Chief Ministers of Orissa

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
1	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress	15 August 1947	12 May 1950
2	Nabakrushna Choudhury	Indian National Congress	12 May 1950	15 October 1956
3	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress	15 October 1956	25 February 1961
4	Bijayananda Pattanaik	Indian National Congress	28 June 1961	2 October 1963
5	Biren Mitra	Indian National Congress	2 October 1963	21 February 1965
6	Sadashiva Tripathy	Indian National Congress	2 October 1965	8 March 1967
7	Rajendra Narayan Singhdeo	Swatantra Party	8 March 1967	11 January 1971
8	Biswanath Das	United Front	3 April 1971	14 June 1972
9	Nandini Satpathy	Indian National Congress	14 June 1972	3 March 1973
10	Nandini Satpathy	Indian National Congress	6 March 1973	16 December 1976
11	Binayak Acharya	Indian National Congress	29 December 1976	25 June 1977
12	Nilamani Routray	Janata Party	25 June 1977	17 February 1980
13	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	Indian National Congress	9 June 1980	7 December 1989
14	Hemananda Biswal	Indian National Congress	7 December 1989	5 March 1990
15	Biju Pattanaik	Janata Dal	5 March 1990	15 March 1995
16	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	Indian National Congress	15 March 1995	17 February 1999
17	Giridhar Gamang	Indian National Congress	17 February 1999	6 December 1999
18	Hemananda Biswal	Indian National Congress	6 December 1999	5 March 2000
19	Navin Pattanaik	Biju Janata Dal	5 March 2000