List of chief ministers of Delhi

The Chief Minister of Delhi is the chief executive of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. According to the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is Delhi's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with its chief minister. Following elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government. The President of India, on the advice of the lieutenant governor, appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that the person has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.

Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Emblem of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Incumbent
Arvind Kejriwal
since 14 February 2015 (2015-02-14)
AppointerLieutenant Governor of Delhi on the advice of the President of India
Inaugural holderChaudhary Brahm Parkash Yadav (1952–55)
Formation17 March 1952 (1952-03-17)

Since 1952 Delhi has had seven chief ministers, starting with the Indian National Congress party's Chaudhary Brahm Prakash. Shortly after his term ended, the office of Chief Minister of Delhi was abolished for 37 years until December 1993, when the Bharatiya Janata Party's Madan Lal Khurana was sworn in.

In 1998 Sheila Dikshit's first of three successive terms began, keeping her in office as chief minister for 15 years, the longest by an Indian woman.[1]

A 49-day stint in office by the Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal and a year under President's rule followed.

In February 2015 the Aam Aadmi Party was voted in with a landslide majority and Arvind Kejriwal was again sworn as Delhi's chief minister. In February 2020, the Aam Aadmi Party was again voted in and Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in for third term as Chief Minister, and since served as Delhi's Chief Minister.

List of Chief Ministers of Delhi
Key :   Aam Aadmi Party       Bharatiya Janata Party       Indian National Congress        President's rule
S. No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)		 Political Party Elected Constituency Term of office[2] Appointed by Legislative Assembly Election
1 Chaudhary Brahm Parkash
(1918–1993)		 Indian National Congress Nangloi Jat 17 March 1952 12 February 1955[RES] 1st
(2 years, 332 days)		 Shankar Prasada Interim
2 Gurmukh Nihal Singh
(1895–unknown)		 Indian National Congress Daryaganj 13 February 1955 31 October 1956 1st
(1 year, 261 days)
Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993)
3 Madan Lal Khurana
(1936–2018)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Moti Nagar 2 December 1993 26 February 1996[RES] 1st
(2 years, 86 days)		 Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave 1st
4 Sahib Singh Verma
(1943–2007)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Shalimar Bagh 27 February 1996 12 October 1998[RES] 1st
(2 years, 227 days)
5 Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Not Contested 13 October 1998 3 December 1998 1st
(51 days)		 Vijai Kapoor
6 Sheila Dikshit
(1938–2019)		 Indian National Congress New Delhi 4 December 1998 1 December 2003 1st
(4 years, 362 days)		 2nd
2 December 2003 29 November 2008 2nd
(4 years, 363 days)		 3rd
30 November 2008 27 December 2013 3rd
(5 years, 27 days)		 Tejendra Khanna 4th
7 Arvind Kejriwal
(1968–)		 Aam Aadmi Party New Delhi 28 December 2013 14 February 2014[RES] 1st
(48 days)		 Najeeb Jung 5th
* President's rule[3] N/A N/A 15 February 2014 13 February 2015 1st
(363 days)		 Pranab Mukherjee
(7) Arvind Kejriwal
(1968–)		 Aam Aadmi Party New Delhi 14 February 2015 15 February 2020 2nd
(5 years, 1 day)		 Najeeb Jung 6th
16 February 2020 Incumbent 3rd
(116 days)		 Anil Baijal 7th
Other key
  • † Assassinated or died in office
  • RES Resigned

See also

    References
    1. "Sheila Dikshit is India's longest serving woman CM". IBN Live. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
    2. The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
    3. "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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