Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
Emblem of Chhatisgarh
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Incumbent Vishnu Deo Sai since 13 December 2023
Chief Minister's Office Government of Chhattisgarh
Style	The Honourable
Type	Head of government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	CMoChhatisgarh
Member of	State Cabinet Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Residence	B-3, Civil Lines, Raipur[1]
Seat	Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur
Nominator	MLAs of the majority party or alliance
Appointer	Governor of Chhattisgarh by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Inaugural holder	Ajit Jogi
Formation	1 November 2000 (25 years ago) (2000-11-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
Salary	₹230,000 (US$2,400)/monthly ₹2,760,000 (US$29,000)/annually
Website	Official website

The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In accordance with 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 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 the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[2] Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.^[3]

Four people have served as the state's chief minister since Chhattisgarh's formation on 1 November 2000 as a result of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.^[4] The first was Ajit Jogi of the Indian National Congress. He was succeeded in 2003 by Raman Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served three consecutive five-year terms. Third person to serve in the office was Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, who served from 2018 to 2023, was succeeded by Vishnudeo Sai, the current incumbent, following the resounding victory^[5] of Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 elections.

Oath as the state chief minister

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:

I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of () and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.

Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh (2000-present)

No.	Portrait		Chief Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office			Appointed by	Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
1			Ajit Jogi (1946–2020) MLA for Marwahi	– (Interim)[a]	1 November 2000	7 December 2003	3 years, 36 days	Dinesh Nandan Sahay	Indian National Congress	Jogi ministry
2			Raman Singh (born 1952) MLA for Dongargaon, until 2004 MLA for Rajnandgaon, from 2004	2003 (2nd)	7 December 2003	11 December 2018	15 years, 4 days	Krishna Mohan Seth	Bharatiya Janata Party	Singh I
				2008 (3rd)				E. S. L. Narasimhan		Singh II
				2013 (4th)				Shekhar Dutt		Singh III
3			Bhupesh Baghel (born 1960) MLA for Patan	2018 (5th)	17 December 2018	13 December 2023	4 years, 361 days	Anandiben M. Patel	Indian National Congress	Baghel
4			Vishnu Deo Sai (born 1964) MLA for Kunkuri	2023 (6th)	13 December 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 154 days	Biswabhusan Harichandan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sai

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