Chief Minister of Rajasthan
राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री
Incumbent Bhajan Lal Sharma since 15 December 2023
Government of Rajasthan
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of Rajasthan Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Seat	Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Appointer	Governor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holder	Heera Lal Shastri
Formation	26 January 1950 (74 years ago) (1950-01-26)
Salary	₹175,000 (US$2,200)/monthly ₹2,100,000 (US$26,000)/annually
Website	Government of Rajasthan

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan is the chief executive of the Indian state of Rajasthan. 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 Rajasthan 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.^[1]

Since 1949, 3 people have served as Prime Minister and 14 people have served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.^[2][3] Mohan Lal Sukhadia of Congress party, popularly known as father of modern Rajasthan, is the longest serving chief minister of the state. He was sworn in as CM four times, serving for a period of over 16 years. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only female to serve at this post.

No chief minister (or political party) has retained power after completing one term since 1998^[4] and the trend continued in the recent elections. After a landslide victory with 115 seats in 2023 elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma of Bharatiya Janata Party succeeded Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress.^[5][6]

Prime ministers of Rajasthan

#	Portrait		Prime Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Appointed by (Governor)
1			Gokul Lal Asawa Unelected	25 March 1948	18 April 1948	1 year, 14 days	–	Indian National Congress	Bhim Singh II (Rajpramukh)
2			Manikya Lal Verma (1897–1969) Unelected	18 April 1948	7 April 1949	354 days	–	Unaffiliated	Bhupal Singh (Rajpramukh)
3			Hiralal Shastri (1899–1974) Unelected	7 April 1949	26 January 1950	294 days	–	Indian National Congress	Man Singh II (Rajpramukh)

Chief ministers of Rajasthan

Note: ^† Died in office

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office)	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
1			Hiralal Shastri (1899–1974) Unelected	26 January 1950	6 January 1951	345 days	–	Indian National Congress	Position vacant (26 Jan. 1950 – 26 Apr. 1951)	Shastri	Man Singh II (Rajpramukh)
2			C. S. Venkatachar (1899–1999) Unelected	6 January 1951	26 April 1951	110 days				Venkatachar
3			Jai Narayan Vyas (1899–1963) Unelected	26 April 1951	3 March 1952	312 days			Tika Ram Paliwal (26 Apr. 1951 – 3 Mar. 1952)	Vyas I
4			Tika Ram Paliwal (1909–1995) MLA for Mahuwa	3 March 1952	1 November 1952	243 days	1952 (1st)		Position vacant (3 Mar. – 1 Nov. 1952)	Paliwal
(3)			Jai Narayan Vyas (1899–1963) MLA for Kishangarh	1 November 1952	13 November 1954	2 years, 12 days			Tika Ram Paliwal (1 Nov. 1952 – 13 Nov. 1954)	Vyas II
5			Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) MLA for Udaipur	13 November 1954	13 March 1967	12 years, 120 days			Position vacant (13 Nov. 1954 – 13 Mar. 1967)	Sukhadia I
							1957 (2nd)			Sukhadia II	Gurmukh Nihal Singh
							1962 (3rd)			Sukhadia III
President's rule was imposed during the period (13 March – 26 April 1967)
(5)			Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) MLA for Udaipur	26 April 1967	9 July 1971	4 years, 74 days	1967 (4th)	Indian National Congress	Position vacant (26 Apr. 1967 – 29 Apr. 1977)	Sukhadia IV	Hukam Singh
6			Barkatullah Khan (1920–1973) MLA for Tijara	9 July 1971	11 October 1973[†]	2 years, 94 days		Indian National Congress (R)		Khan I
							1972 (5th)			Khan II	Jogendra Singh
7			Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) MLA for Banswara	11 October 1973	29 April 1977	3 years, 200 days				Joshi I
President's rule was imposed during the period (29 April – 22 June 1967)
8			Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) MLA for Chhabra	22 June 1977	16 February 1980	2 years, 239 days	1977 (6th)	Janata Party	Position vacant (22 Jun. 1977 – 16 Feb. 1980)	Shekhawat I	Raghukul Tilak
President's rule was imposed during the period (16 February – 6 June 1980)
9			Jagannath Pahadia (1932–2021) MLA for Weir	6 June 1980	14 July 1981	1 year, 38 days	1980 (7th)	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Position vacant (6 Jun. 1980 – 15 Dec. 1992)	Pahadia	Raghukul Tilak
10			Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009) MLA for Mandalgarh	14 July 1981	23 February 1985	3 years, 224 days				Mathur I
11			Hira Lal Devpura (1925–2004) MLA for Kumbhalgarh	23 February 1985	10 March 1985	15 days				Devpura	Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra
(7)			Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) MLA for Banswara	10 March 1985	20 January 1988	2 years, 316 days	1985 (8th)			Joshi II
(10)			Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009) MLA for Mandalgarh	20 January 1988	4 December 1989	1 year, 318 days				Mathur II	Justice J. S. Verma (Acting)
(7)			Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) MLA for Banswara	4 December 1989	4 March 1990	90 days				Joshi III	Sukhdev Prasad
(8)			Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) MLA for Chhabra	4 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 286 days	1990 (9th)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Shekhawat II	D. P. Chattopadhyaya
President's rule was imposed during the period (15 December 1992 – 4 December 1993)
(8)			Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) MLA for Bali	4 December 1993	1 December 1998	4 years, 362 days	1993 (10th)	Bharatiya Janata Party	Position vacant (4 Dec. 1993 – 6 Oct. 1994) Hari Shankar Bhabhra (6 Oct. 1994 – 29 Nov. 1998)	Shekhawat III	Bali Ram Bhagat
12			Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MLA for Sardarpura	1 December 1998	8 December 2003	5 years, 7 days	1998 (11th)	Indian National Congress	Position vacant (1 Dec. 1998 – 25 Jan. 2003) Banwari Lal Bairwa & Kamla Beniwal (25 Jan. 2003 – 8 Dec. 2003)	Gehlot I	Justice Navrang Lal Tibrewal (Acting)
13			Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MLA for Jhalrapatan	8 December 2003	12 December 2008	5 years, 4 days	2003 (12th)	Bharatiya Janata Party	Position vacant (8 Dec. 2003 – 17 Dec. 2018)	Raje I	Kailashpati Mishra
(12)			Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MLA for Sardarpura	12 December 2008	13 December 2013	5 years, 1 day	2008 (13th)	Indian National Congress		Gehlot II	Shilendra Kumar Singh
(13)			Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MLA for Jhalrapatan	13 December 2013	17 December 2018	5 years, 4 days	2013 (14th)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Raje II	Margaret Alva
(12)			Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MLA for Sardarpura	17 December 2018	15 December 2023	4 years, 363 days	2018 (15th)	Indian National Congress	Sachin Pilot (17 Dec. 2018 – 14 Jul. 2020) Position vacant (14 Jul. 2020 – 15 Dec. 2023)	Gehlot III	Kalyan Singh
14			Bhajan Lal Sharma (born 1967) MLA for Sanganer	15 December 2023	Incumbent	90 days	2023 (16th)	Bharatiya Janata Party	Diya Kumari & Prem Chand Bairwa (since 15 Dec. 2023)	Sharma	Kalraj Mishra

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List of chief ministers by length of term