Chief Minister of Delhi

Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi दिल्ली राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र के मुख्य मंत्री
180px Incumbent Arvind Kejriwal since 14 February 2015
Appointer	President of India on advice of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Inaugural holder	Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Website	Delhi Government

The Chief Minister of Delhi is the chief executive of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in north India. According to the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is Delhi's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with its chief minister. Following elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government. The President of India, on the advice of the lieutenant 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 1952 Delhi has had seven chief ministers, starting with the Indian National Congress party's Chaudhary Brahm Prakash. Shortly after his term ended, the office of Chief Minister of Delhi was abolished for 27 years until December 1993, when the Bharatiya Janata Party's Madan Lal Khurana was sworn in. In 1998 Sheila Dikshit 15-year reign as chief minister began, the longest by a Indian woman. A 49-day stint in office by the Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal and a year under President's rule followed. In February 2015 the Aam Aadmi Party was voted in with a large majority, and Kerjiwal has served as Delhi's chief minister ever since.

List of Chief Ministers of Delhi

Colour key for parties
Aam Aadmi Party   Bharatiya Janata Party   Indian National Congress   N/A (President's rule)

No	Name		Term (tenure length)	Party		Tenure
1	Chaudhary Brahm Prakash		17 March 1952 – 12 February 1955 ()	Indian National Congress		days
2	Gurmukh Nihal Singh	–	12 February 1955 – 1 November 1956 ()			days
Office abolished, 1956–93
3	Madan Lal Khurana		2 December 1993 – 26 February 1996 ()	Bharatiya Janata Party		days
4	Sahib Singh Verma	–	26 February 1996 – 12 October 1998 ()			days
5	Sushma Swaraj		12 October 1998 – 3 December 1998 ()			days
6	Sheila Dikshit		3 December 1998 – 1 December 2003 ()	Indian National Congress		days
			1 December 2003 - 29 October 2008 ()
			29 October 2008 - 28 December 2013 ()
7	Arvind Kejriwal	100px	28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014 ()	Aam Aadmi Party		days
–	President's rule		14 February 2014 – 14 February 2015 ()	N/A	–	days
(7)	Arvind Kejriwal	100px	14 February 2015 – present ()	Aam Aadmi Party		days ( days)

See also

• List of current Indian chief ministers

External links

• Government of Delhi
• Election Commission of India