Chief Minister of Puducherry
Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The chief minister of Puducherry is the chief executive of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is a union territory's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The lieutenant governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively 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 no term limits.[1]
Since 1963, Puducherry has had 10 chief ministers. The longest-serving and current chief minister, N. Rangasamy from the All India N.R. Congress, held the office for over fifteen years in multiple tenures. The former governor of Kerala M. O. H. Farook has the second-longest tenure, and V. Vaithilingam from the Indian National Congress has the third-longest tenure. The inaugural holder Edouard Goubert from the Indian National Congress has the shortest tenure (only 1 year, 71 days). There have been seven instances of president's rule in Puducherry, most recently in 2021.
The current incumbent is N. Rangasamy of the All India N.R. Congress since 7 May 2021.[2]
List of chief counselors
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Term in office | ||
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| 1 | File:No image available.svg | Maurice Pakkiriswamy Pillai (1906–1956) |
17 August 1955 | 13 January 1956 | 149 days |
| 2 | File:No image available.svg | Edouard Goubert (1894–1979) |
17 January 1956 | 24 October 1958 | 2 years, 280 days |
| – | Vacant (25 October 1958 – 8 September 1959) | ||||
| 3 | File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1909–1982) |
9 September 1959 | 30 June 1963 | 3 years, 294 days |
List of chief ministers
On 10 May 1963, the government of India enacted the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, which came into force on 1 July 1963. It introduced the same pattern of government that prevailed in the rest of the country, but subject to certain limitations.[7] Under Article 239 of the Indian Constitution, the president of India appoints the lieutenant governor of Puducherry with such designation as he may specify to head the administration of the territory. The lieutenant governor appoints the chief minister. The lieutenant governor, on the advice of the chief minister, appoints the council of ministers.
Also, the representative assembly was converted into the legislative assembly of Pondicherry on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of the Union Territories Act, 1963, and its members were deemed to have been elected to the assembly.[8] Thus, the first legislative assembly was formed without an election. Elections for the assembly have been held since 1964.
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Ministry | Appointed by | Political partyTemplate:Efn | |||
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| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| 1 | File:No image available.svg | Edouard Goubert (1894–1979) |
Mannadipet | 1 July 1963 | 10 September 1964 | 1 year, 71 days | 1st (1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Goubert | S. K. Datta | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1909–1982) |
Nettapakkam | 11 September 1964 | 9 April 1967<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] | 2 years, 210 days | 2nd (1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reddiar I | S. L. Silam | ||
| 3 | File:The Governor of Jharkhand, Shri M.O.H Farook receiving the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi, at Raj Bhavan Ranchi on August 06, 2010 (cropped).jpg | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) |
Karaikal North | 9 April 1967 | 6 March 1968<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] | 332 days | Farook I | ||||
| (2) | File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1909–1982) |
Nettapakkam | 6 March 1968<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 17 September 1968 | 195 days | Reddiar II | ||||
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 18 September 1968 | 16 March 1969 | 179 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| (3) | File:The Governor of Jharkhand, Shri M.O.H Farook receiving the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi, at Raj Bhavan Ranchi on August 06, 2010 (cropped).jpg | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) |
Kalapet | 17 March 1969<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 2 January 1974 | 4 years, 291 days | 3rd (1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Farook II | B. D. Jatti | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 3 January 1974 | 5 March 1974 | 61 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| 4 | File:No image available.svg | S. Ramassamy (1939–2017) |
Karaikal South | 6 March 1974 | 28 March 1974 | 22 days | 4th (1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Ramassamy I | Cheddi Lal | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 29 March 1974 | 1 July 1977 | 3 years, 94 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| (4) | File:No image available.svg | S. Ramassamy (1939–2017) |
Karaikal South | 2 July 1977<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 12 November 1978 | 1 year, 133 days | 5th (1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Ramassamy II | B. T. Kulkarni | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 13 November 1978 | 15 January 1980 | 1 year, 63 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| 5 | File:No image available.svg | M. D. R. Ramachandran (1934–2024) |
Mannadipet | 16 January 1980 | 23 June 1983<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[NC] | 3 years, 158 days | 6th (1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Ramachandran I | B. T. Kulkarni | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 24 June 1983 | 15 March 1985 | 1 year, 264 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| (3) | File:The Governor of Jharkhand, Shri M.O.H Farook receiving the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi, at Raj Bhavan Ranchi on August 06, 2010 (cropped).jpg | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) |
Lawspet | 16 March 1985<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 7 March 1990 | 4 years, 356 days | 7th (1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Farook III | T. P. Tewary | Indian National Congress | |
| (5) | File:No image available.svg | M. D. R. Ramachandran (1934–2024) |
Mannadipet | 8 March 1990<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 2 March 1991<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[NC] | 359 days | 8th (1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Ramachandran II | Chandrawati | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 3 March 1991 | 3 July 1991 | 122 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| 6 | File:V. Vaithilingam.jpg | V. Vaithilingam (b. 1950) |
Nettapakkam | 4 July 1991 | 25 May 1996 | 4 years, 326 days | 9th (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Vaithilingam I | Harswarup Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 7 | File:R.V.Janakiraman2 (cropped).jpg | R. V. Janakiraman (1941–2019) |
Nellithope | 26 May 1996 | 21 March 2000<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[NC] | 3 years, 300 days | 10th (1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Janakiraman | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 8 | File:No image available.svg | P. Shanmugam (1927–2013) |
Yanam | 22 March 2000 | 23 May 2001 | 1 year, 219 days | Shanmugam I | Rajani Rai | Indian National Congress | ||
| 24 May 2001 | 27 October 2001<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] | 11th (2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Shanmugam II | ||||||||
| 9 | File:N Rangaswamy.jpg | N. Rangasamy (b. 1950) |
Thattanchavady | 27 October 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 6 years, 313 days | Rangasamy I | ||||
| 13 May 2006 | 4 September 2008<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] | 12th (2006)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Rangasamy II | Madan Mohan Lakhera | |||||||
| (6) | File:V. Vaithilingam.jpg | V. Vaithilingam (b. 1950) |
Nettapakkam | 4 September 2008<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 15 May 2011 | 2 years, 253 days | Vaithilingam II | Govind Singh Gurjar | |||
| (9) | File:N Rangaswamy.jpg | N. Rangasamy (b. 1950) |
Kadirkamam | 16 May 2011<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | 5 June 2016 | 5 years, 20 days | 13th (2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Rangasamy III | Iqbal Singh | All India N.R. Congress | |
| 10 | File:VNarayanasamy.jpg | V. Narayanasamy (b. 1947) |
Nellithope | 6 June 2016 | 22 February 2021<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[NC] | 4 years, 261 days | 14th (2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Narayanasamy | Kiran Bedi | Indian National Congress | |
| – | File:Emblem of India.svg | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 23 February 2021 | 6 May 2021 | 72 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | N/A | |
| (9) | File:N Rangaswamy.jpg | N. Rangasamy (b. 1950) |
Thattanchavady | 7 May 2021<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | 15th (2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Rangasamy IV | Tamilisai Soundararajan | All India N.R. Congress | |
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- Timeline
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Statistics
- List of chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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| Longest continuous term | Total years of chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | N. Rangasamy | AINRC/INC | 6 years, 313 days | Template:Age in years and days | |
| 2 | M. O. H. Farook | INC/DMK | 4 years, 356 days | 10 years, 249 days | |
| 3 | V. Vaithilingam | INC | 4 years, 326 days | 7 years, 214 days | |
| 4 | V. Narayanasamy | INC | 4 years, 261 days | 4 years, 261 days | |
| 5 | M. D. R. Ramachandran | DMK | 3 years, 158 days | 4 years, 152 days | |
| 6 | R. V. Janakiraman | DMK | 3 years, 300 days | 3 years, 300 days | |
| 7 | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar | INC | 2 years, 210 days | 3 years, 40 days | |
| 8 | S. Ramassamy | AIADMK | 1 year, 133 days | 1 year, 155 days | |
| 9 | P. Shanmugam | INC | 1 year, 219 days | 1 year, 219 days | |
| 10 | Edouard Goubert | INC | 1 year, 71 days | 1 year, 71 days | |
- List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO |
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| 1 | Indian National Congress | 7 | Expression error: Unexpected < operator. days |
| 2 | All India N.R. Congress | 1 | Expression error: Unexpected < operator. days |
| 2 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3 | 2568 days |
| 4 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 520 days |
- Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
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See also
- History of Puducherry
- Elections in Puducherry
- Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Notes
References
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- ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. Template:ISBN. Note: although the text talks about Indian union territory governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Puducherry as well.
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