List of Chief Ministers of Orissa

Orissa province

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	Raja of Paralakhemundi	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	Unaffiliated
2	Biswanath Das	19 July 1937	4 November 1939	Indian National Congress
3	Kautuk Mitra	29 November 1941	29 June 1944	BJP
4	Harekrushna Mahatab	23 April 1946	15 August 1947	Indian National Congress
#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party

Orissa state

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	Harekrushna Mahatab	26 January 1950	12 May 1950	Indian National Congress
2	Nabakrushna Choudhury	12 May 1950	15 October 1956	Indian National Congress
3	Harekrushna Mahatab	15 October 1956	25 February 1961	Indian National Congress
4	Biju Pattanaik	28 June 1961	2 October 1963	Indian National Congress
5	Biren Mitra	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	Indian National Congress
6	Sadashiva Tripathy	2 October 1965	8 March 1967	Indian National Congress
7	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	Swatantra Party and Orissa Jana Congress
8	Biswanath Das	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	United Front (Swatantra Party + Utkal Congress + Jharkhand Party)
9	Nandini Satpathy	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	Indian National Congress
10	Nandini Satpathy	6 March 1973	16 December 1976	Indian National Congress
11	Binayak Acharya	29 December 1976	25 June 1977	Indian National Congress
12	Nilamani Routray	25 June 1977	17 February 1980	Janata Party
13	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	9 June 1980	7 December 1989	Indian National Congress
14	Hemananda Biswal	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	Indian National Congress
15	Biju Pattanaik	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	Janata Dal
16	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	Indian National Congress
17	Giridhar Gamang	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	Indian National Congress
18	Hemananda Biswal	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	Indian National Congress
19	Naveen Patnaik	5 March 2000	present	Biju Janata Dal
#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party