| Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |
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| Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Type | Head of Government |
| Status | Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Residence | B-3, C.M. House, Civil Lines, Raipur[1] |
| Seat | Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur |
| Nominator | Members of the Government of Chhattisgarh in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Governor of Chhattisgarh by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2] |
| Inaugural holder | Ajit Jogi |
| Formation | 1 November 2000 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh |
| Salary |
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| Website | Official website |
The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Four people have served as the state's chief minister since Chhattisgarh's formation on 1 November 2000 as a result of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.[3] The first was Ajit Jogi of the Indian National Congress. He was succeeded in 2003 by Raman Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served three consecutive five-year terms. Third person to serve in the office was Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel ,who served from 2018 to 2023, was succeeded by Vishnudeo Sai, the current incumbent, following the resounding victory[4] of Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 elections.
- ^ "Cabinet". Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b Durga Das Basu (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India. Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
- ^ Venkatesan, V. (1 September 2000). "Chhattisgarh: quite arrival". Frontline. Vol. 17, no. 17. Raipur. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
- ^ "What caused the stunning turnaround in Chhattisgarh?". The Times of India. 4 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 December 2023.