| Chief Minister of Rajasthan | |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister's Office | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Governor of Rajasthan |
| Residence | Resident of Daron Ka Bas, Mahamandir, Jodhpur |
| Seat | Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Appointer | Governor of Rajasthan |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Heera Lal Shastri |
| Formation | 7 April 1949 |
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]
From 1949, 13 people have been Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is only female to serve as the chief minister of the state. After securing majority in 2018 assembly election, Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress assumed office on 17 December 2018.
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly
(election) |
Party[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haribhau Upadhyaya | 24 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 221 days | 1st
(1952) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly
(election) |
Party[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heera Lal Shastri | 7 April 1949 | 6 January 1951 | 1 year, 274 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 2 | C. S. Venkatachar | 6 January 1951 | 26 April 1951 | 110 days | |||||
| 3 | Jai Narayan Vyas | 26 April 1951 | 3 March 1952 | 312 days | |||||
| 4 | Tika Ram Paliwal | Mahuwa | 3 March 1952 | 1 November 1952 | 243 days | 1st | |||
| (3) | Jai Narayan Vyas | Kishangarh | 1 November 1952 | 13 November 1954 | 2 years, 12 days | ||||
| 5 | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Udaipur | 13 November 1954 | 11 April 1957 | 12 years, 120 days | ||||
| 11 April 1957 | 11 March 1962 | 2nd | |||||||
| 12 March 1962 | 13 March 1967 | 3rd | |||||||
| – | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 13 March 1967 | 26 April 1967 | 44 days | N/A | |||
| (5) | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Udaipur | 26 April 1967 | 9 July 1971 | 4 years, 74 days | 4th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | Barkatullah Khan | Tijara | 9 July 1971 | 11 October 1973 | 2 years, 94 days | ||||
| 5th | |||||||||
| 7 | Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 11 October 1973 | 29 April 1977 | 3 years, 200 days | ||||
| – | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 29 April 1977 | 22 June 1977 | 54 days | N/A | |||
| 8 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Chhabra | 22 June 1977 | 16 February 1980 | 2 years, 239 days | 6th | Janata Party | ||
| – | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 16 February 1980 | 6 June 1980 | 111 days | N/A | |||
| 9 | Jagannath Pahadia | Weir | 6 June 1980 | 14 July 1981 | 1 year, 38 days | 7th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 10 | Shiv Charan Mathur | Mandalgarh | 14 July 1981 | 23 February 1985 | 3 years, 224 days | ||||
| 11 | Hira Lal Devpura | Kumbhalgarh | 23 February 1985 | 10 March 1985 | 15 days | ||||
| (7) | Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 10 March 1985 | 20 January 1988 | 2 years, 316 days | 8th | |||
| (10) | Shiv Charan Mathur | Mandalgarh | 20 January 1988 | 4 December 1989 | 1 year, 318 days | ||||
| (7) | Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 4 December 1989 | 4 March 1990 | 90 days | ||||
| (8) | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Chhabra | 4 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 286 days | 9th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| – | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 15 December 1992 | 4 December 1993 | 354 days | N/A | |||
| (8) | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Bali | 4 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 4 years, 362 days | 10th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 12 | Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | 5 years, 7 days | 11th (1998 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 13 | Vasundhara Raje | Jhalrapatan | 8 December 2003 | 12 December 2008 | 5 years, 4 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (12) | Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | 5 years, 1 day | 13th | Indian National Congress | ||
| (13) | Vasundhara Raje | Jhalrapatan | 13 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | 5 years, 4 days | 14th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (12) | Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 17 December 2018 | Incumbent | 4 years, 60 days | 15th | Indian National Congress | ||
