{{short description|Chief Minister of Odisha (born 1972)}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mohan Charan Majhi | native_name = | image = Shri Mohan Charan Majhi.jpg | caption = Majhi in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|01|06}} | birth_place = Raikala, Odisha, India | office = Chief Minister of Odisha | order = 15th | subterm = '''Cabinet''' | suboffice = Majhi | term_start = 12 June 2024 | term_end = | governor = {{bulletlist|Raghubar Das|Kambhampati Hari Babu}} | deputy = {{ubl|Pravati Parida|Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo}} | predecessor = Naveen Patnaik | office1 = Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | constituency1 = Keonjhar | term_start1 = 23 May 2019 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Abhiram Naik | successor1 = | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | other_party = | spouse = Priyanka Marandi | children = 2 | website = | alma_mater = Chandra Sekhar College, Champua (BA)<br/> Dhenkanal Law College (LLB) | occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}} | date = | year = | source = https://odishaassembly.nic.in/memberprofile.aspx?img=144 odishaassembly.nic.in | term_start2 = 2000 | term_end2 = 2009 | constituency2 = Keonjhar | predecessor2 = Jogendra Naik | successor2 = Subarna Naik }} '''Mohan Charan Majhi''' ({{IPA|or|mohɔnɔ t͡ʃɔɾɔɳɔ mad͡ʒʱi|IPA|LL-Q33810 (ori)-Sangram Keshari Senapati (Ssgapu22)-ମୋହନ ଚରଣ ମାଝୀ.wav}}; born 6 January 1972) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha from May 2024. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also represented the same constituency from 2000 to 2009 and from 2019 to 2024. He served as the chief whip of the BJP in the Odisha assembly from 2019 to 2024. In the year 1997, he entered politics as a ''Sarpanch''.
== Early and personal life == Mohan Charan Majhi was born on 6 January 1972 in Raikala village of Keonjhar district.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/memberprofile.aspx?img=144|title=Shri Mohan Charan Majhi|publisher=Odisha Assembly|access-date=11 June 2024|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613070912/https://odishaassembly.nic.in/pageerror.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNBC"/> His father Gunaram Majhi worked as a peon in a Govt secondary school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/who-is-mohan-majhi-odishas-chief-minister-designate-5-points-5867952|title=Mohan Majhi, A Security Guard's Son Who Will Be Odisha Chief Minister|work=NDTV|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612012552/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/who-is-mohan-majhi-odishas-chief-minister-designate-5-points-5867952|url-status=live}}</ref> His family belongs to the Santal tribal community.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 2024|title='First job after taking oath is to work to protect Odisha's asmita', says CM-designate|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/odisha-new-cm-swearing-in-ceremony-live-updates-mohan-charan-majhi-bjp-legislature-party-kv-singh-deo-pravati-parida-bhubaneswar/liveblog/110931568.cms|access-date=12 June 2024|newspaper=The Times of India|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612071132/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/odisha-new-cm-swearing-in-ceremony-live-updates-mohan-charan-majhi-bjp-legislature-party-kv-singh-deo-pravati-parida-bhubaneswar/liveblog/110931568.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bio-data of Present Member of Legislative Assembly in Orissa 2004|url=https://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/Bio_data_of_MLAs_Orissa.pdf|publisher=Government of Odisha|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=28 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528150144/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/Bio_data_of_MLAs_Orissa.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> He did his schooling from Jhumpura High School in 1987 and completed his higher secondary from Anadapur College in 1990. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from Chandra Sekhar College, Champua and LLB from Dhenkanal Law College. He worked as a teacher (''Guruji'') at Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Jhumpura, part of a network of schools run by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).<ref name="CNBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/meet-mohan-charan-majhi-bjp-first-odisha-chief-minister-19427152.htm|title=Meet Mohan Charan Majhi, who will replace Naveen Patnaik as the new Odisha CM|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|newspaper=CNBC|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612103015/https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/meet-mohan-charan-majhi-bjp-first-odisha-chief-minister-19427152.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=From Shishu Mandir teacher and sarpanch to Odisha's 1st BJP CM — who is Mohan Charan Majhi|url=https://theprint.in/politics/from-shishu-mandir-teacher-and-sarpanch-to-odishas-1st-bjp-cm-who-is-mohan-charan-majhi/2127086/|work=The Print|date=15 June 2024|access-date=15 June 2024|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612192348/https://theprint.in/politics/from-shishu-mandir-teacher-and-sarpanch-to-odishas-1st-bjp-cm-who-is-mohan-charan-majhi/2127086/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is married to Priyanka Marandi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/odisha/never-thought-that-my-husband-will-become-cm-mohan-majhis-wife/article68280600.ece|title=Never thought that my husband will become CM: Mohan Majhi's wife|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612084318/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/odisha/never-thought-that-my-husband-will-become-cm-mohan-majhis-wife/article68280600.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Political career == Majhi served as a village sarpanch of Raikala panchayat from 1997 till 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Abhijeet |date=13 June 2024 |title=Who is Mohan Charan Majhi? Key details about Odisha's 15th Chief Minister |url=https://www.business-standard.com/politics/who-is-mohan-charan-majhi-key-details-about-odisha-s-15th-chief-minister-124061300422_1.html |website=Business Standard |access-date=23 June 2024 |archive-date=23 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623044937/https://www.business-standard.com/politics/who-is-mohan-charan-majhi-key-details-about-odisha-s-15th-chief-minister-124061300422_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as the secretary of the tribal wing of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1997.<ref name="Profile"/> Majhi was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly for the first time from Keonjhar in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 June 2024|title=Tribal Leader Mohan Majhi Is Odisha's New CM: 5 Things You Need To Know About This 4-Time MLA|url=https://www.news18.com/politics/who-is-mohan-charan-majhi-the-new-chief-minister-of-odisha-8929441.html|access-date=12 June 2024|work=News18|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612005702/https://www.news18.com/politics/who-is-mohan-charan-majhi-the-new-chief-minister-of-odisha-8929441.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2004 and served as the deputy chief whip of the government from 2005 to 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who is Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP's first Odisha CM|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 June 2024|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/who-is-mohan-charan-majhi-new-odisha-cm-bjp-bjd/articleshow/110909600.cms|access-date=11 June 2024|archive-date=11 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611131227/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/who-is-mohan-charan-majhi-new-odisha-cm-bjp-bjd/articleshow/110909600.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odishahelpline.com/Profile-of-Mohan-Charan-Majhi-of-KEONJHAR-constituency-144.html|title=Profile of Mohan Charan Majhi, Keonjhar, Odisha Vidhan Sabha Constituency, Odisha|publisher=Odisha Helpline|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> Majhi lost the assembly elections in 2009 and 2014, but won from the same constituency in 2019. With the BJP becoming the principal opposition party, Majhi was appointed the party's chief whip.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bjp-appoints-bishnu-sethi-as-deputy-leader-mohan-majhi-as-chief-whip-in-odisha-assembly/east/news/1648019.html|title=BJP appoints Bishnu Sethi as Deputy leader, Mohan Majhi as Chief whip|work=UNI|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=3 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025214/http://www.uniindia.com/bjp-appoints-bishnu-sethi-as-deputy-leader-mohan-majhi-as-chief-whip-in-odisha-assembly/east/news/1648019.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also a member of standing committee of scheduled castes and tribes and the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the State from 2022 to 2024.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 June 2024 |title=Odisha's first BJP CM, Deputy CMs to take oath today: Who are Mohan Charan Majhi, K V Singh Deo, Pravati Parida? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/odisha-bjp-cm-deputy-oath-today-mohan-charan-majhi-k-v-singh-deo-pravati-parida-9386962/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612023015/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/odisha-bjp-cm-deputy-oath-today-mohan-charan-majhi-k-v-singh-deo-pravati-parida-9386962/ |archive-date=12 June 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024 |newspaper=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chattopadhyay |first=Suhrid Sankar |date=2024-06-13 |title=Mohan Charan Majhi's rise as Chief Minister of Odisha highlights BJP's focus on tribal consolidation and breaking feudal patterns |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/influential-tribal-leader-mohan-charan-majhi-sworn-in-as-chief-minister-of-odisha/article68284484.ece |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Frontline |language=en |archive-date=23 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623045457/https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/influential-tribal-leader-mohan-charan-majhi-sworn-in-as-chief-minister-of-odisha/article68284484.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 10 October 2021, two crude bombs were hurled at Majhi's car near Mandua in Kendujhar district. There was minor damage to his car while Majhi himself escaped without injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://odishatv.in/news/crime/bombs-hurled-at-odisha-bjp-mla-mohan-majhi-s-car-in-keonjhar-161449|title=Bombs Hurled At Odisha BJP MLA Mohan Majhi's Car In Keonjhar|work=Odisha TV|date=10 October 2021|access-date=13 June 2024|author=Sharma, Vikash|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601011945/https://odishatv.in/news/crime/bombs-hurled-at-odisha-bjp-mla-mohan-majhi-s-car-in-keonjhar-161449|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.orissapost.com/3-arrested-for-attacking-keonjhar-mla-mohan-charan-majhi/|title=3 arrested for attacking Keonjhar MLA Mohan Charan Majhi|work=Orissa Post|date=14 October 2021|access-date=13 June 2024|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026203643/https://www.orissapost.com/3-arrested-for-attacking-keonjhar-mla-mohan-charan-majhi/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2023, Majhi was suspended from the Odisha assembly by then speaker Pramila Mallik for throwing dal on her podium, while protesting against the alleged scam in procurement of various pulses by the government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/speaker-suspends-2-bjp-mlas-for-throwing-dal-in-assembly/articleshow/104031302.cms|title=Speaker suspends 2 BJP MLAs for 'throwing dal' in Odisha assembly|newspaper=The Times of India|date=29 September 2023|access-date=13 June 2024|author=Pradhan, Ashok|archive-date=5 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005102210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/speaker-suspends-2-bjp-mlas-for-throwing-dal-in-assembly/articleshow/104031302.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-odisha-bjp-mlas-throw-pulses-at-speaker-in-assembly-suspended-4433321|title=2 Odisha BJP MLAs Throw Pulses At Speaker In Assembly, Suspended|work=NDTV|date=28 September 2023|access-date=13 June 2024|archive-date=11 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311001557/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-odisha-bjp-mlas-throw-pulses-at-speaker-in-assembly-suspended-4433321|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Chief Ministership == In the 2024 assembly elections, Majhi won the Keonjhar seat for the fourth time. The BJP secured a majority with 79 of 147 seats in the Odisha assembly, and Majhi was appointed Chief Minister of Odisha on 11 June 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Jun/12/pleasant-surprise-for-family-of-odisha-cm-designate-mohan-charan-majhi|title=Pleasant surprise for family of Odisha CM designate Mohan Charan majhi|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612034700/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Jun/12/pleasant-surprise-for-family-of-odisha-cm-designate-mohan-charan-majhi|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister the following day, succeeding Naveen Patnaik, who had held the position since March 2000<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/odisha-assembly/odisha-cm-mohan-majhi-oath-taking-ceremony-live-updates-bjp-june-12-2024/article68277246.ece|title=Odisha CM oath-taking ceremony: BJP leader Mohan Majhi new Odisha CM, to take oath today|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=12 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612022210/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/odisha-assembly/odisha-cm-mohan-majhi-oath-taking-ceremony-live-updates-bjp-june-12-2024/article68277246.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ladder">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/odisha-chief-minister-mohan-majhi-keonjhar-mla-bjp-2552014-2024-06-12|title=Former teacher to Odisha Chief Minister: How Mohan Majhi climbed political ladder|work=India Today|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613070753/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/odisha-chief-minister-mohan-majhi-keonjhar-mla-bjp-2552014-2024-06-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/odishas-new-cm-mohan-charan-majhi-the-bjp-startegy-behind-19427887.htm|title=Odisha's new CM — who is Mohan Charan Majhi and what prompted the BJP to choose him|work=CNBC TV18|date=12 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613095428/https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/odishas-new-cm-mohan-charan-majhi-the-bjp-startegy-behind-19427887.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and who had been the second longest-serving Chief Minister in India. Majhi was the first person from the Santal tribe community and the third person of tribal origin, after Hemananda Biswal and Giridhar Gamang, to become Chief Minister of Odisha.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/an-rss-hardliner-mohan-majhi-has-risen-through-party-ranks-to-become-odisha-cm|title=An RSS Hardliner, Mohan Majhi Has Risen Through Party Ranks to Become Odisha CM|first=Ashutosh|last=Mishra|work=The Wire|date=12 June 2024|access-date=14 June 2024|archive-date=14 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614063827/https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/an-rss-hardliner-mohan-majhi-has-risen-through-party-ranks-to-become-odisha-cm|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Electoral statistics == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Constituency ! scope="col" | Votes ! scope="col" | % ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{tooltip|Ref|Reference}} |- |2000 | rowspan="6" |Keonjhar |51,449 |59.08 |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite report|url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3628-%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE-2000/?do=download&r=8505&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=3adedc5e082b12b2995f256d67a80e55|title=Statistical Report on General election to Odisha Assembly, 2000|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2004 |46,146 |40.14 |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite report|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3629-orissa-2004/?do=download&r=8507&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=0189780a12fcdb366bf8fd9c8087df51|title=Statistical Report on General election to Odisha Assembly, 2004|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2009 |29,202 |24.29 |{{Lost}} |<ref>{{cite report|title=Statistical Report on General election to Odisha Assembly, 2009 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/?do=download&r=8509&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=d3ea8bad2734bd783005fb3991974af4 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2014 |47,283 |30.31 |{{Lost}} |<ref>{{cite report|title=Statistical Report on General election to Odisha Assembly, 2014 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3631-orissa-2014/?do=download&r=8511&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=d3ea8bad2734bd783005fb3991974af4 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2019 |72,760 |42.10 |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite report|title=Statistical Report on General election to Odisha Assembly, 2019 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/?do=download&r=31483&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=d3ea8bad2734bd783005fb3991974af4 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2024 |87,815 |47.05 |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite report |title=Odisha 2024 assembly elections results |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1824.htm |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613053935/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1824.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
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