Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik
Official Portrait, 2019
14th Chief Minister of Odisha
Assumed office
5 March 2000
GovernorM. M. Rajendran
Rameshwar Thakur
Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
S. C. Jamir
Satya Pal Malik
Ganeshi Lal
Raghubar Das
Preceded byHemananda Biswal
Union Minister of Steel and Mines, Government of India
In office
19 March 1998 – 4 March 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byBirendra Prasad Baishya
Succeeded bySunder Lal Patwa
ConstituencyAska
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
12 April 1997 – 4 March 2000
Preceded byBiju Patnaik
Succeeded byKumudini Patnaik
ConstituencyAska
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
5 March 2000
Preceded byUdayanath Nayak
ConstituencyHinjili
President of Biju Janata Dal
Assumed office
26 December 1997
Preceded byposition established
Personal details
Born (1946-10-16) 16 October 1946 (age 77)
Cuttack, Orissa, British India
(present-day Odisha, India)
Political partyBiju Janata Dal (since 1997)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal (until 1997)
Parent
RelativesGita Mehta (sister)
Sonny Mehta (brother-in-law)
Residence(s)Naveen Nivas,
Aerodrome Road, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Alma materKirori Mal College, Delhi (BA)
ProfessionPolitician, writer
Websitenaveenpatnaik.in
Source: [1]

Naveen Patnaik (Odia: [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian statesman, politician and writer serving as the current and 15th Chief Minister of Odisha representing the Hinjili Assembly constituency since 2000. He is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and as of 2024, the 2nd longest-serving chief minister of any Indian state, holding the post for over two decades, and only the second Indian chief Minister after Pawan Chamling to win five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of an Indian state.[1][2] He is the first president of the Biju Janata Dal since 1997.[3] He served as the Union Minister of Steel and Mines from 1998 to 2000 and a member of the Lok Sabha from Aska from 1997 to 2000.

  1. ^ "Naveen Patnaik wins record fifth term in Odisha as BJP makes impressive gains". Debabrata Mohanty. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Naveen Patnaik Set to Make History as Odisha Hands Him Power for a Record Fifth Straight Term". News18. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ "From greenhorn to history-scripting politician". The Hindu. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.

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