The office of the Chief Minister is vested with the maximum power in the government, although the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is made answerable to the Governor. Precisely, it can be said that the Chief Minister is the head of the state of Madhya Pradesh government.
Chief Minister is elected as the head of the government through a general election, and the party that gets the majority nominates its leader as candidate for the post of Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister is elected for a term of 5 years; but a Chief Minister can be re-elected after the expiry of his tenure, i. e. a person can nominate himself as the prospective candidate owing to the response he gets from the general public.
Some of the famous Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh who will always be remembered in Indian political system are:
- Prakash Chand Sethi
- Kailsh Chandra Joshi
- Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha
- Sunderlal Patwa
- Arjun Singh
- Motilal Vora
- Digvijay Singh
- Uma Bharti
- Babulal Gaur
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Although the constitution of India has rendered the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh answerable to the Governor, it is the Chief Minister who enjoys the highest administrative position.
List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Madhya Pradesh (MP)
| S.No. | Chief Ministers Name | From | To | Party Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pt. Ravishankar Shukla | 1 November 1956 | 31 December 1956 | INC |
| 2 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi | 1 January 1957 | 30 January 1957 | INC |
| 3 | Kailash Nath Katju | 31 January 1957 | 14 March 1957 | INC |
| 4 | Kailash Nath Katju | 14 March 1957 | 11 March 1962 | INC |
| 5 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi | 12 March 1962 | 29 September 1963 | INC |
| 6 | Dwarka Prasad Mishra | 30 September 1963 | 8 March 1967 | INC |
| 7 | Dwarka Prasad Mishra | 9 March 1967 | 29 July 1967 | INC |
| 8 | Govind Narayan Singh | 30 July 1967 | 12 March 1969 | INC |
| 9 | Raja Nareshchandra Singh | 13 March 1969 | 25 March 1969 | INC |
| 10 | Shyama Charan Shukla | 26 March 1969 | 28 January 1972 | INC |
| 11 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | 29 January 1972 | 22 March 1972 | INC |
| 12 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | 23 March 1972 | 22 December 1975 | INC |
| 13 | Shyama Charan Shukla | 23 December 1975 | 29 April 1977 | INC |
| 14 | President's rule | 29 April 1977 | 25 June 1977 | |
| 15 | Kailash Chandra Joshi | 26 June 1977 | 17 January 1978 | Janata Party |
| 16 | Virendra Kumar Saklecha | 18 January 1978 | 19 January 1980 | Janata Party |
| 17 | Sunderlal Patwa | 20 January 1980 | 17 February 1980 | Janata Party |
| 18 | President's rule | 18 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | |
| 19 | Arjun Singh | 8 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | INC |
| 20 | Arjun Singh | 11 March 1985 | 12 March 1985 | INC |
| 21 | Motilal Vora | 13 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | INC |
| 22 | Arjun Singh | 14 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 | INC |
| 23 | Motilal Vora | 25 January 1989 | 8 December 1989 | INC |
| 24 | Shyama Charan Shukla | 9 December 1989 | 4 March 1990 | INC |
| 25 | Sunderlal Patwa | 5 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | BJP |
| 26 | President's rule | 16 December 1992 | 6 December 1993 | |
| 27 | Digvijay Singh | 7 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | INC |
| 28 | Digvijay Singh | 1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | INC |
| 29 | Uma Bharti | 8 December 2003 | 23 August 2004 | BJP |
| 30 | Babulal Gaur | 23 August 2004 | 29 November 2005 | BJP |
| 31 | Shivraj Singh Chauhan | 29 November 2005 | 11 December 2008 | BJP |
| 32 | Shivraj Singh Chauhan | 12 December 2008 | 12 December 2013 | BJP |
| 33 | Shivraj Singh Chauhan | 13 December 2013 | 16 December 2018 | BJP |
| 34 | Kamal Nath | 17 December 2018 | 23 March 2020 | INC |
| 35 | Shivraj Singh Chauhan | 23 March 2020 | Present | BJP |
Chief Ministers of India
Last Updated on : August 18, 2020
