List of Chief Ministers of Odisha (1947-2023)- First Female CM of Odisha, First CM of Odisha

Harekrushna Mahatab was the first chief minister of Odisha served from 15^th August 1947 to 12^th May 1950. Nandini Satpathy was the first female chief minister of Odisha. Let’s uncover the list of all chief ministers of Odisha starting from 1947 to 2023.

Naveen Patnaik took the oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the 16th Assembly (2019-23) on May 29, 2019, We are listing below all chief ministers of Odisha starting from 1947 to 2023.

List of Chief Ministers of Odisha (1947-2023)

It is a smart idea to note down the name of all chief ministers if you are preparing for a government exam of any other Odisha Quiz. Check below the list of all CM of Odisha for the period 1947-2023:

SL. No	Name of CM	Period	Party
1.	Harekrushna Mahatab	15 August 1947 to 12 May 1950	Indian National Congress
2.	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	12 May 1950 to 20 Feb 1952	Indian National Congress
		20 Feb 1952 to 19 Oct 1956
3.	Harekrushna Mahatab	19 October 1956 to 6 Apr 1957	Indian National Congress
		6 Apr 1957 to 22 May 1959
		22 May 1959 to 25 Feb 1961
4.	Biju Patnaik	23 June 1961 to 2 October 1963	Indian National Congress
5.	Biren Mitra	2 October 1963 to 21 February 1965	Indian National Congress
6.	Sadashiva Tripathy	21 February 1965 to 8 March 1967	Indian National Congress
7.	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	8 March 1967 to 9 January 1971	Swatantra Party
8.	Bishwanath Das	3 April 1971 to 14 June 1972	Independent
9.	Nandini Satpathy	14 June 1972 to 3 March 1973	Indian National Congress
		6 March 1974 to 16 December 1976
10.	Binayak Acharya	29 December 1976 to 30 April 1977	Indian National Congress
11.	Nilamani Routray	26 June 1977 to17 February 1980	Janata Party
12.	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	9 June 1980 to 10 Mar 1985	Indian National Congress
		10 Mar 1985 to 7 Dec 1989
13.	Hemananda Biswal	7 December 1989 to 5 March 1990	Indian National Congress
14.	Biju Patnaik	5 March 1990 to15 March 1995	Janata Dal
15.	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	15 March 1995 to 17 February 1999	Indian National Congress
16.	Giridhar Gamang	17 February 1999 to 6 December 1999	Indian National Congress
17.	Hemananda Biswal	6 December 1999 to 5 March 2000	Indian National Congress
18.	Naveen Patnaik	5 March 2000 to 16 May 2004	Biju Janata Dal
		16 May 2004 to 21 May 2009
		21 May 2009 to 21 May 2014
		21 May 2014 to 29 May 2019
		29 May 2019 to Incumbent

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GK Questions on Chief Ministers of Odisha

Question 1: Who was the first chief minister of Odisha?

Answer: Harekrushna Mahatab

Question 2: Who was the first female chief minister of Odisha?

Answer: Nandini Satpathy

Question 3: Who is current chief minister of Odisha?

Answer: Naveen Patnaik from Biju Janata Dal

Question 4: How many members are there in Odisha Legislative Assembly?

Answer: 147

Question 5: Who is the speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly?

Answer: Surjya Narayan Patro, BJD

Question 6: Who is the Governor of Odisha?

Answer: Ganeshi Lal

Current Cabinet Ministers of Odisha

Naveen Patnaik	Chief Minister  Home, General Administration & Public Grievances and any other Departments specifically not assigned
Arun Kumar Sahoo	Cabinet Minister  Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Higher Education
Bikram Keshari Arukha	Cabinet Minister  Forest & Environment, Parliamentary Affairs
Naba Kishore Das	Cabinet Minister  Health & Family Welfare
Niranjan Pujari	Cabinet Minister  Finance, Excise
Padmanabha Behera	Cabinet Minister  Planning & Convergence, Commerce & Transport
Prafulla Kumar Mallik	Cabinet Minister  Steel & Mines, Works
Pratap Jena	Cabinet Minister  Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development
Ranendra Pratap Swain	Cabinet Minister  Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation
Sudam Marndi	Cabinet Minister  Revenue & Disaster Management
Susanta Singh	Cabinet Minister  Rural Development, Labour & Employees’ State Insurance
Smt. Tukuni Sahu	Cabinet Minister  Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti
Ashok Chandra Panda Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability
Dibya Shankar Mishra Minister of State (Independent Charge) & Minister of State for Home	Cabinet Minister  Energy, Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Home
Jagannath Sarka Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare
Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture
Smt. Padmini Dian Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts
Premananda Nayak Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  Skill Development & Technical Education
Raghunandan Das Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  Water Resources, Information & Public Relations
Samir Ranjan Das Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  School & Mass Education
Tusharkanti Behera Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Cabinet Minister  Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Affairs

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