21 August 1979) is the youngest Chief Minister. 13 July 1944) is the oldest Chief Minister, while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (b. Serving since 5 March 2000 (for 23 years, 27 days), Odisha's Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency. Of the thirty incumbents, one is a woman- Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Īs of April 2023, the office of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is vacant with no new elections having being held ever since the autonomy of the former state was revoked.

Given they have the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years there are no limits to the number of terms they can serve. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the state government. According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and three of the eight union territories.

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