No

Name

Term of office

Party

1

Ravishankar Shukla

1-Nov-56

31-Dec-56

Indian National Congress

2

Bhagwantrao Mandloi

1-Jan-57

30-Jan-57

3

Kailash Nath Katju

31-Jan-57

14-Mar-57

14-Mar-57

11-Mar-62

4

Bhagwantrao Mandloi

12-Mar-62

29-Sep-63

5

Dwarka Prasad Mishra

30-Sep-63

8-Mar-67

9-Mar-67

29-Jul-67

6

Govind Narayan Singh

30-Jul-67

12-Mar-69

7

Nareshchandra Singh

13-Mar-69

25-Mar-69

8

Shyama Charan Shukla

26-Mar-69

28-Jan-72

9

Prakash Chandra Sethi

29-Jan-72

22-Mar-72

23-Mar-72

22-Dec-75

-8

Shyama Charan Shukla 

23-Dec-75

29-Apr-77

–

Vacant

29-Apr-77

25-Jun-77

N/A

(President's rule)

10

Kailash Chandra Joshi

26-Jun-77

17-Jan-78

Janata Party

11

Virendra Kumar Saklecha

18-Jan-78

19-Jan-80

12

Sunderlal Patwa

20-Jan-80

17-Feb-80

–

Vacant

18-Feb-80

8-Jun-80

N/A

(President's rule)

13

Arjun Singh

8-Jun-80

10-Mar-85

Indian National Congress

11-Mar-85

12-Mar-85

14

Motilal Vora

13-Mar-85

13-Feb-88

-13

Arjun Singh

14-Feb-88

24-Jan-89

-14

Motilal Vora

25-Jan-89

8-Dec-89

-8

Shyama Charan Shukla

9-Dec-89

4-Mar-90

-12

Sunderlal Patwa

5-Mar-90

15-Dec-92

Bharatiya Janata Party

–

Vacant

16-Dec-92

6-Dec-93

N/A

(President's rule)

15

Digvijaya Singh

7-Dec-93

1-Dec-98

Indian National Congress

1-Dec-98

8-Dec-03

16

Uma Bharti

8-Dec-03

23-Aug-04

Bharatiya Janata Party

17

Babulal Gaur

23-Aug-04

29-Nov-05

18

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

29-Nov-05

12-Dec-08

12-Dec-08

12-Dec-13

13-Dec-13

Incumbent