List of chief ministers of Goa facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chief Minister of Goa
Emblem of Goa
Incumbent Pramod Sawant since 19 March 2019
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Goa Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of Goa
Appointer	Governor of Goa
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Pratapsingh Rane as Chief Minister of Goa state Dayanand Bandodkar as Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
Formation	20 December 1963 (61 years ago) (1963-12-20)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Goa

The Chief Minister of Goa is the main leader of the government in the Indian state of Goa. Think of them as the chief executive, making important decisions for the state.

According to India's Constitution, the governor is the official head of a state. However, the Chief Minister actually holds most of the power. After elections for the Goa Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually asks the party or group of parties with the most seats to form the government. The governor then appoints the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister and their team of ministers work together and are responsible to the assembly. As long as they have the support of the assembly, the Chief Minister serves for five years. There is no limit to how many terms a Chief Minister can serve.

After Goa became part of India, this former Portuguese area became a union territory called Goa, Daman and Diu. In 1987, Goa became a full state, while Daman and Diu became a separate union territory. Since 1963, thirteen people have served as Chief Minister for either the union territory or the state of Goa. The first was Dayanand Bandodkar. His daughter, Shashikala Kakodkar, later became Chief Minister, making her Goa's only woman Chief Minister. Pratapsingh Rane has served the longest, for over 15 years in total. He was Chief Minister when Goa became a state.

The current Chief Minister is Pramod Sawant from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He took office on March 19, 2019, after the death of the previous Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar.

Leaders of Goa

This section lists the people who have served as the Chief Minister of Goa.

Chief Ministers of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, Daman and Diu was a union territory of India formed in 1961 after India took control of Portuguese India. Maj Gen K P Candeth was its first Military Governor.

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
				From	To	Days in office
1		Dayanand Bandodkar	Marcaim	20 December 1963	2 December 1966	2 years, 347 days	Interim	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	2 December 1966	5 April 1967	124 days		N/A
(1)		Dayanand Bandodkar	Marcaim	5 April 1967	23 March 1972	6 years, 129 days	1st (1967 election)	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
				23 March 1972	12 August 1973		2nd (1972 election)
2		Shashikala Kakodkar	Bicholim	12 August 1973	7 June 1977	5 years, 258 days
				7 June 1977	27 April 1979		3rd (1977 election)
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	27 April 1979	16 January 1980	264 days		N/A
3		Pratapsingh Rane	Sattari	16 January 1980	7 January 1985	7 years, 134 days	4th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress (U)
				7 January 1985	30 May 1987		5th (1984 election)	Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of the State of Goa

On May 30, 1987, the union territory was divided. Goa became India's twenty-fifth state, and Daman and Diu remained a union territory.

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
				From	To	Days in office
1		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	30 May 1987	9 January 1990	2 years, 301 days	5th (1984 election)	Indian National Congress
				9 January 1990	27 March 1990		1st (1989 election)
2		Churchill Alemao	Benaulim	27 March 1990	14 April 1990	18 days		Indian National Congress
3		Luis Proto Barbosa	Loutolim	14 April 1990	14 December 1990	244 days
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	14 December 1990	25 January 1991	42 days		N/A
4		Ravi Naik	Marcaim	25 January 1991	18 May 1993	2 years, 113 days		Indian National Congress
5		Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	18 May 1993	2 April 1994	319 days
(4)		Ravi Naik	Marcaim	2 April 1994	8 April 1994	6 days
(5)		Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	8 April 1994	16 December 1994	252 days
(1)		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	16 December 1994	29 July 1998	3 years, 225 days	2nd (1994 election)
(5)		Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	29 July 1998	23 November 1998	117 days		Goa Rajiv Congress Party
6		Luizinho Faleiro	Navelim	26 November 1998	8 February 1999	77 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	10 February 1999	9 June 1999	114 days		N/A
(6)		Luizinho Faleiro	Navelim	9 June 1999	24 November 1999	168 days	3rd (1999 election)	Indian National Congress
7		Francisco Sardinha	Curtorim	24 November 1999	23 October 2000	334 days		Goa People's Congress
8		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	24 October 2000	3 June 2002	4 years, 101 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
				3 June 2002	2 February 2005		4th (2002 election)
(1)		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	3 February 2005	4 March 2005	29 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	4 March 2005	7 June 2005	95 days		N/A
(1)		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	7 June 2005	7 June 2007	2 years, 0 days		Indian National Congress
9		Digambar Kamat	Madgaon	8 June 2007	8 March 2012	4 years, 274 days	5th (2007 election)
(8)		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	9 March 2012	8 November 2014	2 years, 244 days	6th (2012 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
10		Laxmikant Parsekar	Mandrem	8 November 2014	11 March 2017	2 years, 123 days
(8)		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	14 March 2017	17 March 2019	2 years, 3 days	7th (2017 election)
11		Pramod Sawant	Sanquelim	19 March 2019	28 March 2022	6 years, 88 days
				28 March 2022	Incumbent		8th (2022 election)

Timeline of Chief Ministers

This timeline shows when each Chief Minister served and which political party they belonged to.

See also

• List of governors of Goa
• Deputy Chief Minister of Goa