List of Chief Ministers of Goa

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India has 28 states and 8 Union territories as of April 2021 in this country. The goa state is India’s smallest state by area and its fourth-smallest by population ( 26th rank).

The Chief Minister of Goa is the chief executive of the Indian state of goa which is appointed by a state’s governor. The chief minister is the leader of the state Legislative assembly. They would be the chief adviser to the nominal head of their respected state. All new principal announcements of policy are made by him on the floor of the house. The Chief Minister supervises and coordinates the policies of the several Ministers involved in the formulation and implementation of a policy and department. For the removal of ministers, the governor is dependent on the chief minister because the governor can’t remove/dismiss ministers at his will. The Chief Minister has a free hand in preparing the lists of his colleagues and also he may ask anyone of his colleagues to resign.

Goa has one legislature house and chamber, the Goa Legislative Assembly has 40 members, headed by a speaker. Goa state sends 2 members to the Lok Sabha and 1 member to Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister heads the executive, which is made up of the party or coalition elected with a majority in the legislature. Chief minister guide and control the activity of other ministers. The maximum term serves of chief minister is for five years and is subject to no term limits. The first formation of chief minister was on 20 December 1963.

Sr no.	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Party
1.	Dayanand Bandodkar	Marcaim	20 December 1963 to 2 December 1966 (2 years 347 days)	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
	President rules	N/A	124 days	N/A
2.	Dayanand Bandodkar (2nd term)	Marcaim	5 April 1967 to 12 August 1973 (5 year 130 days)	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3.	Shashikala Kakodkar	Bicholim	12 August 1973 to 27 April 1979 (5 year 285 days)	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
	President rule	N/A	264 days	N/A
4.	Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	16 January 1980 to 27 March 1990 (10 year 71 days)	Indian national Congress
5.	Churchill Alemao	Benaulim	27 March 1990 to 14 April 1990 (18 days)	Progressive Democratic Front
6.	Luis Proto Barbosa	Loutolim	14 April 1990 to 14 December 1990 (244 days)	Progressive Democratic Front
	President rule	N/A	42 days	N/A
7.	Ravi S. Naik	Marcaim	25 January 1991 to 18 May 1993 (2 years 113 days)	Indian national Congress
8.	Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	18 May 1993 to 2 April 1994 (319 days)	Indian national Congress
9.	Ravi S. Naik (2nd term)	Marcaim	2 April 1994 to 8 April 1994 (6 days)	Indian national Congress
10.	Wilfred de Souza (2nd term)	Saligao	8 April 1994 to 16 December 1994 (252 days)	Indian national Congress
11.	Pratapsingh Rane (2nd term)	Poriem	16 December 1994 to 29 July 1998 (3 years 225 days)	Indian national Congress
12.	Wilfred de Souza (3rd term)	Saligao	29 July 1998 to 23 November 1998 (117 days)	Goa Rajiv Congress Party
13.	Luizinho Faleiro	Navelim	26 November 1998 to 8 February 1999 (77 days)	Indian national Congress
	President rule	N/A	114 days	N/A
14.	Luizinho Faleiro	Navelim	9 June 1999 to 24 November 1999 (168 days)	Indian national Congress
15.	Francisco Sardinha	Curtorim	24 November 1999 to 23 October 2000 (334 days)	Goa People's Congress
16.	Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	24 October 2000 to 2 February 2005 (4 year 102 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
17.	Pratapsingh Rane (3rd term)	Poriem	3 February 2005 to 4 March 2005 (29 days)	Indian national Congress
	President rule	N/A	95 days	N/A
18.	Pratapsingh Rane (4th term)	Poriem	7 June 2005 to 7 June 2007 (2 years)	Indian national Congress
19.	Digambar Kamat	Margao	8 June 2007 to 8 March 2012 (4 years 274 days)	Indian national Congress
20.	Manohar Parrikar (2nd term)	Panaji	March 2012 to 8 November 2014 (2 years 244 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
21.	Laxmikant Parsekar	Mandrem	8 November 2014 to 11 March 2017 (2 years 123 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
22.	Manohar Parrikar (3rd term)	Panaji	14 March 2017 to 17 March 2019 (2 year 3 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
23.	Pramod Sawant	Sanquelim	19 March 2019 to present (2 years 14 days and continue)	Bharatiya Janata party

⦿Did you know?

1.Manohar Parrikar was suffering from cancer and died at age 63.

2 Pramod Sawant is the 13th and current chief minister of goa.

3.Shashikala Kakodkar the first female chief minister was a daughter of Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar who was the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu.

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FAQ:

Q1. How many chief ministers have served in goa and who is the current Chief Minister of Goa?
Ans. Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019. Q2. What Pramod Sawant represent?
Ans. Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Q3.which award is given to Manohar Parrikar?
Ans. Padma Bhushan in 2020, and Distinguished Alumnus Award IIT-Mumbai in 2001.