Giridhar Gamang was elected as the chief minister of Orissa 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.
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. Shri Gamang resigned on 6 December 1999 following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone.
Council of Ministers +SourcePortfolioPortraitNameTenureParty Chief Minister Home General Administration Other departments not allocated to any Minister.Giridhar Gamang17 February 19996 December 2000Cabinet Minister Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary AffairsBasanta Kumar Biswal22 February 19996 December 1999Rural Development Panchayati Raj Kahnu Charan Lenka22 February 19996 December 1999 Labour & Employment Public Enterprises Durga Shankar Pattanayak22 February 19996 December 1999 Energy Health & Family Welfare Niranjan Patnaik22 February 19996 December 1999 Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty22 February 19996 December 1999 Works Urban Development Information & Public RelationsBhupinder Singh22 February 19996 December 1999 Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare School & Mass Education Sk. Matlub Ali22 February 19996 December 1999 Finance Law Raghunath Patnaik22 February 19996 December 1999 Revenue Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Jagannath Patnaik22 February 19996 December 1999 Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Gajadhar Majhi22 February 19996 December 1999 Tourism Planning & Coordination Netrananda Mallick22 February 19996 December 1999 Women & Child Development Saraswati Hembram22 February 19996 December 1999Minister of State with Independent Charges Transport Prakash Chandra Debata22 February 19996 December 1999 Excise Sports and Youth Affairs Suresh Kumar Routray22 February 19996 December 1999 Commerce Nabin Chandra Narayan Das 22 February 19996 December 1999 Textiles & Handlooms Bijayalaxmi Sahoo22 February 19996 December 1999 Steel & Mines Haladhar Karjee22 February 19996 December 1999Minister of State Industries Debendranath Mansingh22 February 19996 December 1999 Health & Family Welfare Anantaram Majhi22 February 199915 March 1999 Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Padmalochan Panda22 February 19996 December 1999 Urban Development Usha Rani Panda22 February 19996 December 1999 School & Mass Education Ripunath Seth22 February 19996 December 1999 Home Science & Technology CulturePrasad Kumar Harichandan22 February 19996 December 1999Forest and Environment Surendra Singh Bhoi22 February 19996 December 1999Rural Development Panchayati Raj Parama Pujari24 February 19996 December 1999 Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Ganeswar Behera24 February 19996 December 1999
Demographics Division District Ministers Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State Northern Angul 1 – – Balangir 1 – Surendra Singh Bhoi Bargarh 2 – Prakash Chandra DebataRipunath Seth Dhenkanal 1 – Nabin Chandra Narayan Das Deogarh 0 – – Jharsuguda 0– – Keonjhar 1 Niranjan Patnaik – 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 3 Giridhar Gamang (Chief Minister)Raghunath Patnaik Anantaram Majhi Malkangiri 0 – – Nabarangpur 1 – Parama Pujari Nuapada 1 Jagannath Patnaik – Rayagada 0 – – References