Giridhar Gamang

Giridhar Gamang
Chief Minister of Odisha
In office 17 February 1999 – 6 December 1999
Preceded by	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik
Succeeded by	Hemananda Biswal
Constituency	Laxmipur
Member: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Hema Gamang
Succeeded by	Jayaram Pangi
Constituency	Koraput
In office 1972–1999
Succeeded by	Hema Gamang
Personal details
Born	(1943-04-08) 8 April 1943 Dibirisingi village, Rayagada district, Odisha
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Hema Gamang
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Residence	Rayagada
As of 22 June, 2013 Source: [1]

Giridhar Gamang (born 8 April 1943) is a leader of the Indian National Congress and a former Chief Minister of Odisha. He was born at Dibirisingi village in Rayagada district of Odisha. In 1972, he was elected for the first time to the 5th Lok Sabha from Koraput. Subsequently, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 2004. He was the Chief Minister of Odisha from 17 February 1999 to 6 December 1999. His wife, Hema Gamang, won from Koraput constituency in the 1999 elections to the 13th Lok Sabha, while he was serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha. He lost the Koraput Lok Sabha seat for the first time in the 2009 elections to Jayaram Pangi of the Biju Janata Dal.

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Preceded by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

Chief Minister of Odisha 17 February 1999 – 6 December 1999

Succeeded by Hemananda Biswal