Bhupesh Baghel

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Bhupesh Baghel
Official Portrait, 2018
3rd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
In office 17 December 2018 – 13 December 2023
Preceded by	Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Vishnu Deo Sai
Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2013
Preceded by	Vijay Baghel
Constituency	Patan
Majority	19,723 (2023)
In office 1993–2008
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Vijay Baghel
Constituency	Patan
Leader of the House in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office 17 December 2018 – 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Vishnu Deo Sai
President of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Charan Das Mahant
Succeeded by	Mohan Markam
Minister of Transportation, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office 1999–2003
Chief Minister	Digvijaya Singh
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-23) 23 August 1960 (age 64) Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Mukteshwari Baghel
Children	4
Alma mater	Pandit 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]