List of deputy chief ministers of Odisha
The Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha is a member of the Cabinet of Odisha Government in the Government of Odisha. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[1] A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government.
List of Deputy Chief Ministers
| Sr. No. | Name (constituency) (birth-death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Chief Minister | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nilamani Routray (Basudevpur) (1920–2004) |
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14 June 1972 | 1 March 1973 | 260 days | Utkal Congress | Nandini Satpathy | [2] | |
| 2 | Hemananda Biswal (Laikera) (born. 1939) |
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15 March 1995 | 9 May 1998 | 3 years, 55 days | Indian National Congress | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | [3] | |
| 3 | Basant Kumar Biswal (Tirtol) (1936–2003) |
17 February 1999 | 3 years, 339 days | [4] | |||||
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