List of Chief Ministers of Odisha
Chief Ministers of Odisha
Notes This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

List of Chief Ministers of Odisha

Section Title: Chief Ministers of Odisha
Table Section Text: Notes This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

No	Name	Portrait	Term of office	Party	Days in office

1	Harekrushna Mahatab	-	23 April 1946	12 May 1950	Indian National Congress	1002 days

2	Nabakrushna Choudhury MLA for Barchana	-	12 May 1950	20 Feb 1952	2352 days

20 Feb 1952	19 Oct 1956

(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab MLA for Soro	-	19 October 1956	6 Apr 1957	1591 days (Total 2593 days)

6 Apr 1957	22 May 1959

22 May 1959	25 Feb 1961

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	25 February 1961	23 June 1961	N/A

3	Biju Patnaik MLA for Choudwar	-	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	Indian National Congress	832 days

4	Biren Mitra MLA for Cuttack City	-	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	509 days

5	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA for Omerkote	-	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	746 days

6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA for Bolangir	-	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	Swatantra Party	1403 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	11 January 1971	3 April 1971	N/A

7	Biswanath Das MLA for Rourkela	-	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	Independent	439 days

8	Nandini Satpathy	-	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	Indian National Congress	263 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	3 March 1973	6 March 1974	N/A

(8)	Nandini Satpathy MLA for Dhenkanal	-	6 March 1974	16 December 1976	Indian National Congress	1016 days (Total 1279 days)

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	16 December 1976	29 December 1976	N/A

9	Binayak Acharya MLA for Berhampur	-	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	Indian National Congress	123 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	30 April 1977	26 June 1977	N/A

10	Nilamani Routray MLA for Basudevpur	-	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	Janata Party	968 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	N/A

11	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA for Athagarh	-	9 June 1980	10 Mar 1985	Indian National Congress	3469 days

10 Mar 1985	7 Dec 1989

12	Hemananda Biswal MLA for Laikera	-	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	89 days

(3)	Biju Patnaik MLA for Bhubaneswar	-	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	Janata Dal	1837 days (Total 2669 days)

(11)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA for Begunia	-	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	Indian National Congress	1437 days (Total 4906 days)

13	Giridhar Gamang MLA for Laxmipur	-	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	291 days

(12)	Hemananda Biswal MLA for Laikera	-	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	91 days (Total 180 days)

14	Naveen Patnaik MLA for Hinjili	-	5 March 2000	16 May 2004	Biju Janata Dal	6995 days (19 years, 56 days)

16 May 2004	21 May 2009

21 May 2009	21 May 2014

21 May 2014	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Biju Patnaik served twice as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

final_sentence: Biju Patnaik served twice as the Chief Minister of Odisha.