No Name Term of office Party Days in office Assembly Ref Jivraj Narayan Mehta Amreli 1 May 1960 3 March 1962 Indian National Congress 1238 days First (1960 -- 61) 3 March 1962 19 September 1963 Second (1962 -- 66) Balwantrai Mehta Bhavnagar 19 September 1963 19 September 1965 733 days Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai Olpad 19 September 1965 3 April 1967 2062 days 3 April 1967 12 May 1971 Indian National Congress (O) Third (1967 -- 71) -- Vacant (President 's rule) 13 May 1971 17 March 1972 N / A Dissolved Ghanshyam Oza Dehgam 17 March 1972 17 July 1973 Indian National Congress 488 days Fourth (1972 -- 74) Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 17 July 1973 9 February 1974 207 days -- Vacant (President 's rule) 9 February 1974 18 June 1975 N / A Dissolved 6 Babubhai J. Patel Sabarmati 18 June 1975 12 March 1976 Janata Morcha (INC (O) + BJS + BLD + SP) 211 days Fifth (1975 -- 80) -- Vacant (President 's rule) 12 March 1976 24 December 1976 N / A 7 Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 24 December 1976 10 April 1977 Indian National Congress 108 days (6) Babubhai J. Patel Sabarmati 11 April 1977 17 February 1980 Janata Party 1042 days (Total: 1253 days) -- Vacant (President 's rule) 17 February 1980 6 June 1980 N / A Dissolved (7) Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 7 June 1980 10 March 1985 Indian National Congress 1856 days Sixth (1980 -- 85) 11 March 1985 6 July 1985 Seventh (1985 -- 90) 8 Amarsinh Chaudhary Vyara (ST) 6 July 1985 9 December 1989 1618 days (7) Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 10 December 1989 3 March 1990 85 days (Total: 2049 days) (5) Chimanbhai Patel Unjha 4 March 1990 25 October 1990 JD + BJP 1445 days (Total: 1652 days) Eighth (1990 -- 95) 25 October 1990 17 February 1994 JD (G) + INC 9 Chhabildas Mehta Mahuva 17 February 1994 13 March 1995 Indian National Congress 391 days 10 Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 1995 21 October 1995 Bharatiya Janata Party 221 days Ninth (1995 -- 98) 11 Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 1995 19 September 1996 334 days -- Vacant (President 's rule) 19 September 1996 23 October 1996 N / A 12 Shankersinh Vaghela Radhanpur 23 October 1996 27 October 1997 Rashtriya Janata Party 370 days 13 Dilip Parikh Dhandhuka 28 October 1997 4 March 1998 128 days (10) Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 4 March 1998 6 October 2001 Bharatiya Janata Party 1312 days (Total: 1533 days) Tenth (1998 -- 2002) 14 Narendra Modi Maninagar 7 October 2001 22 December 2002 4610 days 22 December 2002 22 December 2007 Eleventh (2002 -- 07) 23 December 2007 20 December 2012 Twelfth (2007 -- 12) 20 December 2012 22 May 2014 Thirteenth (2012 -- 17) 15 Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 808 days 16 Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 2016 26 December 2017 594 days 26 December 2017 Incumbent Fourteenth (2017 -)
who was the chief minister of gujarat before the 2014 general elections
Narendra Modi