Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik
Official portrait, 2019
23rd Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 June 2024[1]
Governor	Raghubar Das
Chief Minister	Mohan Charan Majhi
Preceded by	Jayanarayan Mishra
14th Chief Minister of Odisha
In office 5 March 2000 – 11 June 2024
Governor	M. M. Rajendran Rameshwar Thakur M C Bhandare S. C. Jamir Satya Pal Malik Ganeshi Lal Raghubar Das
Preceded by	Hemananda Biswal
Succeeded by	Mohan Charan Majhi
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 March 2000
Preceded by	Udayanath Nayak
Constituency	Hinjili
Union Minister of Mines, Government of India
In office 19 March 1998 – 4 March 2000
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Birendra Prasad Baishya
Succeeded by	Sunder Lal Patwa
President of Biju Janata Dal
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 1997
Preceded by	position established
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 12 April 1997 – 4 March 2000
Preceded by	Biju Patnaik
Succeeded by	Kumudini Patnaik
Constituency	Aska
Personal details
Born	(1946-10-16) 16 October 1946 (age 78) Cuttack, Orissa, British India
Political party	Biju Janata Dal (since 1997)
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal (until 1997)
Parent	Biju Patnaik (father)
Relatives	Gita Mehta (sister) Sonny Mehta (brother-in-law)
Residence(s)	Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome Road, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Alma mater	Kirori Mal College, Delhi (BA)
Profession	Politician writer
Website	naveenpatnaik.in
Source: [1]

Naveen Patnaik (Odia: [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician, writer and former Chief Minister of Odisha. 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 first president of the Biju Janata Dal since 1997.^[2] 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.