Government of Gujarat (Redirected from Gujarat Government)
Seat of Government | Gandhinagar |
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Legislative branch | |
Assembly | |
Speaker | Nimaben Acharya |
Members in Assembly | 182 |
Executive branch | |
Governor | Acharya Devvrat |
Chief Minister | Bhupendrabhai Patel |
Deputy Chief Minister | Vacant |
Chief Secretary | Pankaj Kumar, IAS |
Judiciary branch | |
High Court | Gujarat High Court |
Chief Justice | Aravind Kumar |
The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary and of a publicly elected legislative body.
Like other states in India, the head of state of Gujarat is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central (Union) government. His or her post is largely ceremonial, but considers the legislative composition and appoints the Chief Minister, who is the main head of government, as chair of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat and is vested, in some instances alone but as to most executive powers by Council consensus with virtually all of the executive powers.
Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, houses the relevant Vidhan Sabha (also known as the Gujarat Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, has jurisdiction over the state as to state laws.
The present legislative assembly is unicameral, consisting of 182 Members of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.As). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.
Executive
Cabinet Ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chief Minister Home General Administration Information & Broadcast Industries Mines & Minerals Captital Projects Urban Development & Urban Housing Narmada & Ports Departments not allotted to any Minister | 13 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Revenue Minister of Law & Justice Minister of Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Education | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Health & Family Welfare Minister of Medical Education Minister of Water Resources & Water Supply | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Roads & Building Minister of Transport Minister of Civil Aviation Minister of Tourism & Pilgrimage Development | Purnesh Modi | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Finance Minister of Energy & Petrochemicals | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Forest, Environment & Climate Change | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Minister of Tribal Development | Nareshbhai Patel | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of Rural | Arjunsinh Chauhan | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP |
Ministers in charge
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister of state (I/C) in Sports, Youth Affairs & Cultural Activities Minister of state (I/C) in Excise & Prohibition Minister of state (I/C) in Border Security & Prisons Minister of state in Home & Police Housing Minister of state in Disaster Management | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of state (I/C) in Cottage Industries Minister of state (I/C) in Cooperation Minister of state (I/C) in Salt Industries Minister of state in Industries Minister of state in Forest, Environment & Climate Change | Jagdish Panchal | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state (I/C) in Labour & Employment Minister of state (I/C) in Panchayats Minister of state in Rural Development & Rural Housing | Brijesh Merja | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state (I/C) in Fisheries Minister of state in Water Resources & Water Supply Minister of state in Narmada | Jitu Choudhary | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state (I/C) in Women & Child Development Minister of state in Social Justice & Empowerment | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP |
Ministers of state
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister of state in Agriculture Minister of state in Energy & Petrochemicals | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of state in Health & Family Welfare Minister of state in Medical Education Minister of state in Tribal Development | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of state in Transport Minister of state in Civil Aviation Minister of state in Tourism & Pilgrimage Development | Arvind Raiyani | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state in higher & Technical Education Minister of state in Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs | Kuberbhai Dindor | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state in Primary, Secondary & Adult Education | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of state in Food & Civil Supplies | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
Minister of state in Social Justice & Empowerment | RC Makwana | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state in Urban Development & Urban Housing | Vinod Moradia | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP | |
Minister of state in Animal Husbandry | 16 September 2021 | Incumbent | BJP |
Chief Ministers of Gujarat
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Tenure length | Assembly
(election) |
Party | ||
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1 | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | Amreli | 1 May 1960 | 3 March 1962 | 2 years, 300 days | 1st/Interim (1957 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
3 March 1962 | 25 February 1963 | 2nd (1962 election) | |||||||
2 | Balwantrai Mehta | Bhavnagar | 25 February 1963 | 19 September 1965 | 2 years, 206 days | ||||
3 | Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai | Olpad | 19 September 1965 | 3 April 1967 | 5 years, 245 days | ||||
3 April 1967 | 12 May 1971 | 3rd (1967 election) |
Indian National Congress (O) | ||||||
– | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 13 May 1971 | 17 March 1972 | 309 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
4 | Ghanshyam Oza | Dahegam | 17 March 1972 | 17 July 1973 | 1 year, 122 days | 4th (1972 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
5 | Chimanbhai Patel | Sankheda | 17 July 1973 | 9 February 1974 | 207 days | ||||
– | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 9 February 1974 | 18 June 1975 | 1 year, 129 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
6 | Babubhai Patel | Sabarmati | 18 June 1975 | 12 March 1976 | 268 days | 5th (1975 election) |
Indian National Congress (O) | ||
– | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 12 March 1976 | 24 December 1976 | 287 days | N/A | |||
7 | Madhav Singh Solanki | Bhadran | 24 December 1976 | 10 April 1977 | 107 days | Indian National Congress | |||
(6) | Babubhai Patel | Sabarmati | 11 April 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 312 days | Janata Party | |||
– | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 17 February 1980 | 6 June 1980 | 110 days | N/A | |||
(7) | Madhav Singh Solanki | Bhadran | 7 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 5 years, 29 days | 6th (1980 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
11 March 1985 | 6 July 1985 | 7th | |||||||
8 | Amarsinh Chaudhary | Vyara | 6 July 1985 | 9 December 1989 | 4 years, 156 days | ||||
(7) | Madhav Singh Solanki | Bhadran | 10 December 1989 | 3 March 1990 | 83 days | ||||
(5) | Chimanbhai Patel | Sankheda | 4 March 1990 | 25 October 1990 | 3 years, 350 days | 8th (1990 election) |
Janata Dal | ||
25 October 1990 | 17 February 1994 | Indian National Congress | |||||||
9 | Chhabildas Mehta | Mahuva | 17 February 1994 | 13 March 1995 | 1 year, 24 days | ||||
10 | Keshubhai Patel | Visavadar | 14 March 1995 | 21 October 1995 | 221 days | 9th (1995 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
11 | Suresh Mehta | Mandvi | 21 October 1995 | 19 September 1996 | 334 days | ||||
– | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 19 September 1996 | 23 October 1996 | 27 days | N/A | |||
12 | Shankersinh Vaghela | Radhanpur | 23 October 1996 | 27 October 1997 | 1 year, 4 days | Rashtriya Janata Party | |||
13 | Dilip Parikh | Dhandhuka | 28 October 1997 | 4 March 1998 | 188 days | ||||
(10) | Keshubhai Patel | Visavadar | 4 March 1998 | 6 October 2001 | 3 years, 216 days | 10th (1998 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
14 | Narendra Modi | Rajkot II | 7 October 2001 | 22 December 2002 | 12 years, 227 days | ||||
Maninagar | 22 December 2002 | 22 December 2007 | 11th (2002 election) | ||||||
23 December 2007 | 20 December 2012 | 12th (2007 election) | |||||||
20 December 2012 | 22 May 2014 | 13th (2012 election) | |||||||
15 | Anandiben Patel | Ghatlodia | 22 May 2014 | 7 August 2016 | 2 years, 77 days | ||||
16 | Vijay Rupani | Rajkot West | 7 August 2016 | 26 December 2017 | 5 years, 37 days | ||||
26 December 2017 | 13 September 2021 | 14th (2017 election) | |||||||
17 | Bhupendrabhai Patel | Ghatlodia | 13 September 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 16 days |
Legislature
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members,the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.