List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat & Their Service Periods

Check out the List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat given in detail. You will find a List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat & Their Service Periods along with interesting facts about the CM of Gujarat.

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List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat

A Chief Minister of a state is the executive head of the state. Therefore, the chief minister of Gujarat is the executive head of the state of Gujarat. The Chief Minister of Gujarat is appointed by the Governor of Gujarat. The term of the chief minister of Gujarat is 5 years. Since the creation of the state of Gujarat in 1960 which was composed of Gujarati-speaking people has witnessed 17 Chief Ministers. The Current Chief Minister of India is Bhupendrabhai Patel.

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List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat & Their Service Periods

In the following table, the candidates will find a detailed list of Chief Ministers of Gujarat. They will find other essential information such as their term of office as well. Check out the following table carefully.

No	Name	Term of office		Assembly (election)
1	Jivraj Narayan Mehta	1st May 1960	3rd March 1962	1st/Interim (1957 election)
1	Jivraj Narayan Mehta	3rd March 1962	25th February 1963	2nd (1962 election)
2	Balwantrai Mehta	25th February 1963	19th September 1965
3	Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai	19th September 1965	3rd April 1967
3	Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai	3rd April 1967	12th May 1971	3rd (1967 election)
–	Vacant (President’s rule)	13th May 1971	17th March 1972	Dissolved
4	Ghanshyam Oza	17th March 1972	17th July 1973	4th (1972 election)
5	Chimanbhai Patel	17th July 1973	9th February 1974	4th (1972 election)
–	Vacant (President’s rule)	9th February 1974	18th June 1975	Dissolved
6	Babubhai Patel	18th June 1975	12th March 1976	5th (1975 election)
–	Vacant (President’s rule)	12th March 1976	24th December 1976
7	Madhav Singh Solanki	24th December 1976	10th April 1977
(6)	Babbhai Patel	11th April 1977	17th February 1980
–	Vacant (President’s rule)	17th February 1980	6th June 1980
(7)	Madhav Singh Solanki	7th June 1980	10th March 1985	6th (1980 election)
(7)	Madhav Singh Solanki	11th March 1985	6th July 1985	7th (1985 election)
8	Amarsinh Chaudhary	6th July 1985	9th December 1989
(7)	Madhav Singh Solanki	10th December 1989	3rd March 1990
(5)	Chimanbhai Patel	4th March 1990	25th October 1990	8th (1990 election)
(5)	Chimanbhai Patel	25th October 1990	17th February 1994
9	Chhabildas Mehta	17th February 1994	13th March 1995
10	Keshubhai Patel	14th March 1995	21st October 1995	9th (1995 election)
11	Suresh Mehta	21st October 1995	19th September 1996
–	Vacant (President’s rule)	19th September 1996	23rd October 1996
12	Shankersinh Vaghela	23rd October 1996	27th October 1997
13	Dilip Parikh	28th October 1997	4th March 1998
(10)	Keshubhai Patel	4th March 1998	6th October 2001	10th (1998 election)
14	Narendra Modi	7th October 2001	22nd December 2002	10th (1998 election)
		22nd December 2002	22nd December 2007	11th (2002 election)
		23rd December 2007	20th December 2012	12th (2007 election)
		20th December 2012	22nd May 2014	13th (2012 election)
15	Anandiben Patel	22nd May 2014	7th August 2016
16	Vijay Rupani	7th August 2016	26th December 2017
16	Vijay Rupani	26th December 2017	13th September 2021	14th (2017 election)
17	Bhupendrabhai Patel	13th September 2021	Incumbent	14th (2017 election)

List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat- Facts

Here are some interesting facts about the Chief Ministers of Gujarat.

Narendra Modi is the longest-serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 7th October 2001 to 22nd May 2014.
Suresh Mehta served the shortest term of 334 days from 21st October 1995 to 19 September 1996.
Anandiben Patel was the first Women Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Jivraj Narayan Mehta was the first Chief Minister of Gujarat and his term lasted from 1 May 1960 to 25 February 1963.

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