Deputy Prime Minister of India




















Deputy Prime Minister of India

Emblem of India.svg
Emblem of India


Incumbent
Vacant

since 22 May 2004
Appointer
President on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Formation 15 August 1947

The Deputy Prime Minister of India is a member of the Union Cabinet in the Government of India. Not technically a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers[1]. A deputy prime minister usually also holds a key cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the prime minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government or in times of national emergency, when a proper chain of command is necessary.


The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was also home minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. The office has since been only intermittently occupied. The seventh and last deputy prime minister was L. K. Advani, who took on the role in addition to his home ministership from 2002 to 2004 in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. The current government does not have a Deputy Prime Minister.


On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of Deputy Chief Minister at the state level.[citation needed]



List of Deputy Prime Ministers of India


Colour key



  •   Indian National Congress


  •   Janata Party


  •   Janata Party (Secular)


  •   Indian National Congress (Socialist)


  •   Janata Dal


  •   Samajwadi Janata Party


  •   Bharatiya Janata Party

















































































Deputy Prime Minister
(Portfolio)
Portrait
Term of office
Political party
(Alliance)
Prime Minister
1

Vallabhbhai Patel
(Minister of Home Affairs)

Sardar patel (cropped).jpg
15 August 1947
15 December 1950

Indian National Congress


Jawaharlal Nehru
2

Morarji Desai
(Minister of Finance)

Morarji Desai portrait.jpg
21 March 1967
6 December 1969

Indira Gandhi
3

Charan Singh
(Minister of Home Affairs
& Minister of Finance)


Charan Singh (cropped).jpg
24 March 1977
28 July 1979

Janata Party


Morarji Desai
4

Jagjivan Ram
(Minister of Defence)

Jagjivan Ram.jpg
24 March 1977
28 July 1979
5

Yashwantrao Chavan
(Minister of Home Affairs)

Y B Chavan (cropped).jpg
28 July 1979
14 January 1980

Indian National Congress (Socialist)


Charan Singh
6

Devi Lal
(Minister of Agriculture)

Chaudhary Devi Lal.jpg
2 December 1989
21 June 1991

Janata Dal
(National Front)


Vishwanath Pratap Singh


Chandra Shekhar
7

Lal Krishna Advani
(Minister of Home Affairs)

Lkadvani.jpg
5 February 2002
22 May 2004

Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)


Atal Bihari Vajpayee


References





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