Chief Ministers of Goa

19 Mar 2019 – present · 7 years, 5 months · 2 terms

Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician and former ayurveda medical practitioner who has served as the 11th chief minister of Goa since March 2019. He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2012. Wikipedia →

8 Nov 2014 – 14 Mar 2017 · 2 years, 4 months

Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar (born 4 July 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the tenth Chief Minister of Goa from 2014 to 2017. He was the member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Mandrem constituency from 2002 to 2017. A former member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he is currently an Independent politician. Wikipedia →

8 Jun 2007 – 9 Mar 2012 · 4 years, 9 months

Digamber Kamat (born 8 March 1954) is an Indian politician who served as the ninth Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012 and now as cabinet minister in state cabinet. He won the seventh term as a MLA from Margao Assembly constituency in 2022. From 2006 to 2019, he was the president of Swimming Federation of India. Wikipedia →

24 Oct 2000 – 17 Mar 2019 · 8 years, 11 months · 4 terms

Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the eighth Chief Minister of Goa, going on to serve a total of four times between 2000 and 2019. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In 2020, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, by the Government of India. Wikipedia →

24 Nov 1999 – 24 Oct 2000 · 11 months

Francisco Cosme Sardinha (born 15 April 1946) is an Indian politician who served as the seventh Chief Minister of Goa from 1999 to 2000. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing South Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Sardinha was the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly from February 2005 to June 2007. Wikipedia →

26 Nov 1998 – 24 Nov 1999 · 8 months · 2 terms

Luizinho Faleiro (born 26 August 1951) is an Indian politician who served as the sixth Chief Minister of Goa from 1998 to 1999. He is a former Trinamool Congress member who served as a Vice President in the All India Congress Committee of Indian National Congress and was In-charge of the seven North Eastern States. Faleiro was credited with devising strategies and forming alliances that led to formation of Governments in Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. Wikipedia →

18 May 1993 – 26 Nov 1998 · 1 year, 10 months · 3 terms

Wilfred Anthony de Souza GCIH (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was an Indian surgeon and politician who served as the fifth Chief Minister of Goa, holding the office thrice between 1993 and 1998. He also served as first Deputy Chief Minister of Goa in different occasions from 1980 to 2007, and held the position a total of four times. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and the Goa Rajiv Congress Party, during his third tenure. Wikipedia →

25 Jan 1991 – 8 Apr 1994 · 2 years, 3 months · 2 terms

Ravi Sitaram Naik (18 September 1946 – 14 October 2025), also known as Patrao, was an Indian politician who served as the fourth Chief Minister of Goa, holding the office twice between 1991 and 1994. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Naik started his political career as a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). Wikipedia →

14 Apr 1990 – 14 Dec 1990 · 8 months

Luis Proto Barbosa (11 January 1927 – 6 October 2011), also known as Poto Barboz, was an Indian politician and physician who served as the third Chief Minister of Goa from April to December 1990. Barbosa was a member of the Indian National Congress. He played a significant role in the historic Goa Opinion Poll of 1967. Wikipedia →

27 Mar 1990 – 14 Apr 1990 · 18 days

Churchill Braz Alemao (born 16 May 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Goa from March to April 1990. He is a former two-term Member of Parliament, representing South Goa from 1996 to 1998 and 2004 to 2007. He has also been a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly for four terms between 1989 and 2022, representing Benaulim and Navelim constituencies. Wikipedia →

16 Jan 1980 – 8 Jun 2007 · 15 years, 10 months · 7 terms

Pratapsingh Raoji Rane (born 28 January 1939) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the third Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1980 to 1987, and as the first Chief Minister of Goa, holding the office five times between 1987 and 2007. Rane was also the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He had been a state legislator for nearly 50 years. Wikipedia →

12 Aug 1973 – 27 Apr 1979 · 5 years, 8 months · 2 terms

Shashikala Kakodkar (7 January 1935 – 28 October 2016), also known as Tai (lit. 'elder sister'), was an Indian politician and a leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). She served as the second Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1973 to 1979, and was the president of the MGP. She is the first and only woman to serve as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu. Wikipedia →

20 Dec 1963 – 12 Aug 1973 · 9 years, 3 months · 3 terms

Dayanand Balkrishna "Bhausaheb" Bandodkar (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) was an Indian politician who served as the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, holding the office from 1963 to 1973, with a gap of President's rule in late 1966. Born in Pernem to a Marathi family who had immigrated from Tuljapur in British India, he became a wealthy mine owner following the annexation of Goa. He unsuccessfully sought to merge the union territory of Goa with the state of Maharashtra. Wikipedia →