Chief Minister of Gujaratમુખ્યમંત્રી ગુજરાત गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्रीEmblem of GujaratIncumbentBhupendrabhai Patelsince 13 September 2021Government of GujaratStyleThe HonourableStatusHead of GovernmentAbbreviationCMMember ofGujarat Legislative Assembly& Gujarat Council of MinistersResidenceBungalow No. 26, Ministers’ Encle, Sector-20, GandhinagarAppointerGovernor of GujaratTerm length5 years subject to the confidence of the assembly.[1]No term limitsInaugural holderJivraj Narayan MehtaFormation1 May 1960(65 years ago) (1960-05-01)DeputyDeputy Chief Minister of GujaratWebsitehttp://cmogujarat.gov.in/
The chief minister of Gujarat is the chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits, given that he has the confidence of the assembly.[1]Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.
The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State following the Mahagujarat Movement.[2] Jivraj Narayan Mehta of the INC was the inaugural chief minister. Narendra Modi of the BJP is the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14th prime minister of India. He was succeeded by Anandiben Patel who became the state's first woman chief minister. The current chief minister is Bhupendrabhai Patel of the BJP. He was elected for the post following the resignation of then incumbent Vijay Rupani, who was in office since 7 August 2016.[3]
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Indian National Congress Indian National Congress (Urs) Indian Congress (Socialist) Shiv Sena Bharatiya Janata Party N/A (President's rule) List of chief ministers[edit] † Died in office § Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term # Portrait Chief Minister(Birth-Death)Constituency Election Term of office Political party Ministry From To Period 1 Jivraj Narayan Mehta(1887–1978)MLA for Amreli 1957(1st/Interim) 1 May 1960 25 February 1963 2 years, 300 days Indian National Congress Jivraj 2 Balwantrai Mehta(1900–1965)MLA for Bhnagar 1962(2nd) 25 February 1963 19 September 1965[†] 2 years, 206 days Balwantrai 3 Hitendra Desai(1915–1993)MLA for Olpad 19 September 1965 13 May 1971 5 years, 236 days Desai I 1967(3rd) Desai II Indian National Congress (O) Position vacant (13 May 1971 – 17 March 1972)President's rule was imposed during this period[a] 4 Ghanshyam Oza(1911–2002MLA for Dahegam 1972(4th) 17 March 1972 17 July 1973 1 year, 122 days Indian National Congress Oza 5 Chimanbhai Patel(1929–1974)MLA for Sankheda 17 July 1973 9 February 1974 207 days Chimanbhai I Position vacant (9 February 1974 – 18 June 1975)President's rule was imposed during this period[a] 6 Babubhai J. Patel(1911–2002)MLA for Sabarmati 1975(5th) 18 June 1975 12 March 1976 268 days Indian National Congress (O) Babubhai I Position vacant (12 March – 24 December 1976)President's rule was imposed during this period[a] 7 Madhsinh Solanki(1927–2021)MLA for Bhadran –(5th) 24 December 1976 11 April 1977 108 days Indian National Congress Solanki I (6) Babubhai J. Patel(1911–2002)MLA for Sabarmati 11 April 1977[§] 17 February 1980 2 years, 312 days Janata Party Babubhai II Position vacant (17 February – 7 June 1980)President's rule was imposed during this period[a] (7) Madhsinh Solanki(1927–2021)MLA for Bhadran 1980(6th) 7 June 1980[§] 6 July 1985 5 years, 29 days Indian National Congress Solanki II 1985(7th) Solanki III 8 Amarsinh Chaudhary(1941–2004)MLA for Vyara 6 July 1985 10 December 1989 4 years, 157 days Chaudhary (7) Madhsinh Solanki(1927–2021)MLA for Bhadran 10 December 1989[§] 4 March 1990 84 days Solanki IV (5) Chimanbhai Patel(1929–1974)MLA for Sankheda 1990(8th) 4 March 1990[§] 17 February 1994[†] 3 years, 350 days Janata Dal Chimanbhai II Indian National Congress 9 Chhabildas Mehta(1925–2008)MLA for Mahuva 17 February 1994 14 March 1995 1 year, 25 days Chhabildas 10 Keshubhai Patel(1928–2020)MLA for Visadar 1995(9th) 14 March 1995 21 October 1995 221 days Bharatiya Janata Party Keshubhai I 11 Suresh Mehta(born 1936)MLA for Mandvi 21 October 1995 19 September 1996 334 days Suresh Position vacant (19 September – 23 October 1996)President's rule was imposed during this period[a] 12 Shankersinh Vaghela(born 1940)MLA for Radhanpur –(9th) 23 October 1996 28 October 1997 1 year, 5 days Rashtriya Janata Party Vaghela 13 Dilip Parikh(1937–2019)MLA for Dhandhuka 28 October 1997 4 March 1998 127 days Parikh (10) Keshubhai Patel(1928–2020)MLA for Visadar 1998(10th) 4 March 1998[§] 7 October 2001 3 years, 217 days Bharatiya Janata Party Keshubhai II 14 Narendra Modi(born 1950)MLA for Rajkot West, until 2002MLA for Maninagar, from 2002 7 October 2001 22 May 2014 12 years, 227 days Modi I 2002(11th) Modi II 2007(12th) Modi III 2012(13th) Modi IV 15 Anandiben Patel(born 1941)MLA for Ghatlodia 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 2 years, 77 days Anandiben 16 Vijay Rupani(1956–2025)MLA for Rajkot West 7 August 2016 13 September 2021 5 years, 37 days Rupani I 2017(14th) Rupani II 17 Bhupendrabhai Patel(born 1962)MLA for Ghatlodia Assembly constituency 13 September 2021 Incumbent 4 years, 106 days Bhupendrabhai I 2022(15th) Bhupendrabhai II Statistics[edit] Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of September 2025) Bharatiya Janata Party (43.7%) Indian National Congress (40.1%) Janata Party (4.42%) Indian National Congress (O) (3.46%) Rashtriya Janata Party (2.11%) Janata Dal (1.00%) President's Rule (5.25%) List by chief minister[edit] # Chief Minister Party Term of office Longest continuous term Total duration of chief ministership 1 Narendra Modi BJP 12 years, 227 days 12 years, 227 days 2 Hitendra Desai INC/INC(O) 5 years, 236 days 5 years, 236 days 3 Madh Singh Solanki INC 5 years, 29 days 5 years, 221 days 4 Vijay Rupani BJP 5 years, 37 days 5 years, 37 days 5 Chimanbhai Patel INC 3 years, 350 days 4 years, 192 days 6 Amarsinh Chaudhary INC/JD 4 years, 157 days 4 years, 157 days 7 Bhupendrabhai Patel* BJP 4 years, 106 days* 4 years, 106 days* 8 Keshubhai Patel BJP 3 years, 217 days 4 years, 73 days 9 Chimanbhai Patel INC(O)/JP 2 years, 312 days 3 years, 215 days 10 Jivraj Mehta INC 2 years, 300 days 2 years, 300 days 11 Balwantrai Mehta INC 2 years, 206 days 2 years, 206 days 12 Anandiben Patel BJP 2 years, 77 days 2 years, 77 days 13 Ghanshyam Oza INC 1 year, 122 days 1 year, 122 days 14 Chhabildas Mehta INC 1 year, 25 days 1 year, 25 days 15 Shankersinh Vaghela RJP 1 year, 5 days 1 year, 5 days 16 Suresh Mehta BJP 334 days 334 days 17 Dilip Parikh RJP 188 days 188 days Timeline[edit] Notes[edit] Footnotes ^ a b c d e President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4] References ^ a b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Gujarat as well. ^ "Gujarat". Government of India. Retrieved 16 January 2008. ^ Sep 11, TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated. "Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani submits resignation | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2021. {{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. 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