List of chief ministers of Haryana

The Chief Minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per 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 Haryana 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 that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] Since 1966, ten people have served as the Chief Minister of Haryana. The first was B. D. Sharma of the Indian National Congress party. His partymate Bansi Lal is Haryana's longest-serving chief minister; he held office for over 12 years, the last 3 of which came as a leader of the Haryana Vikas Party. Devi Lal, the fifth Chief Minister of Haryana, went on to twice serve as Deputy Prime Minister of India under prime ministers V. P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar. Om Prakash Chautala has served the most number of discontinuous stints as Chief Minister (four), as a member of three different parties.

Chief Minister of Harayana
Incumbent
Manohar Lal Khattar
since 26 October 2014
StatusHead of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member ofHaryana Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernor of Haryana
AppointerGovernor of Haryana
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
PrecursorChief Ministers of East Punjab
Inaugural holderB. D. Sharma
Formation1 November 1966 (1966-11-01)

The incumbent chief minister is Manohar Lal Khattar, the first officeholder from the BJP, who was sworn in on 26 October 2014.

Chief Ministers of Haryana
No.[lower-alpha 1] Name Portrait Constituency Term of office[2] Party[lower-alpha 2] Assembly
(Elections)
From To Days in office
1 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Jhajjar 1 November 1966 23 March 1967 142 days Indian National Congress
2 Rao Birender Singh Pataudi 24 March 1967 2 November 1967 223 days Vishal Haryana Party
– Vacant[lower-alpha 3]
(President's rule)		 N/A 2 November 1967 22 May 1968 202 days N/A
3 Bansi Lal Tosham 22 May 1968 30 November 1975 7 years, 192 days Indian National Congress
4 Banarsi Das Gupta Bhiwani 1 December 1975 30 April 1977 1 year, 150 days
– Vacant[lower-alpha 3]
(President's rule)		 N/A 30 April 1977 21 June 1977 52 days N/A
5 Devi Lal Bhattu Kalan 21 June 1977 28 June 1979 2 years, 7 days Janata Party
6 Bhajan Lal Adampur 29 June 1979 22 January 1980 207 days
22 January 1980 5 July 1986 6 years, 164 days Indian National Congress
(3) Bansi Lal 5 July 1986 20 June 1987 350 days
(5) Devi Lal Meham 20 June 1987 2 December 1989 2 years, 165 days Janata Dal Seventh Assembly

(1987 elections)

7 Om Prakash Chautala 2 December 1989 22 May 1990 171 days
(4) Banarsi Das Gupta Bhiwani 22 May 1990 12 July 1990 51 days [Total 567 days]
(7) Om Prakash Chautala 12 July 1990 17 July 1990 5 days
8 Hukam Singh Dadri 17 July 1990 21 March 1991 247 days
(7) Om Prakash Chautala 22 March 1991 6 April 1991 15 days Samajwadi Janata Party
– Vacant[lower-alpha 3]
(President's rule)		 N/A 6 April 1991 23 July 1991 108 days N/A
(6) Bhajan Lal Adampur 23 July 1991 9 May 1996 4 years, 291 days Indian National Congress Eight Assembly

(1991 elections)

(3) Bansi Lal Nuh 11 May 1996 23 July 1999 3 years, 73 days Haryana Vikas Party Ninth Assembly

(1996 elections)

(7) Om Prakash Chautala Narwana 24 July 1999 3 March 2000 5 years, 223 days Indian National Lok Dal
3 March 2000 4 March 2005 Tenth Assembly

(2000 elections)

9 Bhupinder Singh Hooda Garhi Sampla Kiloi 5 March 2005 25 October 2009 9 years, 235 days Indian National Congress Eleventh Assembly

(2005 elections)

25 October 2009 26 October 2014 Twelfth Assembly

(2009 elections)

10 Manohar Lal Khattar[4] Karnal 26 October 2014 27 October 2019 6 years, 99 days Bharatiya Janata Party Thirteenth Assembly

(2014 elections)

27 October 2019 Incumbent Fourteenth Assembly

(2019 elections)

  • Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Haryana's first chief minister
  • Devi Lal, a two-time Chief Minister of Haryana, also served two terms as Deputy Prime Minister of India in 1989–91.
  • Om Prakash Chautala served for four terms
  • Bhupinder Singh Hooda, served the longest continuous term, from 2005 to 2014.

Notes
Footnotes
  1. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  3. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[3]
References
  1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Haryana as well.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
  4. Sarabjit Pandher. "Khattar sworn in". The Hindu. 26 October 2014.

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