Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik
Patnaik in 2024
Leader of the Opposition, Odisha Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
19 June 2024
GovernorRaghubar Das
Kambhampati Hari Babu
Chief MinisterMohan Charan Majhi
Preceded byJayanarayan Mishra
14th Chief Minister of Odisha
In office
5 March 2000  11 June 2024
Governor
Preceded byHemananda Biswal
Succeeded byMohan Charan Majhi
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
5 March 2000
Preceded byUdayanath Nayak
ConstituencyHinjili
Union Minister of Mines, Government of India
In office
19 March 1998  4 March 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byBirendra Prasad Baishya
Succeeded bySunder Lal Patwa
President of Biju Janata Dal
Assumed office
26 December 1997
Preceded byposition established
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
12 April 1997  4 March 2000
Preceded byBiju Patnaik
Succeeded byKumudini Patnaik
ConstituencyAska
Personal details
Born (1946-10-16) 16 October 1946
Cuttack, Orissa, British India
Political partyBiju Janata Dal (since 1997)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal (until 1997)
Parents
RelativesPrem Patnaik (brother)
Gita Mehta (sister)
Sonny Mehta (brother-in-law)
Residence(s)Naveen Nivas,
Aerodrome Road, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Alma materThe Lawrence School, Sanawar,The Doon School, Dehradun,Kirori Mal College, Delhi (BA)
Profession
Websitenaveenpatnaik.in
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Naveen Patnaik (Odia: [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician and writer, who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state, after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the founder & first president of the Biju Janata Dal since 1997. He served as the Union Minister of Steel and Mines from 1998 to 2000 and a member of the Lok Sabha from Aska from 1997 to 2000.