List of chief ministers of Puducherry
| Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry | |
|---|---|
| Putuccēri Mutalamaiccar | |
| File:Emblem of the Government of Puducherry.png | |
since 7 May 2021 | |
| Style |
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| Type | Head of government |
| Status | Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation | CMOPY |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry |
| Formation | 1 July 1963 |
| First holder | Edouard Goubert |
| Website | Official website |
The chief minister of Puducherry is the chief executive of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is a union territory's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The lieutenant 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 1963, Puducherry has had 10 chief ministers. The longest-serving and current chief minister, N. Rangasamy from All India N.R. Congress, held the office for over fifteen years in multiple tenures. The former governor of Kerala M. O. H. Farook has the second-longest tenure and V. Vaithilingam from the Indian National Congress has the third-longest tenure. The inaugural holder Edouard Goubert from the Indian National Congress has the shortest tenure (only 1 year, 71 days). There have been seven instances of president's rule in Puducherry, most recently in 2021. The current incumbent is N. Rangasamy of the All India N.R. Congress since 7 May 2021.
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The French settlements in India were in a transition period between the de facto transfer day (i.e., 1 November 1954) and the de jure transfer day (i.e., 16 August 1962).[2] In January 1955, the government of India, by an order, renamed these four French settlements in India as the State of Pondicherry.[3] Both these transfer days are official holidays within the union territory of Puducherry.[4][5]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term in office | ||
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| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 | File:No image available.svg | Maurice Pakkiriswamy Pillai (1906–1956) |
17 August 1955 | 13 January 1956 | 149 days |
| 2 | File:No image available.svg | Edouard Goubert (1894–1979) |
17 January 1956 | 24 October 1958 | 2 years, 280 days |
| – | Vacant (25 October 1958 – 8 September 1959) | ||||
| 3 | File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1909–1982) |
9 September 1959 | 30 June 1963 | 3 years, 294 days |
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On 10 May 1963, the government of India enacted the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, which came into force on 1 July 1963. This introduced the same pattern of government that prevailed in the rest of the country, but subject to certain limitations.[6] Under Article 239 of the Indian Constitution, the president of India appoints the lieutenant governor of Puducherry with such designation as he may specify to head the administration of the territory. The lieutenant governor appoints the chief minister. The lieutenant governor, on the advice of the chief minister, appoints the council of ministers. Also, the representative assembly was converted into the legislative assembly of Pondicherry on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963 and its members were deemed to have been elected to the assembly.[7] Thus, the first legislative assembly was formed without an election. Elections for the assembly have been held since 1964.
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Statistics
- List of chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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| Longest continuous term | Total years of chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | N. Rangasamy | AINRC/INC | 6 years, 313 days | 15 years, 231 days | |
| 2 | M. O. H. Farook | INC/DMK | 4 years, 356 days | 10 years, 249 days | |
| 3 | V. Vaithilingam | INC | 4 years, 326 days | 7 years, 214 days | |
| 4 | V. Narayanasamy | INC | 4 years, 261 days | 4 years, 261 days | |
| 5 | M. D. R. Ramachandran | DMK | 3 years, 158 days | 4 years, 152 days | |
| 6 | R. V. Janakiraman | DMK | 3 years, 300 days | 3 years, 300 days | |
| 7 | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar | INC | 2 years, 210 days | 3 years, 40 days | |
| 8 | S. Ramassamy | AIADMK | 1 year, 133 days | 1 year, 155 days | |
| 9 | P. Shanmugam | INC | 1 year, 219 days | 1 year, 219 days | |
| 10 | Edouard Goubert | INC | 1 year, 71 days | 1 year, 71 days | |
- List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 7 | 10319 days |
| 2 | All India N.R. Congress | 1 | 3205 days |
| 2 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3 | 2568 days |
| 4 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 520 days |
- Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
See also
- History of Puducherry
- Elections in Puducherry
- Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry
- List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the house in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Notes
- ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The union territory government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
References
- ↑ 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 union territory governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Puducherry as well.
- ↑ "Indian Affairs Record (Vol. I and II)". Diwan Chand Indian Information Center. 1955.
- ↑ A. Moin Zaidi (1976). "The Encyclopaedia of Indian National Congress". S. Chand Publications. p. 229.
- ↑ Shriman Narayan, K.P.Madhavan Nair (1956). "Report Of The General Secretaries". Indian National Congress.
- ↑ "Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru" (PDF). Jawaharlal Nehru. Oxford University Press. 1961. p. 156.
- ↑ G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. ISBN 9788120004009.
- ↑ Malhotra, G.C. (1964). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. p. 464. ISBN 9788120004009.
- ↑ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
