<P> On 28 April 2018 he is set to be India's longest serving Chief Minister ever . Right now the record is with Jyoti Basu who was Chief Minister of West Bengal from 21 June 1977 to 6 November 2000 (23 years 4 months and 16 days). </P> <P> Chamling was born in Yangang, East Sikkim to Ashbahadur Chamling and Asharani Chamling . Chamling is also a Nepali language writer and recipient of the Bhanu Puraskar (2010) awarded by Sikkim Sahitya Parishad . He writes under the pen name Pawan Chamling Kiran . Mr. Chamling has 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters . </P> <P> Chamling was elected as the president of Yangang Gram Panchayat in 1982 . In 1985, he was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly for the first time . After being elected for the second time from Damthang, he became the Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in the Nar Bahadur Bhandari cabinet . After a series of major political upheavals in Sikkim, Chamling formed the Sikkim Democratic Front on 4 March 1993 . </P> <P> Chamling is the second chief minister in India after Jyoti Basu, of West Bengal to govern a state five terms in a row, with his party Sikkim Democratic Front winning the 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly elections . His party first came to power in Sikkim after winning the 1994 assembly elections . His popularity kept soaring in Sikkim due to his developmental work and for maintaining peace . In 2009, his party Sikkim Democratic Front won all 32 assembly seats in Sikkim Legislative Assembly . </P>

Who has held the office of chief minister longest