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longest incumbency. Amarinder Singh (b. 1942) of Punjab is the oldest chief
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minister while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (b. 1979) is the youngest.[2]
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1 Current Indian chief ministers
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2 Notes
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Cite this page 3 See also
4 References
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Current Indian chief ministers [edit]
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State
Took office
(past chief Name[3] Portrait Party[a] Ref
(tenure length)
ministers)
Himachal
27 December 2017 [14]
Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
(1 year, 355 days)
(list)
Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. 16 February 2017 All India Anna Dravida [30]
(list) Palaniswami (2 years, 304 days) Munnetra Kazhagam
References [edit]
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V· T · E Lists of chief ministers of Indian states and union territories (and current incumbents)
Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Jharkhand Raghubar Das Punjab Amarinder Singh
Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang
Bihar Nitish Kumar Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Manipur N. Biren Singh Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb
Goa Pramod Sawant Meghalaya Conrad Sangma Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Nagaland Neiphiu Rio West Bengal Mamata Banerjee
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