The Chief Minister of Haryana is the
chief executive
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of the
India
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n state of
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
. As per the
Constitution of India
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, the
governor
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is a state's ''
de jure
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'' head, but ''
de facto
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'' executive authority rests with the
chief minister
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. Following elections to the
Haryana Legislative Assembly, the
state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose
council of ministers
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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 limit
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s.
Durga Das Basu
Durga Das Basu (1910–1997) was an Indian jurist and lawyer. He wrote the ''Commentary on the Constitution of India'' and ''Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law''. The former is one of the most important textbooks in social sciences and le ...
. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Haryana as well. Since 1966, ten people have served as the Chief Minister of Haryana. The first was
B. D. Sharma of the
Indian National Congress
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party.
Bhajan Lal Bishnoi is Haryana's longest-serving chief minister; he held office for 11 years 10 Months (4317 Days),
Bansi Lal
Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana, former Defence Minister of India, and the architect of modern Haryana. Bansi Lal was part of the ...
held office for 4268 Days.
Devi Lal
Chaudhary Devi Lal (born Devi Dayal; 25 September 1915 – 6 April 2001) was an Indian statesman who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1991 in the governments of V. P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar. Also popularly known as ...
the fifth Chief Minister of Haryana, went on to twice serve as
Deputy Prime Minister of India
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under prime ministers
V. P. Singh and
Chandra Shekhar
Chandra Shekhar ( 17 April 1927 – 9 August 2015) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with ...
.
Om Prakash Chautala
Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician from Haryana who served as a former Chief Minister of Haryana from Indian National Lok Dal and son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal.
Biography
Chautala is the ...
has served the most discontinuous stints as Chief Minister (four), as a member of three parties.
The
incumbent chief minister is
Manohar Lal Khattar
Manohar Lal Khattar (born 05 May 1954) is an Indian politician serving as the 10th and current chief minister of Haryana. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryana ...
, the first officeholder from the
BJP
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, who was sworn in on 26 October 2014.
Chief Ministers of Haryana
Living former Chief Ministers of Haryana
As of , there are two Living former chief ministers of Haryana:
File:Bhupinder Singh Hooda.png, Bhupinder Singh Hooda
(2005–2014)
File:Om Prakash Chautala.jpg, Om Prakash Chautala
Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician from Haryana who served as a former Chief Minister of Haryana from Indian National Lok Dal and son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal.
Biography
Chautala is the ...
(1989–1990, 1990, 1991, 1999-2005)
The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of
Hukam Singh on 26 February 2015 aged 88.
Statistics
List of chief ministers by length of term
Timeline
Notes
;Footnotes
;References
External links
Government of Haryana, Official website
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Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
Chief Ministers