The chief minister of Gujarat is the

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of the government of the Indian state of

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. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose

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are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no

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s, given that he has the confidence of the assembly. The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of

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following the Mahagujarat Movement. Jivraj Narayan Mehta of the INC was the inaugural chief minister.

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...

of the BJP is the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14th

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. He was succeeded by Anandiben Patel who became the state's first woman chief minister. The current chief minister is

Bhupendrabhai Patel Bhupendrabhai Rajnikantbhai Patel (born 15 July 1962) is an Indian politician and civil engineer who is the current Chief Minister of Gujarat. He represented the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2 ...

of the BJP. He was elected for the post following the resignation of then incumbent Vijay Rupani, who was in the office since 7 August 2016.

Predecessors

Prime ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)

Chief ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

Chief ministers of Gujarat

Statistics

List by chief minister

Timeline

Notes

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