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The longest-serving chief minister, D. Devaraj Urs, held the office for over seven years in the 1970s. INC's Veerendra Patil had the largest gap between two terms (over eighteen years). One chief minister, H. D. Deve Gowda , went on to become the eleventh prime minister of India , whereas another, B. D. Jatti , served as the country's fifth ...
This list details chief ministers of Indian states and union territories who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise. This list includes chief ministers who have served for more than 10 years in office. [1] [2] [a]
He is the longest serving BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is former MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district , from where he has been elected eight times. In 2008, Yediyurappa became the chief minister after leading the BJP to victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections , a first for the BJP in a South Indian state. [ 2 ]
Two of the incumbents are women — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, who has the longest continuous incumbency serving since 20 March 2011 (for 13 years, 204 days) and Atishi Marlena in Delhi. Atishi (aged 43) is the also the youngest incumbent chief minister, while Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 79) is the oldest.
Gangadharaiah Parameshwara (born 6 August 1951) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Home Minister of Karnataka since 27 May 2023. He has also served as the seventh Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, [1] and longest-serving President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee [2] for two consecutive terms.
Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), [6] also referred to by his nickname Siddu, [a] is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. [7] He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018, being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC). [1] [2] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament. [3]
Konijeti Rosaiah (4 July 1933 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian politician who served as the 15th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. [1] [2] [3] He also served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2011 to 2016 and the Governor of Karnataka (additional charge) for two months.