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On 28 December 2013, Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party sworn in as first state party chief minister of the national capital territory. There have been one instance of president's rule in National Capital Territory of Delhi, most recently in 2015. Atishi Marlena Singh of Aam Aadmi Party is the incumbent chief minister of Delhi since 17 ...
Brahm Prakash Yadav (6 June 1918 – 11 August 1993) was an Indian politician, the first Chief Minister of Delhi and a freedom fighter who played an important role in the individual Satyagraha Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1940. His father was a famous landlord, Chaudhary Bhagwan Das Yadav, they hailed from Shakurpur village of Delhi. [1]
Atishi Marlena (Hindi: [ɑːtɪʃiː mɑːɾleːnɑː sɪŋɡʱ]; born 8 June 1981), [2] (also known as Atishi Singh [3] or mononymously Atishi), [4] is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 8th Chief Minister of Delhi since 21 September 2024, after the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal.
The maiden chief minister of Delhi was Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav of the Indian National Congress, whereas the first woman chief minister was Sushma Swaraj . Sheila Dikshit (INC) has been the chief minister for the maximum number of terms (three) and served for the longest duration (15 years).
Two of the incumbents are women — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, who has the longest continuous incumbency serving since 20 March 2011 (for 13 years, 249 days) and Atishi Marlena in Delhi. Atishi (aged 43) is the also the youngest incumbent chief minister, while Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 79) is the oldest.
Arvind Kejriwal (Hindi pronunciation: [əɾʋin̪d̪ ked͡ʒɾiːʋaːl]; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the chief minister from 2013 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2024. He is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) since 2012.
In 1952, when Delhi became a Part C State of India, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited Krishnan Nair to become the first Chief Minister of Delhi as he was the senior leader of DPCC. However, he refused and instead proposed the young leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash, who was only 34 years old at the time, to become the first chief minister of ...
Manish Sisodia (born 5 January 1972) is an Indian politician, journalist and former social activist who served as the first Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi from 2015 to 2023. He represents the Patparganj constituency in Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2015 and had also represented the constituency from 2013 to 2014.