| Incumbent: | Manik Saha |
| Incumbentsince: | 15 May 2022 |
| Appointer: | Governor of Tripura |
| Inaugural: | Sachindra Lal Singh |
| Department: | Government of Tripura |
| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Tripura |
| Insignia: | File:Seal of Tripura.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 185px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Tripura |
| Status: | Head of government |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
| Member Of: | Tripura Legislative Assembly |
| Reportsto: | Governor of Tripura |
| Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
| Termlength Qualified: | Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Deputy: | Vacant |
The chief minister of Tripura, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly, the 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 that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Since 1963, Tripura has had eleven chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as Chief Minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The incumbent is Manik Saha, who succeeded Biplab Kumar Deb both are from Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
| scope=col | No | Portrait | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Constituency | scope=col colspan=3 | Term[3] | Assembly(election) | scope=col colspan=2 | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agartala Sadar II | 1 July 1963 | 1 November 1971 | 1st(1963 election) | |||||||
| 2nd(1967 election) | |||||||||||
| Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 1 November 1971 | 20 March 1972 | – | N/A | ||||||
| 2 | Agartala Town III | 20 March 1972 | 1 April 1977 | 3rd(1972 election) | |||||||
| 3 | 1 April 1977 | 26 July 1977 | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 July 1977 | 4 November 1977 | |||||||||
| Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 5 November 1977 | 5 January 1978 | – | N/A | ||||||
| 5 | Pramodnagar | 5 January 1978 | 5 February 1988 | 4th(1977 election) | |||||||
| 5th(1983 election) | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 February 1988 | 19 February 1992 | 6th(1988 election) | Indian National Congress (I) | |||||||
| 7 | 19 February 1992 | 10 March 1993 | |||||||||
| Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 11 March 1993 | 10 April 1993 | – | N/A | ||||||
| 8 | Dasarath Debbarma | 10 April 1993 | 11 March 1998 | 7th(1993 election) | |||||||
| 9 | 11 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 | 8th(1998 election) | ||||||||
| 7 March 2003 | 10 March 2008 | 9th(2003 election) | |||||||||
| 10 March 2008 | 6 March 2013 | 10th(2008 election) | |||||||||
| 6 March 2013 | 9 March 2018[4] | 11th(2013 election) | |||||||||
| 10 | 9 March 2018 | 15 May 2022 | 12th (2018 election) | ||||||||
| 11 | Town Bordowali | 15 May 2022 | Incumbent | ||||||||
| 13th(2023 election) |