 15 Shankersinh Vaghela 16 Suresh Mehta 17 Dilip Parikh
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