List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Their Tenure Periods

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 merged the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh and formed Reorganisation on 1 November 1956. Since then, India has seen 18 Chief Ministers. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla was the 1st Chief Minister who took oath in 1956. Twelve of Chief Ministers belonged to the INC.The first Non-Congress Chief Minister was Govind Narayan Singh who lead Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government from 1967 to 1969. Digvijaya Singh of the Congress served two full five-year terms. He was succeeded by Uma Bharti of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh's who is the only woman Chief Minister served for 1year. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the current and longest-serving Chief Minister who took oath in 2005 and has served for 13years.MP has also been under Presidents rule thrice over a short period of time.The major ruling party has been BJP and INC.

Sl.No	Chief Minister	From	To	Party Name
1	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	23 Mar 2020	Present	BJP
2	Kamal Nath	18 Dec 2018	23 Mar 2020	INC
3	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	14 Dec 2013	17 Dec 2018	BJP
4	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	13 Dec 2008	13 Dec 2013	BJP
5	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	29 Nov 2005	12 Dec 2008	BJP
6	Babulal Gaur	23 Aug 2004	29 Nov 2005	BJP
7	Uma Bharti	08 Dec 2003	23 Aug 2004	BJP
8	Digvijay Singh	01 Dec 1998	08 Dec 2003	INC
9	Digvijay Singh	07 Dec 1993	01 Dec 1998	INC
10	President's rule	16 Dec 1992	06 Dec 1993
11	Sunderlal Patwa	05 Mar 1990	15 Dec 1992	BJP
12	Shyama Charan Shukla	09 Dec 1989	04 Mar 1990	INC
13	Motilal Vora	25 Jan 1989	08 Dec 1989	INC
14	Arjun Singh	14 Feb 1988	24 Jan 1989	INC
15	Motilal Vora	13 Mar 1985	13 Feb 1988	INC
16	Arjun Singh	11 Mar 1985	12 Mar 1985	INC
17	Arjun Singh	08 Jun 1980	10 Mar 1985	INC
18	President's rule	18 Feb 1980	08 Jun 1980
19	Sunderlal Patwa	20 Jan 1980	17 Feb 1980	Janata Party
20	Virendra Kumar Saklecha	18 Jan 1978	19 Jan 1980	Janata Party
21	Kailash Chandra Joshi	26 Jun 1977	17 Jan 1978	Janata Party
22	President's rule	29 Apr 1977	25 Jun 1977
23	Shyama Charan Shukla	23 Dec 1975	29 Apr 1977	INC
24	Prakash Chandra Sethi	23 Mar 1972	22 Dec 1975	INC
25	Prakash Chandra Sethi	29 Jan 1972	22 Mar 1972	INC
26	Shyama Charan Shukla	26 Mar 1969	28 Jan 1972	INC
27	Raja Nareshchandra Singh	13 Mar 1969	25 Mar 1969	INC
28	Govind Narayan Singh	30 Jul 1967	12 Mar 1969	INC
29	Dwarka Prasad Mishra	09 Mar 1967	29 Jul 1967	INC
30	Dwarka Prasad Mishra	30 Sep 1963	08 Mar 1967	INC
31	Bhagwantrao Mandloi	12 Mar 1962	29 Sep 1963	INC
32	Kailash Nath Katju	14 Mar 1957	11 Mar 1962	INC
33	Kailash Nath Katju	31 Jan 1957	14 Mar 1957	INC
34	Bhagwantrao Mandloi	01 Jan 1957	30 Jan 1957	INC
35	Pt. Ravishankar Shukla	01 Nov 1956	31 Dec 1956	INC

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