Chief Minister of Tripura
| Chief Minister of Tripura | |
|---|---|
since 15 May 2022 | |
| Style | The Honourable (formal) Mr. Chief Minister (informal) |
| Type | Leader of the Executive |
| Status | Head of government |
| Abbreviation | CMoTripura |
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| Reports to | Governor of Tripura Tripura Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Agartala |
| Nominator | MLAs of the majority party or alliance |
| Appointer | Governor of Tripura by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. |
| Inaugural holder | Sachindra Lal Singh |
| Formation | 1 July 1963 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura |
The chief minister of Tripura, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.
Since 1963, Tripura has had eleven chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as chief minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The incumbent is Manik Saha, who succeeded Biplab Kumar Deb both are from Bharatiya Janata Party. First non-INC associated Nripen Chakraborty