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Naveen Patnaik

1946 - Today

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Naveen Patnaik (Odia: [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician and writer, who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year tenure is the second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state, after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the founder and current president of the Biju Janata Dal, serving since 1997, and has represented the Hinjili Assembly constituency since 2000. He also served as the Union Minister of Steel and Mines from 1998 to 2000 and as a member of the Lok Sabha from Aska from 1997 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naveen Patnaik is the 16,601st most popular politician (down from 15,541st in 2019), the 840th most popular biography from India (down from 708th in 2019) and the 221st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Naveen Patnaik ranks 16,601 out of 19,576. Before her are Malu Dreyer, Joseph Urusemal, Mohammad Mohammadullah, Owen Arthur, Saliamonas Banaitis, and Norman Lane. After her are José Vicente Concha, Hatı Çırpan, Rajko Đurić, Ronald Gamarra Herrera, Péter Szijjártó, and Alberto Héber Usher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Naveen Patnaik ranks 677. Before her are Hannes Swoboda, Pavao Pavličić, Boz Burrell, Andy Mackay, César Villanueva, and Suzanne Ciani. After her are Lyudmila Titova, John Aylward, Jiang Rong, P. P. Arnold, Peter Sutherland, and Elisabetta Casellati.

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In India

Among people born in India, Naveen Patnaik ranks 840 out of 1,861. Before her are Veerappan (1952), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Roopa Ganguly (1966), Sheila Dikshit (1938), and Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928). After her are Goutam Ghose (1950), Persis Khambatta (1948), Monier Monier-Williams (1819), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Kalyan Singh (1932), and Harold Walden (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Naveen Patnaik ranks 221. Before her are Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), Yogi Adityanath (1972), S. M. Krishna (1932), M. K. Stalin (1953), Renuka Chowdhury (1954), and Sheila Dikshit (1938). After her are Kalyan Singh (1932), Madhavrao I (1745), Baji Rao II (1775), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), George Fernandes (1930), and Anandiben Patel (1941).

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