Edouard Goubert
Edouard Goubert became Puducherry's first chief minister after it became a Union territory. He was in office from July 1963 to September 1974.
V Venkatasubba Reddiar
Puducherry's second chief minister, Congress' Venkatasubba Reddiar was in office from September 1964 to April 1967 and March-Spetmeber 1968.
MOH Farook
Farook was Puducherry's third chief minister and served three terms: Congress (April 1967-March 1968; March 1985-1990) and DMK (March 1969-January 1974).
S Ramassamy
S Ramassamy was a DMK leader and held the chief minister's chair twice: 23 days in 1974 (March 6-March 28) and July 1977-November 1978.
MDR Ramachandran
Ramachandran held the Puducherry chief minister's chair twice, leading the Union territory's DMK-led government from January 1980-June 1983 and March 1990-1991.
V Vaithilingam
Vaithilingam, Congress' incumbent Lok Sabha MP from Puducherry, held the chief minister's chair twice: July 1991-May 1996 and September 2008-May 2011.
RV Janakiraman
Puducherry's seventh chief minister, Janakiraman held the post from May 1996-March 2000 in the DMK-led government.
P Shanmugam
A Congress stalwart, P Shanmugam was the Union territory's chief minister from March 2000 to May 2001 and May 2001 to October 2001.
N Rangasamy
N Rangasamy, the incumbent chief minister, is a four-term CM. In his first two terms (October 2001-May 2006; May 2006-September 2008) he held the post as Congress leader. His third stint was from May 2011 to June 2016 as the leader of All India NR Congress, which he founded, as well the current one (May 2021-).
V Narayanasamy
Congress leader V Narayanasamy served as Puducherry's 10th chief minister from June 2016-February 2021,
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