List of Chief Ministers of Goa

The chief minister of Goa is the head of government of the state of Goa in India. The holder of this position has the same powers and duties as all other chief ministers in Indian states. This position was first held after the late 1963 elections, when Dayanand Bandodkar, a mine-owner, was elected the first chief minister of Goa, by his Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party which narrowly won the elections, in the first elections after the end of Portuguese rule in 1961.

This position continued after 1987, when Goa was separated from the overland territories of Daman and Diu and upgraded from being a Union Territory to being made a State. Chief ministers of Indian states however have more power than those of a Union Territory.

While some chief ministers of Goa have served for several years, others have served for only a few weeks or months. They have come from several different political parties. The position is currently held by Pratapsing Rane, and has been since 7 June 2005 when the state was let go from President's Rule, as the Central rule by the federal government is termed in India (this is imposed when a state government cannot be formed for whatever reason).

The state has been under President's rule four times, from 1966 to 1967, from 1979 to 1980, briefly during 1990, and from March 2005 to June 2005.

List of Chief Ministers of Goa

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Dayanand Bandodkar	20 December 1963	2 December 1966	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
	(President's rule)	2 December 1966	5 April 1967
2	Dayanand Bandodkar [2]	5 April 1967	12 August 1973, died in office	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3	Shashikala Kakodkar	12 August 1973	27 April 1979	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
	(President's rule)	27 April 1979	16 January 1980
4	Pratapsing Rane	16 January 1980	27 March 1990	Indian National Congress (won elections as Congress-U, switched to Congress-I)
5	Churchill Alemao	27 March 1990	14 April 1990	Progressive Democratic Front
6	Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa	14 April 1990	14 December 1990	Progressive Democratic Front
	(President's rule)	14 December 1990	25 January 1991
7	Ravi S. Naik	25 January 1991	18 May 1993	Indian National Congress, after breaking away from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
8	Dr Wilfred de Souza	18 May 1993	2 April 1994	Indian National Congress
9	Ravi S. Naik [2]	2 April 1994	8 April 1994	Indian National Congress, in power for few days following decision of Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh, subsequently the latter was removed from office by New Delhi.
10	Dr Wilfred de Souza [2]	8 April 1994	16 December 1994	Indian National Congress
11	Pratapsing Rane [2]	16 December 1994	30 July 1998	Indian National Congress
12	Dr Wilfred de Souza [3]	30 July 1998	26 November 1998	Goa Rajiv Congress, breakaway group of the INC.
13	Luizinho Faleiro	26 November 1998	9 February 1999	Indian National Congress
	(President's rule)	9 February 1999	9 June 1999
14	Luizinho Faleiro [2]	9 June 1999	24 November 1999	Indian National Congress
15	Francisco Sardinha	24 November 1999	24 October 2000	Goa People's Congress, breakaway group of the INC supported by BJP
16	Manohar Parrikar	24 October 2000	2 February 2005	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Pratapsing Rane [3]	2 February 2005	4 March 2005	Indian National Congress
	(President's rule)	4 March 2005	7 June 2005
18	Pratapsing Rane [4]	7 June 2005	8 June 2007	Indian National Congress
19	Digambar Kamat	8 June 2007	present	Indian National Congress

See also

• Chief Ministers of India

External links

• States of India Since 1947 page, useful info on Goa since 1961, including listings of the lone military governor, lieutenant governors, governors, and chief ministers