Naveen Patnaik
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The Honourable Naveen Patnaik |
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| ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ | |
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| 14th Chief Minister of Odisha | |
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Assumed office 5 March 2000 |
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| Governor |
M. M. Rajendran Rameshwar Thakur Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare S. C. Jamir |
| Preceded by | Hemananda Biswal |
| Constituency | Hinjili |
| Cabinet Minister Ministry of Mines |
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In office 19 March 1998 – 8 March 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Aska |
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In office 1997 – 8 March 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Biju Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Kumudini Patnaik |
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16 October 1946 Cuttack, Orissa, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations |
Janata Dal (1996–98) |
| Residence | Naveen Nivas, Bhubaneswar |
| Alma mater | Kirori Mal College |
| Profession | Writer, Politician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website |
Official BJD page Chief Minister of Odisha |
Naveen Patnaik(Odia: )(born 16 October 1946) is 14th and current Chief Minister of Odisha. The supremo of the Biju Janata Dal, is also a writer and has published four books.
Patnaik was born on 16 October 1946 in Cuttack in a Karan family from Biju Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha, and his brother Himanshu Patnaik. Patnaik was educated at the prestigious Welham Boys' School in Dehradun, and later the The Doon School. After that he attended Kirori Mal College,Delhi University, and he qualified for Bachelor of Arts degree. Naveen Patnaik is a writer and had for most part of his youth been away from both politics and Odisha, but after his father Biju Patnaik's demise, he entered politics in 1997 and a year later founded the Biju Janata Dal, named after Biju Patnaik, which won the state election with the BJP as its alliance and formed the government in which Patnaik became Chief Minister. His mild mannerism, "stand against corruption" and "pro-poor policies" have resulted in the development of a huge support base in Odisha, which has voted him to power in the last four consecutive terms. Like his father, he has managed to control the bureaucracy and transformed it into a machine for the development of the state. He is a devotee of Lord Jagannath, Puri.
After the death of his father Biju Patnaik, leader of the Janata Dal, he was elected as a member to the 11th Lok Sabha in the by-election from Aska Parliamentary Constituency in Odisha, India. He was a member of the Consultative Committee of Ministry of Steel & Mines, Member of Standing Committee on Commerce, and Member Library Committee of Parliament. A year later the Janta Dal split and Patnaik founded the Biju Janta Dal which in alliance with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) performed well and Patnaik was selected the Union Minister for Mines in the cabinet of A.B.Vajpayee. However, as the BJD won the majority of seats in alliance with the BJP in the Odisha Assembly elections, Patnaik resigned from the Union cabinet and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha in 2000.
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