Chief Minister of Odisha
Emblem of Odisha
Incumbent Mohan Charan Majhi since 12 June 2024
Chief Minister's Office
Style	Honourable Chief Minister ମାନ୍ୟବର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ମହୋଦୟ / ମହୋଦୟା
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Odisha Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Odisha Odisha Legislative Assembly
Residence	CM Residence,Bhubaneswar,Odisha
Seat	Lok Seva Bhavan,Bhubaneswar,Odisha
Appointer	Governor of Odisha byconvention, based on appointee's ability tocommand confidence in theOdisha Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the pleasure of the governor Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner No term limits specified.[1]
Precursor	Prime Minister of Orissa
Inaugural holder	Harekrushna Mahatab
Formation	1 April 1936 (89 years ago) (1936-04-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
Salary	₹374,000 (US$4,400)/monthly ₹4,488,000 (US$53,000)/annually
Website	cm.odisha.gov.in

Thechief minister of Odisha, anIndianstate, is thehead of theGovernment of Odisha. As per theConstitution of India, thegovernor is the state'sde jure head, butde facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to theOdisha Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whosecouncil of ministers arecollectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to noterm limits.^[1] Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.^[2]

On 1 April 1936,Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government formed under Prime ministership ofMaharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July 1937. Thereafter theAll India Congress party leaderBishwanath Das took over the charge of Prime minister for two more years. Again Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati took the charge before he finally handed over toDr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946. After India got its independence under the new framework the Prime Minister or Premier position of provincial governments got abolished and the position of chief minister is created. Until the first election after independence,Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over byNabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief ministers of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving from 2000 till 2024,Naveen Patnaik of theBiju Janata Dal was the longest-serving chief minister in Odisha's history (He also the 1st never INC associated member to occupy the post). The current chief minister of Odisha since 12 June 2024 isMohan Charan Majhi of theBharatiya Janata Party.

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:

I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of () and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (Election)	Appointer (Governor)	Party
1		Krushna Chandra Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	109 days	1st Provisional (1937)	Sir John Austen Hubback	Independent
2		Bishwanath Das	Ghumsur	19 July 1937	6 November 1939	2 years, 110 days			Indian National Congress
(1)		Krushna Chandra Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	24 November 1941	30 June 1944	2 years, 219 days		Sir Hawthorne Lewis	Independent
3		Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	23 April 1946	26 January 1950	3 years, 278 days	2nd Provincial (1946)	Chandulal Trivedi	Indian National Congress

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (Election)	Appointer (Governor)	Party[a]
1		Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	26 January 1950	12 May 1950	106 days	2nd Provincial (1946)	Chandulal Trivedi	Indian National Congress
2		Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Barchana	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	6 years, 160 days		Asaf Ali
				20 February 1952	19 October 1956		1st (1952)
(1)		Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19 October 1956	5 April 1957	4 years, 129 days		Bhim Sen Sachar
				6 April 1957	25 February 1961		2nd (1957)
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	25 February 1961	23 June 1961	118 days		N/A
3		Biju Patnaik	Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 101 days	3rd (1961)	Y. N. Sukthankar	Indian National Congress
4		Biren Mitra	Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1 year, 142 days		Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
5		Sadashiva Tripathy	Umerkote	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	2 years, 15 days
6		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Bolangir	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	3 years, 307 days	4th (1967)		Swatantra Party
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	9 January 1971	3 April 1971	84 days		N/A
7		Bishwanath Das	Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 72 days	5th (1971)	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	Independent
8		Nandini Satpathy	Cuttack City	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	262 days		Jogendra Singh	Indian National Congress
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	3 March 1973	6 March 1974	1 year, 3 days		N/A
(8)		Nandini Satpathy	Dhenkanal	6 March 1974	16 December 1976	2 years, 285 days	6th (1974)	B. D. Jatti	Indian National Congress
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	16 December 1976	29 December 1976	13 days		N/A
9		Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	122 days		Siba Narain Sankar	Indian National Congress
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	30 April 1977	26 June 1977	57 days		N/A
10		Nilamani Routray	Basudevpur	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 236 days	7th (1977)	Harcharan Singh Brar	Janata Party
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days		N/A
11		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	9 June 1980	10 March 1985	9 years, 181 days	8th (1980)	C. M. Poonacha	Indian National Congress
				10 March 1985	7 December 1989		9th (1985)	Bishambhar Nath Pande
12		Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	88 days		Nurul Hasan
(3)		Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days	10th (1990)	Yagya Dutt Sharma	Janata Dal
(11)		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days	11th (1995)	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	Indian National Congress
13		Giridhar Gamang	Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	292 days		C. Rangarajan
(12)		Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	90 days		M. M. Rajendran
14		Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	5 March 2000	16 May 2004	24 years, 99 days	12th (2000)		Biju Janata Dal
				16 May 2004	21 May 2009		13th (2004)
				21 May 2009	21 May 2014		14th (2009)	Murlidhar Bhandare
				21 May 2014	29 May 2019		15th (2014)	S. C. Jamir
				29 May 2019	12 June 2024		16th (2019)	Ganeshi Lal
15		Mohan Charan Majhi	Keonjhar	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 249 days	17th (2024)	Raghubar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party

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