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Chief Minister of Puducherry

Leader of the executive of the Government of Puducherry

Field	Value
post	Chief Minister
body	Puducherry
native_name	Putuccēri Mutalamaiccar
insignia	Emblem of the Government of Puducherry.png
insigniacaption	Emblem of Puducherry
image	N Rangaswamy.jpg
incumbent	N. Rangasamy
incumbentsince	7 May 2021
style	{{plainlist
type	Head of government
status	Leader of the Executive
abbreviation	CMOPY
member_of	*Puducherry Legislative Assembly
reports_to	*Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
appointer	Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
formation
first	Edouard Goubert
website

The Honourable (formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (informal)
Puducherry Council of Ministers
Puducherry Legislative Assembly 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.

Since 1963, Puducherry has had 10 chief ministers. The longest-serving and current chief minister, N. Rangasamy from the All India N.R. Congress, held the office for over sixteen 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.

List

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). In January 1955, the government of India, by an order, renamed these four French settlements in India as the State of Pondicherry. Both these transfer days are official holidays within the union territory of Puducherry.

Chief Counselors of Pondicherry	No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term in office	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	1	2	–	3
	Maurice Pakkiriswamy Pillai
(1906–1956)	17 August 1955	13 January 1956	149 days
	Edouard Goubert
(1894–1979)	17 January 1956	24 October 1958	2 years, 280 days
Vacant (25 October 1958 – 8 September 1959)
[[File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	100px]]	V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
(1909–1982)	9 September 1959	30 June 1963	3 years, 294 days

;Enactment of the Government of Union Territories Act On 10 May 1963, the government of India enacted the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, which came into force on 1 July 1963. It introduced the same pattern of government that prevailed in the rest of the country, but subject to certain limitations. 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. Thus, the first legislative assembly was formed without an election. Elections for the assembly have been held since 1964.

;Color key for political parties

;Key

Resigned
Died in office
Resigned following a no-confidence motion
Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

Chief Ministers of Puducherry	No.	Portrait	Name	Elected constituency	Term of office	Assembly
(Election)	Ministry	Appointed by	Political party	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	1	2	3	(2)	–	(3)	–	4	–	(4)	–	5	–	(3)	(5)	–	6	7	8	9	(6)	(9)	10	–	(9)
	Edouard Goubert
(1894–1979)	Mannadipet	1 July 1963	10 September 1964	1 year, 71 days	1st
(1959)	Goubert	S. K. Datta	Indian National Congress	Indian National Congress}}
[[File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	100px]]	V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
(1909–1982)	Nettapakkam	11 September 1964	9 April 1967	2 years, 210 days	2nd
(1964)	Reddiar I	S. L. Silam
[[File:M. O. H. Farook.jpg	100px]]	M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)	Karaikal North	9 April 1967	6 March 1968	332 days	Farook I
[[File:V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	100px]]	V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
(1909–1982)	Nettapakkam	6 March 1968	17 September 1968	195 days	Reddiar II
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	18 September 1968	16 March 1969	179 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
[[File:M. O. H. Farook.jpg	100px]]	M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)	Kalapet	17 March 1969	2 January 1974	4 years, 291 days	3rd
(1969)	Farook II	B. D. Jatti	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	3 January 1974	5 March 1974	61 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
	S. Ramassamy
(1939–2017)	Karaikal South	6 March 1974	28 March 1974	22 days	4th
(1974)	Ramassamy I	Cheddi Lal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	29 March 1974	1 July 1977	3 years, 94 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
	S. Ramassamy
(1939–2017)	Karaikal South	2 July 1977	12 November 1978	1 year, 133 days	5th
(1977)	Ramassamy II	B. T. Kulkarni	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	13 November 1978	15 January 1980	1 year, 63 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
	M. D. R. Ramachandran
(1934–2024)	Mannadipet	16 January 1980	23 June 1983	3 years, 158 days	6th
(1980)	Ramachandran I	B. T. Kulkarni	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	24 June 1983	15 March 1985	1 year, 264 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
[[File:M. O. H. Farook.jpg	100px]]	M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)	Lawspet	16 March 1985	7 March 1990	4 years, 356 days	7th
(1985)	Farook III	T. P. Tewary	Indian National Congress
	M. D. R. Ramachandran
(1934–2024)	Mannadipet	8 March 1990	2 March 1991	359 days	8th
(1990)	Ramachandran II	Chandrawati	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	3 March 1991	3 July 1991	122 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
[[File:V. Vaithilingam.jpg	100px]]	V. Vaithilingam
(b. 1950)	Nettapakkam	4 July 1991	25 May 1996	4 years, 326 days	9th
(1991)	Vaithilingam I	Harswarup Singh	Indian National Congress
[[File:R.V.Janakiraman2 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	R. V. Janakiraman
(1941–2019)	Nellithope	26 May 1996	21 March 2000	3 years, 300 days	10th
(1996)	Janakiraman	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	P. Shanmugam
(1927–2013)	Yanam	22 March 2000	23 May 2001	1 year, 219 days	Shanmugam I	Rajani Rai	Indian National Congress	Indian National Congress}}
24 May 2001	27 October 2001	11th
(2001)	Shanmugam II
[[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg	100px]]	N. Rangasamy
(b. 1950)	Thattanchavady	27 October 2001	12 May 2006	6 years, 313 days	Rangasamy I
13 May 2006	4 September 2008	12th
(2006)	Rangasamy II	Madan Mohan Lakhera
[[File:V. Vaithilingam.jpg	100px]]	V. Vaithilingam
(b. 1950)	Nettapakkam	4 September 2008	15 May 2011	2 years, 253 days	Vaithilingam II	Govind Singh Gurjar
[[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg	100px]]	N. Rangasamy
(b. 1950)	Kadirkamam	16 May 2011	5 June 2016	5 years, 20 days	13th
(2011)	Rangasamy III	Iqbal Singh	All India N.R. Congress
[[File:VNarayanasamy.jpg	100px]]	V. Narayanasamy
(b. 1947)	Nellithope	6 June 2016	22 February 2021	4 years, 261 days	14th
(2016)	Narayanasamy	Kiran Bedi	Indian National Congress
[[File:Emblem of India.svg	75px]]	Vacant
(President's rule)	N/A	23 February 2021	6 May 2021	72 days	Dissolved	N/A	–	N/A
[[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg	100px]]	N. Rangasamy
(b. 1950)	Thattanchavady	7 May 2021	Incumbent		15th
(2021)	Rangasamy IV	Tamilisai Soundararajan	All India N.R. Congress

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Statistics

;List of chief ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Length of term	Longest continuous duration
N. Rangasamy	AINRC/INC	6 years, 313 days	****
M. O. H. Farook	INC/DMK	4 years, 356 days	10 years, 249 days
V. Vaithilingam	INC	4 years, 326 days	7 years, 214 days
V. Narayanasamy	INC	4 years, 261 days	4 years, 261 days
M. D. R. Ramachandran	DMK	3 years, 158 days	4 years, 152 days
R. V. Janakiraman	DMK	3 years, 300 days	3 years, 300 days
V. Venkatasubba Reddiar	INC	2 years, 210 days	3 years, 40 days
S. Ramassamy	AIADMK	1 year, 133 days	1 year, 155 days
P. Shanmugam	INC	1 year, 219 days	1 year, 219 days
Edouard Goubert	INC	1 year, 71 days	1 year, 71 days

;List by party

No.	Political party	Number of chief ministers
Indian National Congress	7	days
All India N.R. Congress	1	days
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3	2568 days
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	520 days

;Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office

Notes

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.
(27 January 2012). "M O H Farook an astute politician". [[NDTV]].
(30 July 2014). "Edouard Goubert who holds a fascination for Francophiles in Puducherry". [[The Hindu]].
(7 May 2021). "Rangasamy sworn in Puducherry CM". [[The Hindu]].
(28 May 1956). "Treaty establishing De Jure Cession of French Establishments in India". [[National Informatics Centre]].
(2 November 2024). "HT Archives: 140-year French rule ends, Pondicherry merges with India". [[Hindustan Times]].
(10 May 1963). "THE GOVERNMENT OF UNION TERRITORIES ACT, 1963". [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India).
"Section 54 in The Government Of Union Territories Act, 1963". [[Indian Kanoon]].

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