List of Chief Ministers of Goa

Chief Minister of Goa
Incumbent Laxmikant Parsekar since 8 November 2014
Appointer	Governor of Goa
Inaugural holder	Dayanand Bandodkar
Formation	20 December 1963

The Chief Minister of Goa is the chief executive of the south Indian coastal state of Goa. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Goa Legislative Assembly, the state's 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]

After the 1961 Indian annexation of Goa, the former Portuguese colony became part of the Goa, Daman and Diu union territory. In 1987 Goa achieved full statehood, while Daman and Diu became a separate union territory. Since 1963, eleven people served as Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu union territory and of Goa state. The first was Dayanand Bandodkar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, who was succeeded by his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar, Goa's only woman chief minister. Pratapsingh Rane of the Indian National Congress, during whose reign Goa had achieved statehood, is the longest-serving officeholder, with over 15 years across four discontinuous stints.

The incumbent chief minister is the Bharatiya Janata Party's Laxmikant Parsekar, who was sworn in on 8 November 2014.

Chief Ministers of Goa, Daman and Diu Union Territory

Dayanand Bandodkar, the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu

No	Name Constituency	Term of office[2]		Tenure length	Party[lower-alpha 1]		Election	Ref
1	Dayanand Bandodkar Marcaim	20 December 1963	2 December 1966	2 years, 347 days	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party		1963
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	2 December 1966	5 April 1967	124 days	N/A
(1)	Dayanand Bandodkar [2] Marcaim	5 April 1967	23 March 1972	4 years, 353 days	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party		1967	[4]
		23 March 1972	12 August 1973	1 year, 142 days			1972	[5]
2	Shashikala Kakodkar Bicholim	12 August 1973	7 June 1977	3 years, 299 days
		7 June 1977	27 April 1979	1 year, 324 days			1977	[6]
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	27 April 1979	16 January 1980	264 days	N/A
3	Pratapsingh Rane Satari	16 January 1980	7 January 1985	4 years, 357 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)		1980	[7]
		7 January 1985	30 May 1987	2 years, 143 days	Indian National Congress		1984	[8]

Chief Ministers of Goa

No	Name Constituency	Term of office[2]		Tenure length	Party[lower-alpha 1]		Election	Ref
(3)	Pratapsingh Rane Satari: till 1989 Poriem: 1990 onwards	30 May 1987	9 January 1990	2 years, 224 days	Indian National Congress		1984	[8]
		9 January 1990	27 March 1990	77 days			1989	[9]
4	Churchill Alemao Benaulim	27 March 1990	14 April 1990	18 days	Progressive Democratic Front
5	Luis Proto Barbosa Loutolim	14 April 1990	14 December 1990	244 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	14 December 1990	25 January 1991	42 days	N/A
6	Ravi S. Naik Marcaim	25 January 1991	18 May 1993	2 years, 113 days	Indian National Congress
7	Wilfred de Souza Saligao	18 May 1993	2 April 1994	319 days
(6)	Ravi S. Naik [2] Marcaim	2 April 1994	8 April 1994	6 days
(7)	Wilfred de Souza [2] Saligao	8 April 1994	16 December 1994	252 days
(3)	Pratapsingh Rane [2] Poriem	16 December 1994	29 July 1998	3 years, 225 days			1994	[10]
(7)	Wilfred de Souza [3] Saligao	29 July 1998	23 November 1998	117 days	Goa Rajiv Congress Party
8	Luizinho Faleiro Navelim	26 November 1998	8 February 1999	77 days	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	10 February 1999	9 June 1999	114 days	N/A
(8)	Luizinho Faleiro [2] Navelim	9 June 1999	24 November 1999	168 days	Indian National Congress		1999	[11]
9	Francisco Sardinha Curtorim	24 November 1999	23 October 2000	334 days	Goa People's Congress supported by BJP
10	Manohar Parrikar[lower-alpha 3] Panaji	24 October 2000	3 June 2002	1 year, 223 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		3 June 2002[13]	2 February 2005	2 years, 244 days			2002	[14] [15] [16] [17]
(3)	Pratapsingh Rane [3] Poriem	2 February 2005	4 March 2005	30 days	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	4 March 2005	7 June 2005	95 days	N/A
(3)	Pratapsingh Rane [4] Poriem	7 June 2005	8 June 2007	2 years, 1 day	Indian National Congress
11	Digambar Kamat Margao	8 June 2007	9 March 2012	4 years, 275 days	Indian National Congress		2007	[18] [19]
(10)	Manohar Parrikar [2] Panaji	9 March 2012	8 November 2014	2 years, 244 days	Bharatiya Janata Party		2012	[20] [21]
12	Laxmikant Parsekar Mandrem	8 November 2014	Incumbent	1 year, 149 days

See also

• List of Governors of Goa

Notes

Footnotes

1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
2. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[3]
3. On 27 February 2002 the assembly was dissolved, and Parrikar governed as caretaker chief minister until 3 June.^[12]

References

1. 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 state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Goa as well.
2. Chief Ministers of Goa. Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
3. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1984, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
12. "Goa assembly dissolved, Parrikar to continue as caretaker CM". Rediff.com. 27 February 2002.
13. "Parrikar sworn in". The Hindu. 4 June 2002.
14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
15. Anil Sastry. "Rane sworn in CM". The Hindu. 3 February 2005.
16. "President's rule in Goa". The Hindu. 5 March 2005.
17. "Decentralisation my aim, says Rane". The Hindu. 8 June 2005.
18. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
19. "Kamat sworn in Goa Chief Minister" The Hindu. 9 June 2007 . Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
20. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
21. Prakash Kamat. "Parrikar promises to wipe out corruption". The Hindu. 9 March 2012.

External links

• States of India Since 1947 page, useful info on Goa since 1961, including listings of the lone military governor, lieutenant governors, governors, and chief ministers