Arvind Kejriwal, the convener of the newly launched Aam Aadmi
Party sworn in as the seventh (as a person) Chief Minister of
Delhi on 28 December 2013 at a function in Ramlila Maidan. Lieutenant Governor
Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to Kejriwal. He has
sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of Delhi. He is of 45 years in age.
Apart from Kejriwal, six other MLAs namely Manish Sisodia,
Somnath Bharti, Saurabh Bhrdwaj, Rakhi Birla, Satyendra Kumar Jain and Girish
Soni also took oath as Cabinet Ministers.
Aam Aadmi Party that won 28 seats in the election held on 4
December 2013 has formed the state Government with the support of Congress
party, which won from eight seats. Most seats were wined by BJP, which failed
to get a majority and decided not to try to form a Government.
The place of sworn in, the Ramlila Maidan is the same venue,
where he rallied the historic anti-corruption movement that was led by the
activist Anna Hazare in 2012.
• Arvind Kejriwal will handle Power, Finance, Home and Planning
departments
• Manish Sisodia will handle Education and PWD
• Somnath Bharti will handle tourism and Law departments
• Saurabh Bhardwaj will handle Food, Supply and Transport
• Satendra Jain will handle Health
• Rakhi Birla will handle Women and Child Development Minister
• Girish Soni will handle the charge of Development and Employment departments
• Manish Sisodia will handle Education and PWD
• Somnath Bharti will handle tourism and Law departments
• Saurabh Bhardwaj will handle Food, Supply and Transport
• Satendra Jain will handle Health
• Rakhi Birla will handle Women and Child Development Minister
• Girish Soni will handle the charge of Development and Employment departments
Chief Minister of Delhi
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Name
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Time as the CM
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Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
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1952 to 1955
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GN Singh
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1955 to 1956
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President Rule
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1956 to 1993
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Madan Lal Khurana
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1993 to 1996
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Sahib Singh Verma
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1996 to 1998
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Sushma Swaraj
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1998 to 1998
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Sheila Dikshit
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1998 to 2003
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Sheila Dikshit
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2003 to 2008
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Sheila Dikshit
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2008 to 2013
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Arvind Kejriwal
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2013
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Arvind Kejriwal is only the second Chief Minister to be an
IITian after his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar. He is a product of Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Khargapur studied Mechanical Engineering and
passed out in 1989.
