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The '''Deputy Prime Minister of India''' | The '''Deputy Prime Minister of India''' is the deputy to the [[Prime Minister of India]], who is head of the [[government of India]]. The deputy prime minister is the second highest ranking member of the [[Union Council of Ministers]].<ref name="dpmconsti">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/of-deputy-chief-ministers-and-the-constitution/article3632410.ece|title=Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution|access-date=7 November 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2012-07-13|last1=Rajendran|first1=S.}}</ref> A deputy prime minister usually also holds a senior cabinet portfolio such as the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|home minister]], [[Minister of Defence (India)|defence minister]] or [[Minister of Finance (India)|finance minister]] or [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|foreign minister]]. In the [[parliamentary system]] of government, the [[Prime Minister of India|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 [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] is necessary. 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. | ||
The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 10 years out of the 73 years since its inception. Since 1947 India has had 7 deputy prime ministers, of which none having at least one full term. The first was [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India [[Indian Independence Act 1947|gained independence]] from the [[British Raj]]. Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until [[Morarji Desai]] became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] were the deputy prime ministers who later became [[Prime Minister of India]]. [[Babu Jagjivan Ram]] and [[Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan]] became deputy prime ministers consecutively without the break in different ministries. [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]] is the only deputy prime minister to represent both parties in the same post. [[Lal Krishna Advani]] was the seventh and last person to serve as the deputy prime minister of India until the post became vacant. | The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 10 years out of the 73 years since its inception. Since 1947 India has had 7 deputy prime ministers, of which none having at least one full term. The first was [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India [[Indian Independence Act 1947|gained independence]] from the [[British Raj]]. Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until [[Morarji Desai]] became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] were the deputy prime ministers who later became [[Prime Minister of India]]. [[Babu Jagjivan Ram]] and [[Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan]] became deputy prime ministers consecutively without the break in different ministries. [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]] is the only deputy prime minister to represent both parties in the same post. [[Lal Krishna Advani]] was the seventh and last person to serve as the deputy prime minister of India until the post became vacant. | ||
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== List == | == List == | ||
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* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office | * {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office | ||
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term | * {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term | ||
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==Living former deputy prime ministers== | ==Living former deputy prime ministers== | ||
As of {{Currentday}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there is only one living former deputy prime minister of India: | As of {{Currentday}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there is only one living former deputy prime minister of India: | ||
<gallery class="center" caption="Living former deputy prime ministers"> | <gallery class="center" caption="Living former deputy prime ministers"> | ||
File:L.K. Advani.jpg|[[Lal Krishna Advani]]<br/>(2002–2004)<br />{{birth date and age|1927|11|08|df=y}} | File:L.K. Advani.jpg|[[Lal Krishna Advani]]<br/>(2002–2004)<br />{{birth date and age|1927|11|08|df=y}} | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
The most recent death of a former deputy prime minister was that of [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]] on 6 April 2001, aged 85. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||