Second Hemananda Biswal ministry
Second Hemananda Biswal ministry | |
|---|---|
25th Ministry of Odisha | |
| 1999 – 2000 | |
| Date formed | 6 December 1999 |
| Date dissolved | 5 March 2000 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | M. M. Rajendran |
| Chief Minister | Hemananda Biswal |
| No. of ministers | 31 |
| Member parties | Indian National Congress |
| Status in legislature | Majority 81 / 147 (55%) |
| Opposition party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Opposition leader | Satchidananda Dalal |
| History | |
| Election | 1995 |
| Legislature term | 90 days |
| Predecessor | Giridhar Gamang ministry |
| Successor | First Naveen Patnaik ministry |
Hemananda Biswal was elected as the chief minister of Odisha for the second time in 1999 after Giridhar Gamang resigned as chief minister following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone.[1][2][3]
Brief history
Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal along with 2 Cabinet Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M. M. Rajendran at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 6 December 1999. On 9 December 1999, 11 Cabinet Ministers, 8 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 8 Ministers of State were sworn into Council of Ministers.[4] Mr. Biswal resigned on 5 March 2000 following his party's defeat in 2000 Odisha Assembly election.[3][5]
Council of Ministers
| Portfolio | Portrait | Name Constituency |
Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera |
6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | ||
| 7 February 2000 | INC | |||||
| Cabinet Minister | ||||||
| Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol |
6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara |
6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore |
9 December 1999 | 7 February 2000 | INC | |||
| Saraswati Hembram MLA from Khunta |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Minister of State with Independent Charges | ||||||
| Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Jayadev Jena MLA from Anandapur |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Bijayalaxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Mohan Nag MLA from Bhatli |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Minister of State | ||||||
| Usha Rani Panda MLA from Aska |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Ganeswar Behera MLA from Patamundai |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Padma Lochan Panda MLA from Simulia |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Parama Pujari MLA from Umarkote |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Prasad Kumar Harichandan MLA from Satyabadi |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Ramakanta Mishra MLA from Ranpur |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Ripunath Seth MLA from Bijepur |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Surendra Singh Bhoi MLA from Saintala |
9 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
| Debendranath Mansingh MLA from Chilika |
11 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | INC | |||
References
- ^ "Biswal back at the helm after 10 yrs". The Indian Express. 7 December 1999. Archived from the original on 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ PTI (31 October 2022). "I am victim of 'super politics', not 1999 Odisha super cyclone: Ex-CM Giridhar Gamang". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ a b Service, Express News (26 February 2022). "Odisha's first tribal CM Hemananda Biswal no more". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 14 September 2025.
- ^ Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.