Orissa Executive

The executive of Orissa is the administrative wing of the state and it includes the chief minister, the governor and the council of minister. The chief minister heads the state government and he is ably supported by the council of ministers. The governor of Orissa is the constitutional head of the state. The departmental secretaries are also among the important Orissa government executives.

The Governor of Orissa has the power to prorogue and dissolve the legislative assembly besides many other constitutional powers. The present Orissa governor is Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare. Born on 10th December, 1928 this octogenarian leader took oath as the governor on 21st August, 2007.

The chief minister of Orissa heads the council of Orissa ministers. Shri Navin Patnaik is the present Orissa chief minister. He is an able successor of his father and former chief minister Shri Biju Patnaik. He was elected as the chief minister in the 2002 assembly elections and then again in the year 2004.

To know more about the executives of the Orissa government, one must visit the below mentioned links:

Governor of Orissa

Orissa Chief Minister

Orissa Council of Ministers