Chief Minister of Tripura | |
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since 15 May 2022 | |
Government of Tripura | |
Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
Status | Head of government |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of | Tripura Legislative Assembly& Tripura Council of Ministers |
Reports to | Governor of Tripura |
Appointer | Governor of Tripura |
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 | Sachindra Lal Singh |
Formation | 1 July 1963 |
Deputy | Vacant |
The chief minister of Tripura, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly, the 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 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, Tripura has had eleven chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as Chief Minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The incumbent is Manik Saha, who succeeded Biplab Kumar Deb both are from Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
Colour key for parties |
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No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[3] | Assembly
(election) |
Party[a] | |||
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1 | Sachindra Lal Singh | Agartala Sadar II | 1 July 1963 | 1 November 1971 | 8 years, 123 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||
2nd | |||||||||
– | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 1 November 1971 | 20 March 1972 | 140 days | – | N/A | ||
2 | Sukhamoy Sen Gupta | Agartala Town III | 20 March 1972 | 1 April 1977 | 5 years, 12 days | 3rd | Indian National Congress | ||
3 | Prafulla Kumar Das | Bamutia | 1 April 1977 | 26 July 1977 | 116 days | Congress for Democracy | |||
4 | Radhika Ranjan Gupta | Fatikroy | 26 July 1977 | 4 November 1977 | 101 days | Janata Party | |||
– | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 5 November 1977 | 5 January 1978 | 61 days | – | N/A | ||
5 | Nripen Chakraborty | Pramodnagar | 5 January 1978 | 5 February 1988 | 10 years, 31 days | 4th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
5th | |||||||||
6 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | Town Bordowali | 5 February 1988 | 19 February 1992 | 4 years, 14 days | 6th | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
7 | Samir Ranjan Barman | Bishalgarh | 19 February 1992 | 10 March 1993 | 1 year, 19 days | ||||
– | Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 11 March 1993 | 10 April 1993 | 30 days | – | N/A | ||
8 | Dasarath Debbarma | Ramchandraghat | 10 April 1993 | 11 March 1998 | 4 years, 335 days | 7th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
9 | Manik Sarkar | Dhanpur | 11 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 | 19 years, 363 days | 8th | |||
7 March 2003 | 10 March 2008 | 9th | |||||||
10 March 2008 | 6 March 2013 | 10th | |||||||
6 March 2013 | 9 March 2018[5] | 11th | |||||||
10 | Biplab Kumar Deb | Banamalipur | 9 March 2018 | 15 May 2022 | 4 years, 67 days | 12th (2018 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
11 | Manik Saha | Town Bordowali | 15 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 193 days | ||||
13th |
# | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
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Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
1 | Manik Sarkar | CPI(M) | 19 years, 363 days | 19 years, 363 days | |
2 | Nripen Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 10 years, 31 days | 10 years, 31 days | |
3 | Sachindra Lal Singh | INC | 8 years, 123 days | 8 years, 123 days | |
4 | Sukhamoy Sen Gupta | INC | 5 years, 12 days | 5 years, 12 days | |
5 | Dasarath Deb | CPI(M) | 4 years, 335 days | 4 years, 335 days | |
6 | Biplab Kumar Deb | BJP | 4 years, 67 days | 4 years, 67 days | |
7 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | INC(I) | 4 years, 14 days | 4 years, 14 days | |
8 | Manik Saha* | BJP* | 2 years, 193 days* | 2 years, 193 days* | |
9 | Samir Ranjan Barman | INC(I) | 1 year, 19 days | 1 year, 19 days | |
10 | Prafulla Kumar Das | CFD | 116 days | 116 days | |
11 | Radhika Ranjan Gupta | JP | 101 days | 101 days |