Chief minister (India)
| Chief Minister of States/Union Territories | |
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| Type | Head of the state government |
| Status | Leader of the executive |
| Member of | Member of legislature of respective states and union territories of India |
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| Residence | Respective state capitals |
| Appointer | Governor by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | Maxiumum of five years, given they have the confidence of the assembly No restriction on renewal |
| Constituting instrument | Article No. 163 and 164, Constitution of India |
| Deputy | Deputy chief minister |
| Salary | ₹405,000 (US$4,200) (incl. allowances) per month |
| Website | Chief Ministers of India |
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In India, a chief minister is the elected head of government of each state out of the 28[1] states and sometimes a union territory (UT). Currently, only the UTs of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry have serving chief ministers. According to the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.
Following elections to the State legislative assembly or Vidhan Sabha in a state, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints and swears in the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Based on the Westminster system, given that they retain the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term can last for the length of the assembly's life, a maximum of five years. There are no limits to the number of terms that the chief minister can serve.[2] A chief minister heads a state government's council of ministers and can be deputised in that role by a deputy chief minister. The chief minister generally selects the chief secretary and can also allot departments to the cabinet ministers of their state and ministers of state. They also direct the chief secretary to transfer, suspend, or promote officers of their state.
The chief minister usually serves as the leader of the house in the respective legislative assembly.[a][4]
Of the 31 incumbents, Seventeen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and four to the Indian National Congress, with no other party having more than one chief minister in office. Neiphiu Rio from Nagaland, has had the longest tenure (19 years, 111 days) as a chief minister. Pema Khandu of Arunachal Pradesh, serving since 16 July 2016 (for 9 years, 335 days), has the longest continuous incumbency. Mizoram's Lalduhoma (aged 77) is the oldest and Pema Khandu (aged 46), from Arunachal Pradesh is the youngest. Delhi's Rekha Gupta is the only incumbent female chief minister.
Eligibility
The Constitution of India sets the principle qualifications one must meet to be eligible to the office of chief minister. A chief minister must be:
- a citizen of India.
- should be a member of the state legislature
- of 25 years of age or more[5]
An individual who is not a member of the legislature can be considered the chief minister provided they get themselves elected to the State Legislature within six months from the date of their appointment. Failing which, they would cease to be the chief minister.
Election
The chief minister is elected through a majority in the state legislative assembly. This is procedurally established by the vote of confidence in the legislative assembly, as suggested by the governor of the state who is the appointing authority. They are elected for five years.[6] The chief minister holds office at the pleasure of the governor.
Oath
Since, according to the constitution, the chief minister is appointed by the governor, the swearing in ceremony is held before the governor of the state.
The oath of office
I, <Name of Minister> do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of <Name of the State> and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.
— Constitution of India, Schedule 3, Para 5
The oath of secrecy
I, <Name of Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as a Minister for the State of <Name of the State> except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister.
— Constitution of India, Schedule 3, Para 6
Resignation
In the event of a chief minister's resignation, which conventionally occurs after a general election or during a phase of assembly majority transition, the outgoing chief minister holds the informal title of "caretaker" chief minister until the governor either appoints a new chief minister or dissolves the assembly. Since the post is not constitutionally defined, the caretaker chief minister enjoys all the powers of a regular chief minister, but cannot make any major policy decisions or cabinet changes during his or her short tenure as caretaker.[7]
Remuneration
By Article 164 of the constitution of India, remuneration of the chief minister as well as other ministers are to be decided by the respective state legislatures.[8] Until the legislature of the state decides salary, it shall be as specified in the second schedule. [9] The salaries thus vary from state to state. As of 2026, the highest salary is drawn by chief ministers of Telangana, which is ₹410,000 (US$4,300) and lowest by the chief ministers of Tripura which is ₹105,500 (US$1,100) legally.[10]
The net salary of the Chief Ministers varies from state to state. The following table shows the basic pay of CM of each state of India in decreasing order from top to bottom.
| State | CM Net Salary
per month[b] (including other emoluments and allowances) |
|---|---|
| Telangana | ₹400,000 (US$4,200) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA) |
| Delhi | ₹390,000 (US$4,100) (Including Salary received as MLA)[11] |
| Uttar Pradesh | ₹365,000 (US$3,800) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA) |
| Maharashtra | ₹340,000 (US$3,500) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA) |
| Andhra Pradesh | ₹335,000 (US$3,500) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA) |
| Gujarat | ₹321,000 (US$3,300) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Himachal Pradesh | ₹310,000 (US$3,200) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Haryana | ₹288,000 (US$3,000) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Jharkhand | ₹272,000 (US$2,800) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Madhya Pradesh | ₹255,000 (US$2,700) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Chhattisgarh | ₹230,000 (US$2,400) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Punjab | ₹230,000 (US$2,400) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Goa | ₹220,000 (US$2,300) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Bihar | ₹215,000 (US$2,200) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA) |
| West Bengal | ₹210,000 (US$2,200) (Including Salary received as MLA)[12] |
| Tamil Nadu | ₹285,000 (US$3,000) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Karnataka | ₹200,000 (US$2,100) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA) |
| Sikkim | ₹190,000 (US$2,000) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Kerala | ₹185,000 (US$1,900) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Rajasthan | ₹300,000 (US$3,100) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Uttarakhand | ₹175,000 (US$1,800) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Assam | ₹160,000 (US$1,700) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Odisha | ₹160,000 (US$1,700)(Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Meghalaya | ₹150,000 (US$1,600) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | ₹133,000 (US$1,400) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Manipur | ₹120,000 (US$1,300) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Mizoram [c] | ₹120,000 (US$1,300) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Puducherry | ₹120,000 (US$1,300) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Nagaland | ₹110,000 (US$1,100) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
| Tripura | ₹105,000 (US$1,100) (Including Salary received as MLA) |
Current list
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| State/UT | List | Portrait | Officeholder | Took office (tenure length) |
Political Party[d] | National Alliance | State/UT Alliance (Regional Alliance) |
Ministry | Appointed by[e] | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | List | 
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N. Chandrababu Naidu | 12 June 2024 (2 years, 4 days) |
TDP | NDA | Kutami | Naidu IV | Syed Abdul Nazeer | [14] | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | List | 
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Pema Khandu | 17 July 2016 (9 years, 334 days) |
BJP | NEDA | Khandu V | Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik | [15][16] | ||
| Assam | List | 
|
Himanta Biswa Sarma | 10 May 2021 (5 years, 37 days) |
Sarma II | Lakshman Acharya | [17] | ||||
| Bihar | List | .jpg)
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Samrat Choudhary | 15 April 2026 (62 days) |
NDA | Choudhary | Syed Ata Hasnain | [18] | |||
| Chhattisgarh | List | 
|
Vishnu Deo Sai | 13 December 2023 (2 years, 185 days) |
Sai | Biswabhusan Harichandan | [19] | ||||
| Delhi[f] | List | 
|
Rekha Gupta | 20 February 2025 (1 year, 116 days) |
Gupta | V. K. Saxena | [20] | ||||
| Goa | List | 
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Pramod Sawant | 19 March 2019 (7 years, 89 days) |
Sawant II | P. S. Sreedharan Pilliai | [21] | ||||
| Gujarat | List |
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Bhupendrabhai Patel | 13 September 2021 (4 years, 276 days) |
Patel II | Acharya Devvrat | [22] | ||||
| Haryana | List | 
|
Nayab Singh Saini | 12 March 2024 (2 years, 96 days) |
Saini II | Bandaru Dattatreya | [23] | ||||
| Himachal Pradesh | List | 
|
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | 11 December 2022 (3 years, 187 days) |
INC | INDIA | INDIA | Sukhu | Rajendra Arlekar | [24] | |
| Jammu and Kashmir[f] | List | 
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Omar Abdullah | 16 October 2024 (1 year, 243 days) |
JKNC | JKNC-led INDIA | Abdullah II | Manoj Sinha | [25] | ||
| Jharkhand | List | 
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Hemant Soren | 4 July 2024 (1 year, 347 days) |
JMM | MGB | Soren IV | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | [26] | ||
| Karnataka | List | 
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D. K. Shivakumar | 3 June 2026 (13 days) |
INC | INDIA | Shivakumar | Thawar Chand Gehlot | |||
| Kerala | List | 
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V. D. Satheesan | 18 May 2026 (29 days) |
UDF | Satheesan | Rajendra Arlekar | ||||
| Madhya Pradesh | List | 
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Mohan Yadav | 13 December 2023 (2 years, 185 days) |
BJP | NDA | NDA | Yadav | Mangubhai C. Patel | [27] | |
| Maharashtra | List | .jpg)
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Devendra Fadnavis | 5 December 2024 (1 year, 193 days) |
MY | Fadnavis III | C. P. Radhakrishnan | ||||
| Manipur | List | .webp.png)
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Yumnam Khemchand Singh | 4 February 2026 (132 days) |
NEDA | Singh | Ajay Kumar Bhalla | [28] | |||
| Meghalaya | List | 
|
Conrad Sangma | 6 March 2018 (8 years, 102 days) |
NPP | MDA (NEDA) | Sangma II | Phagu Chauhan | [29] | ||
| Mizoram | List | 
|
Lalduhoma | 8 December 2023 (2 years, 190 days) |
ZPM | None | None | Lalduhoma | Kambhampati Hari Babu | [30] | |
| Nagaland | List | 
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Neiphiu Rio | 8 March 2018 (8 years, 100 days) |
NPF | NDA | PDA (NEDA) | Rio V | La. Ganesan | [31] | |
| Odisha | List | 
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Mohan Charan Majhi | 12 June 2024 (2 years, 4 days) |
BJP | NDA | Majhi | Raghubar Das | [32] | ||
| Puducherry[f] | List | 
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N. Rangaswamy | 7 May 2021 (5 years, 40 days) |
AINRC | AINRC-led NDA | Rangasamy V | Kuniyil Kailashnathan | [33] | ||
| Punjab | List | 
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Bhagwant Mann | 16 March 2022 (4 years, 92 days) |
AAP | None | None | Mann | Banwarilal Purohit | [34] | |
| Rajasthan | List | 
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Bhajan Lal Sharma | 15 December 2023 (2 years, 183 days) |
BJP | NDA | NDA | Sharma | Kalraj Mishra | [35] | |
| Sikkim | List | 
|
Prem Singh Tamang | 27 May 2019 (7 years, 20 days) |
SKM | NEDA | Tamang II | Lakshman Acharya | [36] | ||
| Tamil Nadu | List | .jpg)
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C. Joseph Vijay | 10 May 2026 (37 days) |
TVK | None | TVK+ | Vijay | Rajendra Arlekar | [37] | |
| Telangana | List | 
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Revanth Reddy | 7 December 2023 (2 years, 191 days) |
INC | INDIA | INDIA | Reddy | Tamilisai Soundrararajan | [38] | |
| Tripura | List | 
|
Manik Saha | 15 May 2022 (4 years, 32 days) |
BJP | NDA | NEDA | Saha II | Satyadev Narayan Arya | [39] | |
| Uttar Pradesh | List | 
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Yogi Adityanath | 19 March 2017 (9 years, 89 days) |
NDA | Yogi II | Anandiben Patel | [40] | |||
| Uttarakhand | List | 
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Pushkar Singh Dhami | 4 July 2021 (4 years, 347 days) |
Dhami II | Gurmit Singh | [41] | ||||
| West Bengal | List | .jpg)
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Suvendu Adhikari | 9 May 2026 (38 days) |
Adhikari | R. N. Ravi | |||||
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Deputy chief minister
The deputy chief minister is a member of the state government and usually the second highest ranking executive officer of their state's council of ministers. While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[42] In the parliamentary system of government, the chief minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government. The position of deputy chief minister is not explicitly defined or mentioned in the Constitution of India. However, the Supreme Court of India has stated that the appointment of deputy chief ministers is not unconstitutional. The court has clarified that a deputy chief minister, for all practical purposes, remains a minister in the council of ministers headed by the chief minister and does not draw a higher salary or perks compared to other ministers.[43]
Various states throughout the history have appointed deputy chief ministers. Despite being not mentioned in the constitution or law, the deputy-chief minister office is often used to pacify factions within the party or coalition. It is similar to the rarely used deputy-prime minister post in the central government of India. During the absence of the chief minister, the deputy-chief minister may chair cabinet meetings and lead the assembly majority. Various deputy chief ministers have also taken the oath of secrecy in line with the one that chief minister takes. This oath has also sparked controversies.[44][45]
Currently, only 17 states and 1 union territory (out of 28 states and 3 union territories) have deputy chief ministers. Out of these, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have two deputy chief ministers each. No other state and union territory has more than one deputy chief minister in office.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has fifteen incumbents, the Indian National Congress has three, the Naga People's Front, Janata Dal (United) and the National People's Party have two incumbents, the Jana Sena Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has one incumbent each. Of the 28 incumbents, four are woman — Sunetra Pawar in Maharashtra, Nemcha Kipgen in Manipur,Pravati Parida in Odisha & Diya Kumari in Rajasthan. The longest-serving incumbent deputy chief minister is Chowna Mein, who has served as the deputy chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 17 July 2016 (for 9 years, 334 days). As of 16 June 2026, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.
Current list
| State | List | Portrait | Name | Took office (tenure length) |
Party | Chief Minister | Chief Minister's Party | State/UT Alliance (Regional Alliance) |
National Alliance | Ref | ||
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| Andhra Pradesh | List | 
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Konidela Pawan Kalyan | 12 June 2024 2 years, 4 days |
JSP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | TDP | Kutami | NDA | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh | List | 
|
Chowna Mein | 16 July 2016 9 years, 335 days |
BJP | Pema Khandu | BJP | NDA (NEDA) | [46] | |||
| Bihar | List | %252C_Shri_Piyush_Goyal%252C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_22%252C_2016_(cropped).jpg)
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Bijendra Prasad Yadav | 15 April 2026 62 days |
JD (U) | Samrat Chaudhary | NDA | |||||
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Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | |||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | List | 
|
Arun Sao | 13 December 2023 2 years, 185 days |
BJP | Vishnu Deo Sai | [47] | |||||
|
Vijay Sharma | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | List | 
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Harsh Rameshbhai Sanghavi | 17 October 2025 242 days |
Bhupendrabhai Patel | |||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | List | .jpg)
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Mukesh Agnihotri | 11 December 2022 3 years, 187 days |
INC | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | INC | INDIA | INDIA | [48] | ||
| Jammu and Kashmir | List | 
|
Surinder Kumar Choudhary | 16 October 2024 1 year, 243 days |
JKNC | Omar Abdullah | JKNC | JKNC-led INDIA | ||||
| Karnataka | List | 
|
G. Parameshwara | 3 June 2026 13 days |
INC | D. K. Shivakumar | INC | INDIA | ||||
| Madhya Pradesh | List | 
|
Rajendra Shukla | 13 December 2023 2 years, 185 days |
BJP | Mohan Yadav | BJP | NDA | NDA | |||
|
Jagdish Devda | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | List | 
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Eknath Sambhaji Shinde | 5 December 2024 1 year, 193 days |
SHS | Devendra Fadnavis | MY | [49] | ||||
| Sunetra Ajit Pawar | 31 January 2026 136 days |
NCP | ||||||||||
| Manipur | List | Nemcha Kipgen | 4 February 2026 132 days |
BJP | Y. Khemchand Singh | NDA (NEDA) | ||||||
| Losii Dikho | NPF | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | List | _Public_Health_Engineering_Relief_And_Rehabilitation_(cropped).jpg)
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Prestone Tynsong | 6 March 2018 8 years, 102 days |
NPP | Conrad Sangma | NPP | MDA (NEDA) | [50] | |||
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Sniawbhalang Dhar | 7 March 2023 3 years, 101 days |
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| Nagaland | List | .jpg)
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Yanthungo Patton | 9 March 2018 8 years, 99 days |
BJP | Neiphiu Rio | NPF | PDA (NEDA) | [51] | |||
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Taditui Rangkau Zeliang | 7 March 2023 3 years, 101 days |
NPF | |||||||||
| Odisha | List | 
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Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | 12 June 2024 2 years, 4 days |
BJP | Mohan Charan Majhi | BJP | NDA | ||||
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Pravati Parida | |||||||||||
| Rajasthan | List | 
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Diya Kumari | 15 December 2023 2 years, 183 days |
Bhajan Lal Sharma | |||||||
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Prem Chand Bairwa | |||||||||||
| Telangana | List | .png)
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Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | 7 December 2023 2 years, 191 days |
INC | Revanth Reddy | INC | INDIA | INDIA | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | List | .jpg)
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Keshav Prasad Maurya | 19 March 2017 9 years, 89 days |
BJP | Yogi Adityanath | BJP | NDA | NDA | |||
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Brajesh Pathak | 25 March 2022 4 years, 83 days |
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See also
- Governor (India)
- List of current Indian opposition leaders
- Chief Whip (India)
Notes
- ^ Except in Tamil Nadu, where K. A. Sengottaiyan serves as the leader of the house whereas C. Joseph Vijay is the chief minister.[3]
- ^ This salary includes the Basic Pay, Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance.
- ^ passed by Assembly Session on 21 November 2019
- ^ Only the chief minister's party is indicated. They may head a complex coalition of several parties and independents, which are not listed here.
- ^ Denotes the governor at the time of appointment.
- ^ a b c Although Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry each have an elected legislature and a council of ministers (headed by the chief minister), they are officially classified as union territories.
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