Hemananda Biswal was elected as the chief minister of Orissa 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.
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. Shri Biswal resigned on 5 March 2000 following Cong's defeat in 2000 Orissa Assembly election.
Council of Ministers +SourcePortfolioPortraitNameTenureParty Chief Minister Home General Administration Steel & Mines Science & Technology Other departments not allocated to any Minister.Hemananda Biswal6 December 19995 March 2000 Panchayati Raj Law7 February 2000Cabinet Minister Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary Affairs Basanta Kumar Biswal6 December 19995 March 2000 Revenue Youth Services Jagannath Patnaik6 December 19995 March 2000Rural Development Planning & CoordinationKahnu Charan Lenka9 December 19995 March 2000 Health & Family Welfare Kishore Chandra Patel9 December 19995 March 2000 Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Gajadhar Majhi9 December 19995 March 2000 Labour & Employment Public Enterprises Durga Shankar Pattanayak9 December 19995 March 2000 Forest Environment Netrananda Mallick9 December 19995 March 2000 Energy Niranjan Patnaik9 December 19995 March 2000 Finance Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty9 December 19995 March 2000 Urban Development Information & Public RelationsBhupinder Singh9 December 19995 March 2000 Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration Sk. Matlub Ali9 December 19995 March 2000 Panchayati Raj Law Raghunath Patnaik9 December 19997 February 2000 Women & Child Development Saraswati Hembram9 December 19995 March 2000Minister of State with Independent Charges Industries Amarnath Pradhan9 December 19995 March 2000 School & Mass Education Nabin Chandra Narayan Das 9 December 19995 March 2000 Commerce and Transport Prakash Chandra Debata9 December 19995 March 2000 Works Housing Jayadev Jena9 December 19995 March 2000 Textiles & Handlooms Bijayalaxmi Sahoo9 December 19995 March 2000 Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Mohan Nag9 December 19995 March 2000 Excise Suresh Kumar Routray9 December 19995 March 2000 Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Haladhar Karjee9 December 19995 March 2000Minister of State Health & Family Welfare Usha Rani Panda9 December 19995 March 2000 Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration Ganeswar Behera9 December 19995 March 2000 Panchayati Raj Padma Lochan Panda9 December 19995 March 2000 Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes WelfareParama Pujari9 December 19995 March 2000 Culture Youth ServicesPrasad Kumar Harichandan9 December 19995 March 2000 Urban Development Tourism Ramakanta Mishra9 December 19995 March 2000 Energy Sports Ripunath Seth9 December 19995 March 2000 Rural Development Surendra Singh Bhoi9 December 19995 March 2000 Science & Technology Debendranath Mansingh11 December 19995 March 2000
Demographics Division District Ministers Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State Northern Angul 1 –Amarnath Pradhan Balangir 1 – Surendra Singh Bhoi Bargarh 3 – Prakash Chandra DebataMohan NagRipunath Seth Dhenkanal 1 – Nabin Chandra Narayan Das Deogarh 0 – – Jharsuguda 1 Hemananda Biswal (Chief Minister) – Keonjhar 2 Niranjan Patnaik Jayadev Jena Subarnapur 0 – – Sambalpur 1 Durga Shankar Pattanayak – Sundergarh 2 Kishore Chandra PatelGajadhar Majhi – Central Balasore 1 – Padma Lochan Panda Bhadrak 1 Netrananda Mallick – Cuttack 3 Kahnu Charan LenkaSk. Matlub Ali Bijayalaxmi Sahoo Jagatsinghpur 1 Basanta Kumar Biswal – Jajpur 0 – – Khorda 2 – Suresh Kumar RoutrayDebendranath Mansingh Kendrapara 2 Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty Ganeswar Behera Mayurbhanj 1 Saraswati Hembram – Nayagarh 1 – Ramakanta Mishra Puri 1 – Prasad Kumar Harichandan Southern Boudh 0 – – Gajapati 1 – Haladhar Karjee Ganjam 1 – Usha Rani Panda Kalahandi 1 Bhupinder Singh – Kandhamal 0 – – Koraput 1 Raghunath Patnaik – Malkangiri 0 – – Nabarangpur 1 – Parama Pujari Nuapada 1 Jagannath Patnaik – Rayagada 0 – – See also First Hemananda Biswal ministry Chief Minister of Orissa
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