List of Chief Ministers of Punjab

Here you can read the full list of chief ministers of Punjab. In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of the state.

By Oneindia Staff Writer

Published: Monday, January 16, 2017, 11:11 [IST]

In India the governor is head of the state, but executive authority rests with the chief minister. The governor appoints the CM, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Talking about Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal elected for this post record four times. Here you can read the full list of chief ministers of Punjab.

List of Chief Ministers of Punjab

SL. No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Gopi Chand Bhargava	Aug 15, 1947	Apr 13, 1949	Indian National Congress
2	Bhim Sen Sachar	Apr 13, 1949	Oct 18, 1949	Indian National Congress
3	Gopi Chand Bhargava[2]	Oct 18, 1949	Jun 20, 1951	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	Jun 20, 1951	Apr 17, 1952
4	Bhim Sen Sachar [2]	Apr 17, 1952	Jan 23, 1956	Indian National Congress
5	Pratap Singh Kairon	Jan 23, 1956	Jun 21, 1964	Indian National Congress
6	Gopi Chand Bhargava[3]	Jun 21, 1964	Jul 6, 1964	Indian National Congress
7	Ram Kishan	Jul 7, 1964	Jul 5, 1966	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	Jul 5, 1966	Nov 1, 1966
8	Giani Gurmukh Singh Mussafir	Nov 1, 1966	Mar 8, 1967	Indian National Congress
9	Gurnam Singh	Mar 8, 1967	Nov 25, 1967	Shiromani Akali Dal
10	Lachhman Singh Gill	Nov 25, 1967	Aug 23, 1968	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President's rule	Aug 23, 1968	Feb 17, 1969
11	Gurnam Singh [2]	Feb 17, 1969	Mar 27, 1970	Shiromani Akali Dal
12	Parkash Singh Badal	Mar 27, 1970	Jun 14, 1971	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President's rule	Jun 14, 1971	Mar 17, 1972
13	Zail Singh	Mar 17, 1972	Apr 30, 1977	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	Apr 30, 1977	Jun 20, 1977
14	Parkash Singh Badal[2]	Jun 20, 1977	Feb 17, 1980	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President's rule	Feb 17, 1980	Jun 6, 1980
15	Darbara Singh	Jun 6, 1980	Oct 10, 1983	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	Oct 10, 1983	Sep 29, 1985
16	Surjit Singh Barnala	Sep 29, 1985	Jun 11, 1987	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President's rule	Jun 11, 1987	Feb 25, 1992
17	Beant Singh	Feb 25, 1992	Aug 31, 1995	Indian National Congress
18	Harcharan Singh Brar	Aug 31, 1995	Jan 21, 1996	Indian National Congress
19	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	Jan 21, 1996	Feb 11, 1997	Indian National Congress
20	Parkash Singh Badal[3]	Feb 12, 1997	Feb 26, 2002	Shiromani Akali Dal
21	Amarinder Singh	Feb 26, 2002	Mar 1, 2007	Indian National Congress
22	Parkash Singh Badal[4]	Mar 1, 2007	Present	Shiromani Akali Dal