Narendra Modi

Born in a middle class family in a member of childhood, and an active politician since early in life having a masters degree in political science, Modi, along with was seen as a hardliner early on and his coming to the fore in led to a shakeup in the organization with Shankarsingh Vaghela leaving the In 1998, he was chosen by L K Advani to direct the election campaign in Gujarat as well as Himachal Pradesh. His aggressive style was successful to unite between Vaghela's RJP and Congress and the campaign culminated in a victory leading to Keshubhai becoming the chief minister in March, 1998. Due to his successful direction of campaign in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Modi, who was working at national level then, was promoted to become general secretary soon after. He became Gujarat's Chief Minister in October 2001, promoted to the office at a time when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel had resigned, following the defeat of BJP in the by-elections.

Since the beginning of tenure as chief minister of Gujarat from 7 October 2001, it has making him the longest serving Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat.^[2] In July 2007 he became the longest serving Chief Minister in Gujarat's history when he had been in power for 2063 days continuously.^[3] He was elected again for a third term^[4] on 23 December 2007 with an emphatic win in the state elections, which he had cast as a "referendum on his rule".^[5][6]

He was re-elected in December 2002 as chief minister with 127 seats in the 182-member assembly. His term has been praised by leading industrialists^[7][8] and Hindu religious leaders^[9] for outstanding administration for turning Gujarat into an economic powerhouse and controlling terrorism.