Question: who was the chief minister of gujarat before the 2014 general elections
Answer: 5 21 October 1995 Bharatiya Janata Party 221 days Ninth ( 1995 -- 98 ) 11 Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 1995 19 September 1996 334 days -- Vacant ( President 's rule ) 19 September 1996 23 October 1996 N / A 12 Shankersinh Vaghela Radhanpur 23 October 1996 27 October 1997 Rashtriya Janata Party 370 days 13 Dilip Parikh Dhandhuka 28 October 1997 4 March 1998 128 days ( 10 ) Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 4 March 1998 6 October 2001 Bharatiya Janata Party 1312 days ( Total : 1533 days ) Tenth ( 1998 -- 2002 ) 14 Narendra Modi Maninagar 7 October 2001 22 December 2002 4610 days 22 December 2002 22 December 2007 Eleventh ( 2002 -- 07 ) 23 December 2007 20 December 2012 Twelfth ( 2007 -- 12 ) 20 December 2012 22 May 2014 Thirteenth ( 2012 -- 17 ) 15 Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 808 days 16 Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 2016 26 December 2017 594 days 26 December 2017 Incumbent Fourteenth ( 2017 - )