List of Chief Ministers of Punjab and Chief Minister of PEPSU (since 1948)

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India has 28 states and 8 Union territories as of April 2021 in this county. Punjab is the Nineteenth-largest Indian state by area and the Fifteenth largest state by population in India country.

The Chief Minister of Punjab is the chief executive of the Indian state of Punjab which is appointed by a state’s governor. The chief minister is the leader of the state Legislative assembly. They would be the chief adviser to the nominal head of their respected state. All new principal announcements of policy are made by him on the floor of the house. The Chief Minister supervises and coordinates the policies of the several Ministers involved in the formulation and implementation of a policy and department. For the removal of ministers, the governor is dependent on the chief minister because the governor can’t remove/dismiss ministers at his will. The Chief Minister has a free hand in preparing the list of his colleagues and also he may ask anyone of his colleagues to resign.

Punjab has one legislature house and chamber, the Punjab Legislative Assembly has 117 seats, headed by a speaker. Punjab state sends 13 members of Lok Sabha and 7 members of Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister heads the executive, which is made up of the party or coalition elected with a majority in the legislature. Chief minister guide and control the activity of other ministers. The maximum term serves of chief minister is for five years and is subject to no term limits. The formation of the first Chief Minister of Punjab was on 15 August 1947.

List of Chief Minister of PEPSU

(Patiala and East Punjab States Union) (1948-1956)

Sr No	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Party
1.	Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan	West Punjab-Landlord	5 April 1937 to 26 December 1942 (5 years 265 days)	Unionist Party
2.	Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana	Khushab	30 December 1942 to 19 March 1945 (2 years 79 days)	Unionist Party
	President rule	N/A	1 year 2 days	N/A
3.	Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (2nd Term)	Khushab	21 March 1946 to 2 March 1947 (346 days)	Unionist Party
	President rule	N/A	166 days	N/A
4.	Gian Singh Rarewala	Payal	15 July 1948 to 23 May 1951 ( 2 years 312 days)	Independent
5.	Raghbir Singh	Patiala Sadar	23 May 1951 to 21 April 1952 (334 days)	Indian National Congress
6.	Gian Singh Rarewala (2nd Term)	Payal	22 April 1952 to 5 March 1953 (317 days)	Independent
	President rule	N/A	1 year 3 days	N/A
7.	Raghbir Singh (2nd Term)	Patiala Sadar	8 March 1954 to 7 January 1955 (305 days)	Indian National Congress
8.	Brish Bhan	Kalayat	12 January 1955 to 1 November 1956 (1 year 294 days)	Indian National Congress

List of Chief Minister of Punjab ( since 1947)

Sr no	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Party
1.	Gopi Chand Bhargava	Pundri	15 August 1947 to 13 April 1949 (1 year 241 days)	Indian National Congress
2.	Bhim Sen Sachar	Ludhiana City South	13 April 1949 to 18 October 1949 (188 days)	Indian National Congress
3.	Gopi Chand Bhargava (2nd Term)	Pundri	18 October 1949 to 20 June 1951 (1 year 245 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	302 days	N/A
4.	Bhim Sen Sachar (2nd Term)	Ludhiana City South	17 April 1952 to 23 January 1956 (3 years 281 days)	Indian National Congress
5.	Partap Singh Kairon	Sujanpur	23 January 1956 to 21 June 1964 (8 year 150 days)	Indian National Congress
6.	Gopi Chand Bhargava (3rd Term)	Pundri	21 June 1964 to 6 July 1964 (15 days)	Indian National Congress
7.	Ram Kishan	Jalandhar city North East	7 July 1964 to 5 July 1966 (1 year 363 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	119 days	N/A
8.	Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir	Vidhan parishad	1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967 (127 days)	Indian National Congress
9.	Gurnam Singh	Qila Raipur	8 March 1967 to 25 November 1967 (262 days)	Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
10.	Lachhman Singh Gill	Dharamkot	25 November 1967 to 23 August 1968 (272 days)	Punjab Janta Party
	President rule	N/A	178 days	N/A
11.	Gurnam Singh (2nd Term)	Qila Raipur	17 February 1969 to 27 March 1970 (1 year 38 days)	Shiromani Akali Dal
12.	Parkash Singh Badal	Giddarbaha	27 March 1970 to 14 June 1971 (1 year 79 days)	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President rule	N/A	277 days	N/A
13.	Giani Zail Singh	Anandpur Sahib	17 March 1971 to 30 April 1977 (5 years 44 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	51 days	N/A
14.	Parkash Singh Badal (2nd Term)	Gidderbaha	20 June 1977 to 17 February 1980 (2 years 242 days)	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President rule	N/A	101 days	N/A
15.	Darbara Singh	Nakodar	6 June 1980 to 6 October 1983 (3 years 122 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	1 year 358 days	N/A
16.	Surjit Singh Barnala	Barnala	29 September 1985 to 11 June 1987 (1 year 255 days)	Shiromani Akali Dal
	President rule	N/A	4 years 259 days	N/A
17.	Beant Singh	Jalandhar Cantonment	25 February 1992 to 31 August 1995 (3 years 187 days)	Indian National Congress
18.	Harcharan Singh Brar	Muktsar	31 August 1995 to 21 November 1996 (1 year 82 days)	Indian National Congress
19.	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	Lehra	21 November 1996 to 11 February 1997 (82 days)	Indian National Congress
20.	Parkash Singh Badal (3rd Term)	Lambi	12 February 1997 to 26 February 2002 (5 years 14 days)	Indian National Congress
21.	Amarinder Singh	Patiala Urban(Town)	26 February 2002 to 1 March 2007 (5 years 3 days)	Indian National Congress
22.	Parkash Singh Badal (4th Term))	Lambi	1 March 2007 to 16 March 2017 (10 years 15 days)	Shiromani Akali Dal
23.	Amarinder Singh (2nd Term)	Patiala Urban(Town)	16 March 2017 to present	Indian National Congress

⦿Did you know?

1.Partap Singh Kairon was the first Sikh Chief Minister of Punjab and who had completed a 5-year term.

2.First CM after reorganisation of Punjab was Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir.

3.Beant Singh the twelfth CM was the first Indian CM who was assassinated in his office.

4.Rajinder Kaur Bhattal fourteens CM who was first and only female CM of Punjab.

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FAQ:

Q1. How many people served as Chief Minister of Punjab since 1947?
Ans. 15th people have served in Punjab. Q2. Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab after independence from the British?
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Ans. Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Q4. Who was the overall 8th female chief minister of India?
Ans. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Q5. How was Beant Singh assassinated?
Ans. He was killed in a car bombing in Chandigarh on 31 August 1995.