The chief minister leads the council of ministers and is responsible to the legislative assembly. They serve a five-year term, provided they have the assembly's confidence, with no term limits. Recently, Atishi Marlena Singh, Delhi’s former Education Minister, was named the next Chief Minister of Delhi by Arvind Kejiriwal following discussions within the party.
Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post on Tuesday following a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. Atishi, who manages several key portfolios, is appointed as Delhi’s third woman Chief Minister after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit, and has become the youngest to hold this position. List of women Chief Ministers of India S.
No. Name State Party Term 1 Atishi Marlena Singh Delhi Aam Aadmi Party September 15, 2024 - February 2025 (Interim) 2 Mamata Banerjee West Bengal All India Trinamool Congress May 2011 - Present 3 Vasundhara Raje Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party December 2003 - December 2008 (1st term); December 2013 - 2018 4 Anandiben Patel Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party May 2014 - August 2016 5 Mehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party April 4, 2016 - June 19, 2018 6 J Jayalalithaa Tamil Nadu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam June 1991 - May 1996; May 2001 - September 2001; March 2002 - May 2006; May 2011 - September 2014; May 2015 - 2016 7 Mayawati Uttar Pradesh Bahujan Samaj Party June 1995 - October 1995; March 1997 - September 1997; May 2002 - August 2003; May 2007 .