List of Chief Ministers of Orissa

Orissa province

The province of Orissa was formed on 1 April 1936 by merging parts of Ganjam and Viskhapatnam districts of Madras Presidency with the Oriya speaking districts of the province of Bihar and Orissa. The princely states attached to Bihar and Orissa were brought under the direct rule of the Viceroy of India.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Term[1]	Political party
1	Raja of Paralakhemundi	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	1	Unaffiliated
2	Biswanath Das	19 July 1937	4 November 1939	1	Indian National Congress
3	Kautuk Mitra	29 November 1941	29 June 1944	2	BJP
4	Harekrushna Mahatab	23 April 1946	15 August 1947	1	Indian National Congress

Orissa state

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Term[1]	Political party
1	Harekrushna Mahatab	26 January 1950	12 May 1950	1	Indian National Congress
2	Nabakrushna Choudhury	12 May 1950	15 October 1956	1	Indian National Congress
3	Harekrushna Mahatab	15 October 1956	25 February 1961	2	Indian National Congress
4	Biju Pattanaik	28 June 1961	2 October 1963	1	Indian National Congress
5	Biren Mitra	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1	Indian National Congress
6	Sadashiva Tripathy	2 October 1965	8 March 1967	1	Indian National Congress
7	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	1	Swatantra Party and Orissa Jana Congress
8	Biswanath Das	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1	United Front (Swatantra Party + Utkal Congress + Jharkhand Party)
9	Nandini Satpathy	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	1	Indian National Congress
10	Nandini Satpathy	6 March 1973	16 December 1976	2	Indian National Congress
11	Binayak Acharya	29 December 1976	25 June 1977	1	Indian National Congress
12	Nilamani Routray	25 June 1977	17 February 1980	1	Janata Party
13	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	9 June 1980	7 December 1989	1	Indian National Congress
14	Hemananda Biswal	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	1	Indian National Congress
15	Biju Pattanaik	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	2	Janata Dal
16	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	2	Indian National Congress
17	Giridhar Gamang	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	1	Indian National Congress
18	Hemananda Biswal	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	1	Indian National Congress
19	Naveen Patnaik	5 March 2000	present	3 (3rd term in progress)	Biju Janata Dal

Caste States [1]

See also

• Orissa
• Chief Ministers of India

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period