| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Insignia: | File:Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 200px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Incumbent: | Pema Khandu |
| Incumbentsince: | 17 July 2016[1] |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Status: | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
| Appointer: | Governor of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Member Of: | Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly & Arunachal Pradesh Council of Ministers |
| Reportsto: | Governor of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Deputy: | Chowna Mein, Deputy Chief Minister |
| Inaugural: | Prem Khandu Thungan |
| Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
| Termlength Qualified: | Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2] |
The chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh is chief executive of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Arunachal Pradesh 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. Pema Khandu of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current incumbent.
| Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly(election) | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prem Khandu Thungan | Dirang Kalaktang | 13 August 1975 | 18 September 1979 | 1st(1978 election) | Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Tomo Riba | Basar | 18 September 1979 | 3 November 1979 | People's Party of Arunachal | ||||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 3 November 1979 | 18 January 1980 | N/A | ||||
| 3 | Gegong Apang | Tuting–Yingkiong | 18 January 1980 | 19 January 1999 | 2nd(1980 election) | Indian National Congress | |||
| 3rd(1984 election) | |||||||||
| 4th(1990 election) | |||||||||
| 5th(1995 election) | Arunachal Congress | ||||||||
| 4 | Mukut Mithi | Roing | 19 January 1999 | 3 August 2003 | 6th(1999 election) | Arunachal Congress (Mithi) | |||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| (3) | Gegong Apang | Tuting–Yingkiong | 3 August 2003 | 9 April 2007 | United Democratic Front | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| 7th(2004 election) | |||||||||
| 5 | Dorjee Khandu | Mukto | 9 April 2007 | 30 April 2011 | |||||
| 8th(2009 election) | |||||||||
| 6 | Jarbom Gamlin | Liromoba | 5 May 2011 | 1 November 2011 | |||||
| 7 | Nabam Tuki | Sagalee | 1 November 2011 | 26 January 2016 | |||||
| 9th(2014 election) | |||||||||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 26 January 2016 | 19 February 2016 | N/A | ||||
| 8 | Kalikho Pul | Hayuliang | 19 February 2016 | 13 July 2016 | People's Party of Arunachal | ||||
| (7) | Nabam Tuki[3] | Sagalee | 13 July 2016 | 17 July 2016 | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 9 | Pema Khandu | Mukto | 17 July 2016[4] | 16 September 2016 | |||||
| 16 September 2016 [5] | 31 December 2016 | People's Party of Arunachal | |||||||
| 31 December 2016[6] | 29 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| 29 May 2019 | 13 June 2024 | 10th(2019 election) | |||||||
| 13 June 2024 | Incumbent | 11th(2024 election) | |||||||
| data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | |||||
| data-sort-value="1" | 1 | Gegong Apang | /AC/UDF/BJP | 19 years, 1 day | 22 years, 250 days | |
| data-sort-value="2" | 2 | Pema Khandu | /INC/PPA | |||
| data-sort-value="3" | 3 | Mukut Mithi | AC(M) | 4 years, 196 days | 4 years, 196 days | |
| data-sort-value="4" | 4 | Nabam Tuki | 4 years, 86 days | 4 years, 90 days | ||
| data-sort-value="5" | 5 | Prem Khandu Thungan | 4 years, 36 days | 4 years, 36 days | ||
| data-sort-value="6" | 6 | Dorjee Khandu | 4 years, 21 days | 4 years, 21 days | ||
| data-sort-value="7" | 7 | Jarbom Gamlin | 180 days | 180 days | ||
| data-sort-value="8" | 8 | Kalikho Pul | 145 days | 145 days | ||
| data-sort-value="9" | 9 | Tomo Riba | 45 days | 45 days | ||