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Chief Ministers of Gujarat, India

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.^[1]

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 extended for more than 12 years from December 2002 to May 2014, has been the longest serving chief minister. 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 7 August 2016.^[2]

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 of Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency (part of present-day Gujarat).^[3] During the reorganisation of Indian states in 1956, the Saurashtra and Kutch States (part of present-day Gujarat) were added to Bombay State.^[4]

The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State following the Mahagujarat Movement.^[5]

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party[a]
1		Jivraj Mehta	Amreli	1 May 1960	8 March 1962	3 years, 141 days	1st (1957 election)	Indian National Congress
				8 March 1962	19 September 1963		2nd (1962 election)
2		Balwantrai Mehta	Bhavnagar	19 September 1963	19 September 1965	2 years, 0 days
3		Hitendra Desai	Olpad	19 September 1965	3 April 1967	5 years, 236 days
				3 April 1967	12 November 1969		3rd (1967 election)
				12 November 1969	13 May 1971			Indian National Congress (O)
–		Vacant[b] (President’s rule)	N/A	13 May 1971	17 March 1972	309 days	Dissolved	N/A
4		Ghanshyam Oza	Dahegam	17 March 1972	17 July 1973	1 year, 122 days	4th (1972 election)	Indian National Congress
5		Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	17 July 1973	9 February 1974	207 days
–		Vacant[b] (President’s rule)	N/A	9 February 1974	18 June 1975	1 year, 129 days	Dissolved	N/A
6		Babubhai Patel	Sabarmati	18 June 1975	12 March 1976	268 days	5th (1975 election)	Indian National Congress (O)
–		Vacant[b] (President’s rule)	N/A	12 March 1976	24 December 1976	287 days		N/A
7		Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	24 December 1976	11 April 1977	108 days		Indian National Congress
(6)		Babubhai Patel	Sabarmati	11 April 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 312 days		Janata Party
–		Vacant[b] (President’s rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	7 June 1980	111 days		N/A
(7)		Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	7 June 1980	10 March 1985	5 years, 29 days	6th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
				11 March 1985	6 July 1985		7th (1985 election)
8		Amarsinh Chaudhary	Vyara	6 July 1985	10 December 1989	4 years, 157 days
(7)		Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	10 December 1989	4 March 1990	84 days
(5)		Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	4 March 1990	25 October 1990	3 years, 350 days	8th (1990 election)	Janata Dal
				25 October 1990	17 February 1994			Indian National Congress
9		Chhabildas Mehta	Mahuva	17 February 1994	14 March 1995	1 year, 25 days
10		Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	14 March 1995	21 October 1995	221 days	9th (1995 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
11		Suresh Mehta	Mandvi	21 October 1995	19 September 1996	334 days
–		Vacant[b] (President’s rule)	N/A	19 September 1996	23 October 1996	34 days		N/A
12		Shankersinh Vaghela	Radhanpur	23 October 1996	27 October 1997	1 year, 4 days		Rashtriya Janata Party
13		Dilip Parikh	Dhandhuka	27 October 1997	4 March 1998	128 days
(10)		Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	4 March 1998	7 October 2001	3 years, 217 days	10th (1998 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
14		Narendra Modi	Rajkot West	7 October 2001	22 December 2002	12 years, 227 days
			Maninagar	22 December 2002	22 December 2007		11th (2002 election)
				23 December 2007	20 December 2012		12th (2007 election)
				20 December 2012	22 May 2014		13th (2012 election)
15		Anandiben Patel	Ghatlodia	22 May 2014	7 August 2016	2 years, 77 days
16		Vijay Rupani	Rajkot West	7 August 2016	26 December 2017	5 years, 37 days
				26 December 2017	13 September 2021		14th (2017 election)
17		Bhupendrabhai Patel	Ghatlodia	13 September 2021	12 December 2022	4 years, 112 days
				12 December 2022	Incumbent		15th (2022 election)