List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh

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| insigniacaption = Emblem of Himachal Pradesh
| status = [[Head of Government]]
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| termlength_qualified = five years and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.<ref name="term1">[[Durga Das Basu]]. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. {{ISBN|978-81-8038-559-9}}. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Himachal Pradesh as well.</ref>
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| incumbent = [[Jai Ram Thakur]]
| incumbentsince = 27 December 2017
| appointer = [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
| inaugural = [[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
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The '''Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh''' is the [[head of government|chief executive]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. As per the [[Constitution of India]], the [[Governors of states of India|governor]] is a state's ''[[de jure]]'' head, but ''[[de facto]]'' executive authority rests with the [[Chief Minister (India)|chief minister]]. Following elections to the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], the [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh|state's governor]] usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the [[Government of Himachal Pradesh|government]]. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose [[Cabinet (government)|council of ministers]] are [[Cabinet collective responsibility|collectively responsible]] to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.<ref name="term1">[[Durga Das Basu]]. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. {{ISBN|978-81-8038-559-9}}. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Himachal Pradesh as well.</ref>

Since 1952, six people have been Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. Three of these belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]] party, including inaugural office-holder [[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]. After his first term ended in 1956, Himachal Pradesh was made a union territory, and the office of Chief Minister ceased to exist. In 1963, Parmar once again became Chief Minister, and during his reign, in 1971, Himachal regained full statehood. Until March 2015, when he was surpassed by Virbhadra Singh, Parmar was the state's longest-serving chief minister. Between 1993-2017, the chief ministership has changed hands every five years between [[Virbhadra Singh]] of the Congress and [[Prem Kumar Dhumal]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. The current incumbent is [[Jai Ram Thakur]] of the Bharatiya Janata Party having been sworn in on 27 December 2017.

== Chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1952–56) ==
The [[Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh]] was formed on 15 April 1948 through integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradesh become a [[Part C State|Part C state]], under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a Lt. Governor with 36 member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=HP Vidhan Sabha|url=https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Home/HistoricalBackground#:~:text=Vide%20Section%203%20of%20Part,with%2036%20member%20Legislative%20Assembly.&text=But%20a%20great%20price%20had,Governor.|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Indian National Congress]] won 24 seats to form a government under [[Yashwant Singh Parmar]].

In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a Lt. Governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Himachal Legislative Assembly|url=https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Himachal/himachal_w.htm|access-date=2021-03-14|website=legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="10" |List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1951-56)
(Part 'C' State)
|-
! rowspan="2" |No{{efn|name=no1|A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Assembly
(election)
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|-
! From
! To
! Days in office

|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| 1
| [[File:Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg|99x99px]]
| [[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
| Pachhad
| 8 March 1952
| 31 October 1956
|{{Age in years and days|1952|3|8|1956|10|31}}
|Legislative

Assembly

([[1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952 election]])
| [[Indian National Congress|Indian]]
[[Indian National Congress|National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center"
! colspan="10" |Office abolished, 1956–63
(Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory)
|}

==Chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–present)==
In 1963, Himachal Pradesh though being a Union Territory was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1st October 1971.<ref name=":0" /> On 18th December, 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25th January, 1971. Thus Himachal Pradesh emerged as the 18th state of Indian Union.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Himachal Pradesh NIC|url=https://himachal.nic.in/en-IN/post-independence-period.html#:~:text=The%20Chief%20Commissioner's%20province%20of,Territory%20on%201st%20November%2C%201956.|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="10" |List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1963-71)
(Union Territory with Legislature)
|-
! rowspan="2" |No{{efn|name=no1|A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Assembly
(election)
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|-
!From
!To
!Days in office
|-
| rowspan="2" |(1)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg|frameless|99x99px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
| rowspan="2" |Renuka
|1 July 1963
|4 March 1967
| rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1963|7|1|1971|1|25}}
|1st

(Territorial Council)
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
|-
|4 March 1967
|25 January 1971
|2nd
([[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967 elections]])
|-
! colspan="10" |List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1971-present)
(State)
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| rowspan="2" | (1)
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg|frameless|99x99px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
| rowspan="2" | Renuka
| 25 January 1971
| 10 March 1972
| rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1971|1|25|1977|1|28}}
|2nd
([[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967 election]])
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|10 March 1972
|28 January 1977
| rowspan="2" |3rd
([[1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972 election]])
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| 2
| [[File:Thakur Ram Lal.jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Thakur Ram Lal]]
| Jubbal Kotkhai
| 28 January 1977
| 30 April 1977
|{{Age in years and days|1977|1|28|1977|4|30}}
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| –
|[[File:Emblem of India.svg|center|100x100px]]
| ''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR|[[President's rule]] may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's rule]". [[Rediff.com]]. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.</ref>}} ([[President's rule]])
| N/A
| 30 April 1977
| 22 June 1977
|{{Age in years and days|1977|4|30|1977|6|22}}
|''Dissolved''
| N/A
| width="4px" style="background-color: white" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| 3
|[[File: Shanta Kumar.jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| Sullah
| 22 June 1977
| 14 February 1980
|{{Age in years and days|1977|6|22|1980|2|14}}
| rowspan="2" |4th
([[1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977 election]])
| [[Janata Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| rowspan="2" | (2)
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Thakur Ram Lal.jpg|94x94px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Thakur Ram Lal]]
| rowspan="2" | Jubbal Kotkhai
| 14 February 1980
| 15 June 1982
| rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1980|2|14|1983|4|7}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|15 June 1982
|7 April 1983
| rowspan="2" |5th
(1982 election)
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" | 4
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Virbhadra_Singh_HP.jpg|100x100px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Virbhadra Singh]]
| rowspan="2" | Jubbal Kotkhai
| 8 April 1983
| 8 March 1985
|rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1983|4|8|1990|3|5}}
|- align="center" style="height: 50px;"
| 8 March 1985
| 5 March 1990
|6th
([[1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985 elections]])
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| (3)
|[[File: Shanta Kumar.jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| Palampur
| 5 March 1990
| 15 December 1992
|{{Age in years and days|1990|3|5|1992|12|15}}
|7th
([[1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990 elections]])
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| –
| [[File:Emblem of India.svg|center|100x100px]]
| ''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR}} ([[President's rule]])
| N/A
| 15 December 1992
| 3 December 1993
| {{Age in years and days|1992|12|15|1993|12|3}}
|''Dissolved''
| N/A
| width="4px" style="background-color: white" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| (4)
| [[File:Virbhadra_Singh_HP.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Virbhadra Singh]]
| Rohru
| 3 December 1993
| 23 March 1998
|{{Age in years and days|1993|12|3|1998|3|23}}
|8th
([[1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993 elections]])
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| 5
| [[File:Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
| Bamsan
| 24 March 1998
| 5 March 2003
|{{Age in years and days|1998|3|24|2003|3|5}}
|9th
([[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998 elections]])
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| (4)
| [[File:Virbhadra_Singh_HP.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Virbhadra Singh]]
| Rohru
| 6 March 2003
| 30 December 2007
|{{Age in years and days|2003|3|6|2007|12|30}}
|10th
([[2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003 elections]]) 
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| (5)
| [[File:Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
| Bamsan
| 30 December 2007
| 25 December 2012
|{{Age in years and days|2007|12|30|2012|12|25}}
|11th
([[2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007 elections]])
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| (4)
| [[File:Virbhadra_Singh_HP.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Virbhadra Singh]]
| Shimla Rural
| 25 December 2012
| 27 December 2017
|{{Age in years and days|2012|12|25|2017|12|27}}
|12th
([[2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012 elections]])
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|- align="center" style="height: 100px;"
| 6
| [[File:JRThakur.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Jai Ram Thakur]]
| Seraj
| 27 December 2017
| ''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2017|12|27}}
|13th
([[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 elections]])
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|}

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==Living former chief ministers==
As of {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there are two living former chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh:

<gallery class="center" caption="Living former chief ministers">
File:Shanta_Kumar.jpg|[[Shanta Kumar]] (1977–1980, 1990–1992) {{birth date and age|1934|09|12|df=y}}
File:Prem_Kumar_Dhumal.jpg|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]] (1998–2003, 2007–2012) {{birth date and age|1944|04|10|df=y}}
</gallery>

The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of [[Virbhadra Singh]] on 8 July 2021, aged 87.

==Notes==
;Footnotes
{{notelist}}

;References
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://himachal.gov.in/ Government of Himachal Pradesh, website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101215173416/http://himachal.gov.in/cm.htm Present Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, webpage]

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