Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling became the longest-serving chief minister of any state as he completed 25 uninterrupted years in office. He broke the record of former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, who held office for 23 years.
In 1993, MrChamling formed the Sikkim Democratic Front Party.
He is the founding president of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) became chief minister in December 1994.
With the slogan "New Sikkim, Happy Sikkim", he launched policies and programmes to transform the state.