<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> pawanchamling.in </Td> </Tr> <P> Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 22 September 1950) is the fifth and incumbent Chief minister of the Indian state of Sikkim . Chamling is the founder president of the Sikkim Democratic Front, which has governed the state for five successive terms since 1994 . </P> <P> Chamling is the longest standing current Chief minister of any state in India and the second longest serving Chief minister after India's independence, behind Jyoti Basu . Prior to establishing the Sikkim Democratic Front, Chamling served as Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in the Nar Bahadur Bhandari cabinet . </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>

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