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Deputy Prime Minister of India
Deputy head of the government of India
Deputy head of the government of India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Deputy Prime Minister |
| body | the Republic of India |
| native_name | Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī |
| insignia | Emblem of India.svg |
| insigniasize | 55px |
| insigniacaption | State Emblem of India |
| flag | Flag of India.svg |
| flagcaption | Flag of India |
| incumbent | Vacant |
| incumbentsince | 23 May 2004 |
| department | Government of India |
| style | *The Honourable (formal) |
| type | Deputy Head of government |
| status | Deputy Leader of the Executive |
| member_of | *Parliament of India |
| reports_to | *President of India |
| nominator | Prime Minister of India |
| appointer | President of India |
| termlength | At the pleasure of the president |
| termlength_qualified | |
| constituting_instrument | Not mentioned in the Constitution of India |
| formation | 15 August 1947; |
| ago | |
| first | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| last | L. K. Advani |
| abbreviation | DPM |
- His Excellency (diplomatic)
- Mr. Deputy Prime Minister (informal)
- Union Council of Ministers
- Vice President of India
- Prime Minister of India
- Parliament of India ago
The deputy prime minister of India (IAST: Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī), although not a Constitutional post, is the second-highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers. The office holder also deputizes for the prime minister in their absence.
The sitting deputy prime minister ranks fourth in the Order of Precedence of India and is nominated by prime minister and appointed by the president of India.
The longest-serving deputy prime minister was the first deputy prime minister, Vallabhbhai Patel, whose tenure lasted 3 years and 122 days. His premiership was followed by Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Jagjivan Ram, Yashwantrao Chavan, Devi Lal and L.K. Advani.
The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 10 years out of the 75 years since its inception. Since 1950 India has had 7 deputy prime ministers, of which none having at least one full term.
Origins and history
India follows a parliamentary system in which the deputy prime minister is the presiding deputy head of the government and deputy chief of the executive of the government. The deputy prime minister must become a member of parliament within six months of beginning their tenure, if they are not one already.
1947–1950
Since 1947, there have been 7 different deputy prime ministers. The first was Vallabhbhai Patel of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British Raj. Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister.
1967–1969
After Patel, the post was vacant until Morarji Desai became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and Charan Singh were the deputy prime ministers who later became Prime Minister of India.
After Desai, the post was vacant again for almost 10 years.
1979–1980
In less than a year there were 3 different deputy prime ministers, Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram became deputy prime ministers simultaneously under one ministry, and they were consecutively followed by Yashwantrao Chavan without any break, who became deputy prime minister in a different ministry.
After Chavan, the post was vacant again for almost 10 years.
1989–1991
Devi Lal is the only deputy prime minister to represent both parties in the same post. The post was vacant for 100 days between the two terms of Devi Lal.
After Lal, the post was vacant again for more than 11 years.
2002–2004
Lal Krishna Advani was the seventh person to serve as the deputy prime minister of India until the post became vacant.
List
;Key
- Resigned
- Died in office
- Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
| (1) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) | Portrait | Name | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (borndied) | |||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | ||||||||||||||
| Duration in years and days | Other ministerial offices held | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | **** | **** | **** | **** | **** | **** | **** | **** | |||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Vallabhbhai Patel 1975 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Vallabhbhai Patel(1875–1950) | ||||||||||||
| Bombay | |||||||||||||||
| (Constituent Assembly) | 15 August | 15 December | |||||||||||||
| 1950 | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress}}" | |||||||||||
| , | |||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Morarji Desai 1997 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Morarji Desai(1896–1995) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Surat | 13 March | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | 19 July | ||||||||||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | Indian National Congress}}" | ||||||||||||
| Janata Party}}" | [[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Charan Singh(1902–1987) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Baghpat | 24 January | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 16 July | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | Janata Party}}" | ||||||||||||
| Janata Party}}" | [[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Jagjivan Ram(1908–1986) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Sasaram | 24 January | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 28 July | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress (Urs)}}" | [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Yashwantrao Chavan | ||||||||||||
| (1913–1984) | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Satara | 28 July | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 14 January | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (Urs) | Charan | Charan Singh | Janata Party (Secular)}}" | |||||||||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Devi Lal(1915–2001) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Sikar | 2 December | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | 1 August | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||||
| Janata Dal | Singh | V. P. Singh | Janata Dal}}" | ||||||||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg | 100px]] | Devi Lal(1915–2001) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Sikar | 10 November | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 21 June | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | |||||||||||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Lkadvani.jpg | 95px]] | Lal Krishna Advani(born 1927) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Gandhinagar | 29 June | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 22 May | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
List of deputy prime ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | Longest continuous term | Total years of deputy prime ministership | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallabhbhai Patel | Indian National Congress}}" | INC | 3 years, 122 days | |||||||||||
| Morarji Desai | 2 years, 128 days | |||||||||||||
| Lal Krishna Advani | BJP}}" | BJP | 1 year, 328 days | |||||||||||
| Devi Lal | Janata Dal}}" | JD | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | SJP(R) | 242 days | 1 year, 100 days | ||||||||
| Jagjivan Ram | Janata Party}}" | JP | 185 days | |||||||||||
| Charan Singh | 173 days | |||||||||||||
| Yashwantrao Chavan | Indian National Congress (Urs)}}" | INC(U) | 170 days |
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Lifespan of deputy prime ministers
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List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of Deputy Prime ministers | Total days of holding DPMO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 2077 days | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 693 days | |||||||
| Janata Dal | 1 | 242 days | |||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 1 | 223 days | |||||||
| Janata Party | 2 | 185 days | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (Urs) | 1 | 170 days |
Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Notes
References
References
- (26 July 1979). "Table of Precedence". President's Secretariat.
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