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{{Short description|Second-highest authority of the Upper House of the Parliament of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Chairperson
| body = Rajya Sabha
| native_name = {{lang|hi-Latn|Rājya Sabhā Ke Upasabhāpati}}
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| insignia = Rajyasabha.svg
| insigniasize = 180px
| insigniacaption = Logo of the Rajya Sabha
| image = Harivansh Narayan Singh.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| incumbent = [[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
| incumbentsince = 9 August 2018
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| termlength = Six years or till the retirement of the incumbent (renewable)
| inaugural = [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]] {{small|(1952–1962)}}
| formation = 31 May 1952
| salary =
| member_of = [[Rajya Sabha]]
| type = [[Chair (officer)|Deputy Chairperson]]
| status = Deputy presiding officer and second-highest authority of the Rajya Sabha
| reports_to = [[Parliament of India]]
| nominator = Members of the Council of States
| appointer = [[Vice President of India|Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
| residence = 14, [[Akbar Road]], [[New Delhi]]<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| seat = [[Parliament House, New Delhi|Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi]]<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf{{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| website = {{Official website}}
}} {{Politics of India}}

The '''Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Rājya Sabhā Ke Upasabhāpati}}) presides over the proceedings of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the absence of the [[chairperson of the Rajya Sabha]] ([[vice president of India]]). The deputy chairperson is elected internally by the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p1.htm|title=Introduction to the Parliament of India|publisher=[[Parliament of India]]|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517025653/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p1.html|archive-date=17 May 2011|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref name="Role of the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha">{{cite news|title=Role of the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha|url=https://www.iasexpress.net/role-of-the-deputy-chairman-of-rajya-sabha-and-deputy-speaker-of-the-lok-sabha/|access-date=25 October 2022|date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025080812/https://www.iasexpress.net/role-of-the-deputy-chairman-of-rajya-sabha-and-deputy-speaker-of-the-lok-sabha/|archive-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>

==List==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!rowspan=2| Deputy Chairman<ref name="listonrs">{{cite web |title= Former Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha |publisher=Rajya Sabha |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp}}</ref>
!rowspan=2| Portrait
!colspan=2| Term
!rowspan=2| Duration
!rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party
|-
! From
! To
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1
|rowspan=2 | [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]]
|rowspan=2 |[[File:Blank.svg|100px]]
| 31 May 1952
| 2 April 1956
|'''{{ayd|1952|5|31|1956|4|2}}'''
|rowspan=4 | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=4|
|-
| 25 April 1956
| 1 March 1962
|'''{{ayd|1956|4|26|1962|3|1}}'''
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2
|rowspan=2 | [[Violet Alva]]
|rowspan=2 | [[File:Violet Alva stamp (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 19 April 1962
| 2 April 1966
||'''{{ayd|1962|4|19|1966|4|2}}'''
|-
| 7 April 1966
| 16 November 1969
|'''{{ayd|1966|4|7|1969|11|16}}'''
|-
| 3
| [[B. D. Khobragade]]
| [[File:Rajabhau Khobragade stamp (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 17 December 1969
| 2 April 1972
|'''{{ayd|1969|12|17|1972|4|2}}'''
| [[Republican Party of India]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party of India}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 4
|rowspan=2 | [[Godey Murahari]]
|rowspan=2 | [[File:Godey Murahari.jpg|90px]]
| 13 April 1972
| 2 April 1974
|'''{{ayd|1972|4|13|1974|4|2}}'''
|rowspan=2 | [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|-
| 26 April 1974
| 20 March 1977
|'''{{ayd|1974|4|26|1977|3|20}}'''
|-
| 5
| [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]
| [[File:Shri Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpeg|90px]]
| 30 March 1977
| 2 April 1980
|'''{{ayd|1977|3|30|1980|4|2}}'''
|rowspan=12 | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=12|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 6
|rowspan=2 | [[Shyamlal Yadav]]
|rowspan=2 |
| 30 July 1980
| 4 April 1982
| '''{{ayd|1980|7|30|1982|4|4}}'''
|-
| 28 April 1982
| 29 December 1984
|'''{{ayd|1982|4|28|1984|12|29}}'''
|-
| 7
| [[Najma Heptullah]]
| [[File:Najma Heptulla.jpg|90px]]
| 25 January 1985
| 20 January 1986
|'''{{ayd|1985|1|25|1986|1|20}}'''
|-
| 8
| [[M. M. Jacob]]
| [[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|90px]]
| 26 February 1986
| 22 October 1986
|'''{{ayd|1986|2|26|1986|10|22}}'''
|-
| 9
| [[Pratibha Patil]]
| [[File:Pratibha Patil 2012-02-27.jpg|90px]]
| 18 November 1986
| 5 November 1988
|'''{{ayd|1986|11|18|1988|11|5}}'''
|-
|rowspan=3 | 10
|rowspan=3 | [[Najma Heptullah]]
|rowspan=3 | [[File:Najma A. Heptulla presenting the Badalte Qadam Award to the Cinematographer, Doordarshan, Ms. Jayshree Puri, at the Best Achievers Award Ceremony, organised by the Child Care & Welfare Foundation, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 18 November 1988
| 4 July 1992
|'''{{ayd|1988|11|18|1992|7|4}}'''
|-
| 10 July 1992
| 4 July 1998
|'''{{ayd|1992|7|10|1998|7|4}}'''
|-
| 9 July 1998
| 10 June 2004
|'''{{ayd|1998|7|9|2004|6|10}}'''
|-
|rowspan=2 | 11
|rowspan=2 | [[K. Rahman Khan]]
|rowspan=2 | [[File:K Rahman Khan (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 22 July 2004
| 2 April 2006
|'''{{ayd|2004|7|22|2006|4|2}}'''
|-
| 12 May 2006
| 2 April 2012
|'''{{ayd|2006|5|12|2012|4|2}}'''
|-
| 12
| [[P. J. Kurien]]
| [[File:P._J._Kurien.jpg|90px]]
| 21 August 2012
| 1 July 2018
|'''{{ayd|2012|8|21|2018|7|1}}'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 13
| rowspan="2" | [[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Harivansh Narayan Singh.jpg|90px]]
| 9 August 2018
| 9 April 2020
|'''{{ayd|2018|8|9|2020|4|9}}'''
| rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|-
|14 September 2020
|9 April 2026
|'''{{age in years and days|2020|9|14}}'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Vice President of India]] (Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha)
*[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
*[[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha]]
*[[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]]
== Statistics ==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp|title=Former Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha|website=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}

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