| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Incumbent: | Hemant Soren |
| Appointer: | Governor of Jharkhand by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
| Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
| Inaugural: | Babulal Marandi |
| Department: | Government of Jharkhand |
| Seat: | Chief Minister Secretariat (CMO), Ranchi, Jharkhand |
| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Jharkhand |
| Insignia: | Jharkhand Rajakiya Chihna.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 149px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Jharkhand |
| Type: | Head of Government |
| Status: | Leader of the Executive |
| Residence: | Jinx, Kanke Road, Ranchi |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
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| Termlength Qualified: | Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Nominator: | Members of the Government of Jharkhand in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
| Salary: |
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| Deputy: | Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand |
The chief minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Seven people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000.[2] Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi, represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His successor Arjun Munda, also from the BJP, is the longest-serving chief minister; he served for over five years, across three terms but never completed a full term. Three chief ministers, Shibu Soren, his son Hemant Soren, and Champai Soren, represented the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Shibu Soren's first term ended in just ten days, as he could not prove that he had the support of a majority of the house and was forced to resign. The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda, one of the few independents to become the chief minister of any state.[3] In between their reigns, the state has also been under President's rule three times. Raghubar Das, of the BJP, was the first non-tribal and first chief minister to complete a full term in the state. Hemant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is the incumbent chief minister.
| Chief Minister | Term of office | Election | Party | Deputy Chief Minister(s) | Government | Appointed by (Governor) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babulal Marandi | 15 November 2000 | 18 March 2003 | 2000 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Marandi | Prabhat Kumar | ||||
| 2 | Arjun Munda | 18 March 2003 | 02 March 2005 | Munda I | M. Rama Jois | ||||||
| 3 | Shibu Soren | 02 March 2005 | 12 March 2005 | 2005 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Shibu I | Syed Sibtey Razi | ||||
| (2) | Arjun Munda | 12 March 2005 | 18 September 2006 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Munda II | ||||||
| 4 | Madhu Koda | 18 September 2006 | 27 August 2008 | Independent | Koda | ||||||
| (3) | Shibu Soren | 27 August 2008 | 19 January 2009 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Shibu II | ||||||
| - | President's rule | 19 January 2009 | 30 December 2009 | N/A | N/A | Dissolved | Syed Sibtey Razi K. Sankaranarayanan | ||||
| (3) | Shibu Soren | 30 December 2009 | 1 June 2010 | 2009 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Shibu III | K. Sankaranarayanan | ||||
| - | President's rule | 01 June 2010 | 11 September 2010 | N/A | N/A | Dissolved | M. O. H. Farook | ||||
| (2) | Arjun Munda | 11 September 2010 | 18 January 2013 | 2009 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Munda III | M. O. H. Farook | ||||
| President's rule | 18 January 2013 | 13 July 2013 | N/A | N/A | Dissolved | Syed Ahmed | |||||
| 5 | Hemant Soren | 13 July 2013 | 28 December 2014 | 2009 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Hemant I | Syed Ahmed | ||||
| 6 | Raghubar Das | 28 December 2014 | 29 December 2019 | 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Das | |||||
| (5) | Hemant Soren | 29 December 2019 | 2 February 2024 | 2019 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Hemant II | |||||
| 7 | Champai Soren | 2 February 2024 | 4 July 2024 | Champai | C. P. Radhakrishnan | ||||||
| (5) | Hemant Soren | 4 July 2024 | Incumbent | Hemant III | |||||||