Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, The post of Chief Minister, the formation of the state of Rajasthan, a list of Chief Ministers of Rajasthan till date, their respective working periods & Political Parties

Chief Minister is the head of government of the Indian region of Rajasthan. The current incumbent is Ashok Gehlot who took up the position in 2008.

The post of Chief Minister stretches back to 1948 following the formation of the state of Rajasthan.


S.No.  Name                                        Took Office                   Left Office Party

1        Heera Lal Shastri                     7 April 1949                   5 January 1951 

           Indian National Congress
2        C S Venkatachari                     6 January 1951             25 April 1951 

           Indian National Congress
3        Jai Narayan Vyas                    26 April 1951                 3 March 1952 

           Indian National Congress
4        Tika Ram Paliwal                     3 March 1952               31 October 1952 

           Indian National Congress
5        Jai Narayan Vyas [2]               1 November 1952        12 November 1954 

          Indian National Congress
6        Mohan Lal Sukhadia               13 November 1954      11 April 1957 

          Indian National Congress
7        Mohan Lal Sukhadia [2]           11 April 1957               11 March 1962 

          Indian National Congress
8        Mohan Lal Sukhadia [3]             12 March 1962          13 March 1967 

          Indian National Congress
9        Mohan Lal Sukhadia [4]            26 April 1967              9 July 1971 

          Indian National Congress
10      Barkatullah Khan                       9 July 1971                 11 August 1973 

          Indian National Congress
11      Hari Dev Joshi                         11 August 1973          29 April 1977 

          Indian National Congress
12      Bhairon Singh Shekhawat       22 June 1977             16 February 1980 

          Janata Party
13      Jagannath Pahadia                  6 June 1980               13 July 1981 

           Indian National Congress
14      Shiv Charan Mathur                 14 July 1981                23 February 1985 

          Indian National Congress
15      Hira Lal Devpura                      23 February 1985      10 March 1985 

          Indian National Congress
16      Hari Dev Joshi [2]                    10 March 1985            20 January 1988 

          Indian National Congress
17     Shiv Charan Mathur [2]             20 January 1988         4 December 1989 

          Indian National Congress
18      Hari Dev Joshi [3]                     4 December 1989       4 March 1990 

          Indian National Congress
19     Bhairon Singh Shekhawat [2]    4 March 1990           15 December 1992 

         Bharatiya Janata Party
20     Bhairon Singh Shekhawat [3]    15 December 1992      29 November 1998

         Bharatiya Janata Party
21    Ashok Gehlot                            1 December 1998     8 December 2003 

        Indian National Congress
22   Vasundhara Raje Scindia            8 December 2003     11 December 2008

        Bharatiya  Janata Party
23   Ashok Gehlot [2]                          12 December 2008                Incumbent 

        Indian National Congress


Key: 

INC~Indian National Congress 

JP~Janata Party 

BJP~Bharatiya Janata Party
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