Bhupesh Baghel

Bhupesh Baghel
Official Portrait, 2018
3rd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
In office
17 December 2018 – 13 December 2023
Preceded byRaman Singh
Succeeded byVishnu Deo Sai
Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 December 2013
Preceded byVijay Baghel
ConstituencyPatan
Majority19,723 (2023)
In office
1993–2008
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byVijay Baghel
ConstituencyPatan
Leader of the House in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office
17 December 2018 – 3 December 2023
Preceded byRaman Singh
Succeeded byVishnu Deo Sai
President of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byCharan Das Mahant
Succeeded byMohan Markam
Minister of Transportation, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
1999–2003
Chief MinisterDigvijaya Singh
Personal details
Born (1960-08-23) 23 August 1960 (age 64)
Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseMukteshwari Baghel
Children4
Alma materPandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (M.A.)

Bhupesh Baghel (born 23 August 1960), popularly known as Kaka, is an Indian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023.[citation needed] He was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019.[1][2] He represented the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2013 and from 2003 to 2008. He had been cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003. He was first Minister for Revenue, Public Health Engineering and Relief Work of Chhattisgarh.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Official Website of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". www.cgvidhansabha.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Bhupesh Baghel (Indian National Congress (INC)): Constituency- Patan (Durg) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  3. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (16 December 2018). "Who is Bhupesh Baghel?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. ^ "मुख्यमंत्री" (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2019.