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{{Short description|Deputy head of the government of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Prime Minister
| body = the Republic of India
| native_name = {{lang|hi-Latn|Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī}}
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 55px
| insigniacaption = [[State Emblem of India]]
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| image =
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| incumbent =''Vacant''
| incumbentsince = 23 May 2004
| department = [[Government of India]]
| style = *[[The Honourable]] (formal)
*[[Excellency|His Excellency]] (diplomatic)
*[[Mister|Mr. Deputy Prime Minister]] (informal)
| type = Deputy [[Head of government]]
| status = Deputy Leader of the Executive
| member_of = *[[Parliament of India]]
*[[Union Council of Ministers]]
| reports_to = *[[President of India]]
*[[Vice President of India]]
*[[Prime Minister of India]]
*[[Parliament of India]]
| nominator = [[Prime Minister of India]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure#Derivatives|At the pleasure of the president]]
| termlength_qualified = {{unbulleted list|[[Lok Sabha]] term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner|No term limits specified}}
| constituting_instrument = Not mentioned in the [[Constitution of India]]
| formation = 15 August 1947; {{age in years and days|1947|08|15}} ago
| first = [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| last = [[L. K. Advani]]
| abbreviation = DPM}}

The '''deputy prime minister of India''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī}}), although not a [[Constitution of India|Constitutional]] post, is the second-highest ranking [[Union Council of Ministers|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 of India|prime minister]] in their absence.

The sitting deputy prime minister ranks fourth in the [[Order of precedence in India|Order of Precedence of India]]<ref name="OPR">{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf|title=Table of Precedence|date=26 July 1979|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]]|publisher=President's Secretariat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527155701/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf|archive-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> 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 (India)|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 [[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.

=== 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
*{{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
*{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office
*{{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="12" |{{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress|INC}} (2){{pad}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress (Urs)|INC(U)}} (1) {{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Dal|JD}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party|JP}} (2){{pad}}{{Party index link|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)}} (1)
|-
!colspan="2"| Portrait
!width=200|Name (born{{spaced ndash}}died) Constituency
!colspan="2" |Term of office {{smaller|Duration in years and days}}
!width=225|Other ministerial offices held
!width=100| Political party
!width=100| Ministry
!colspan="2"| Prime Minister
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Vallabhbhai Patel 1975 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Vallabhbhai Patel]]'''{{small| (1875–1950) [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]] ''(Constituent Assembly)''}}
|15 August
1947
|{{small|15 December}} 1950{{ref label|†|†|†}}
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs and States]]|[[Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] {{small|(1947{{ndash}}1949)}}}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB" |'''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|style="width:10em" rowspan="2"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1950|12|15}}'''
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" |{{font color|white|black |''Position not in use'' (15 December 1950 {{ndash}} 12 March 1967){{dash}}{{age in years and days|1950|12|15|1967|3|12}}}},
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Morarji Desai 1997 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''{{small| (1896–1995) MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|19 July}} 1969 {{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] {{small|(1967{{ndash}}1969)}}}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB" |'''[[7th government of India|Indira II]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1967|3|13|1969|7|19}}'''
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" |{{font color|white|black | ''Position not in use'' (20 July 1969 {{ndash}} 23 January 1979) {{dash}}{{age in years and days|1969|7|20|1979|1|23}}}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''{{small| (1902–1987) MP for [[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]}}
|{{small|24 January}} 1979
|{{small|16 July}} 1979 {{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Janata Party]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#4089F7"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Morarji Desai]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1979|1|24|1979|7|16}}'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Jagjivan Ram]]'''{{small| (1908–1986) MP for [[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram]]}}
|{{small|24 January}} 1979
|{{small|28 July}} 1979 {{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]}}
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1979|1|24|1979|7|28}}'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]''' {{small|(1913–1984) MP for [[Satara Lok Sabha constituency|Satara]]}}
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#6495ED"|'''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Charan Singh]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}'''
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" |{{font color|white|black | ''Position not in use'' (14 January 1980 {{ndash}} 1 December 1989) {{dash}}{{age in years and days|1980|1|14|1989|12|1}}}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Devi Lal]]'''{{small| (1915–2001) MP for [[Sikar Lok Sabha constituency|Sikar]]}}
|{{small|2 December}} 1989
|{{small|1 August}} 1990 {{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]]}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Singh]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[V. P. Singh]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1989|12|2|1990|8|1}}'''
|-
|colspan="12" bgcolor="black" |{{font color|white|black | ''Position not in use'' (1 August 1990 {{ndash}} 9 November 1990) {{dash}}{{age in years and days|1990|8|1|1990|11|9}}}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Devi Lal]]'''{{small| (1915–2001) MP for [[Sikar Lok Sabha constituency|Sikar]]}}
|{{small|10 November}} 1990
|{{small|21 June}} 1991 {{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]] {{small|(1990{{ndash}}1991)}}|[[Minister of Tourism (India)|Minister of Tourism]] {{small|(1990{{ndash}}1991)}}}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Shekhar]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}}'''
|-
|colspan="12" bgcolor="black" |{{font color|white|black | ''Position not in use'' (22 June 1991 {{ndash}} 28 June 2002){{dash}}{{age in years and days|1991|6|22|2002|6|28}}}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Lkadvani.jpg|95px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]]'''{{small| (born 1927) MP for [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar]]}}
|{{small|29 June}} 2002
|{{small|22 May}} 2004
|rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]|[[Minister of Coal (India)|Minister of Coal]] and [[Minister of Mines (India)|Mines]] {{small|(2002)}}|[[Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]] {{small|(2003{{ndash}}2004)}}}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal" | '''{{age in years and days|2002|6|29|2004|5|22}}'''
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" |{{font color|white|black | ''Position not in use'' (22 May 2004 {{ndash}} ''present''){{dash}}{{age in years and days|2004|5|22}}}}
|}

== List of deputy prime ministers by length of term ==

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!rowspan=2|No.
!rowspan=2|Name
!rowspan=2 colspan=4|Party
!colspan=2|Length of term
|-
!Longest continuous term
!Total years of deputy prime ministership
|-
!1
|[[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="2" |3 years, 122 days
|-
!2
|[[Morarji Desai]]
| colspan="2" |2 years, 128 days
|-
!3
|[[Lal Krishna Advani]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|BJP}}"|
|colspan=3|[[BJP]]
| colspan="2" |1 year, 328 days
|-
!4
|[[Devi Lal]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
|242 days
|1 year, 100 days
|-
!5
|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
| colspan="2" |185 days
|-
!6
|[[Charan Singh]]
| colspan="2" |173 days
|-
!7
|[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"|
|colspan=3|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|INC(U)]]
| colspan="2" |170 days
|}

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== Lifespan of deputy prime ministers ==

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== List by party ==

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|+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding Deputy Prime Minister's Office ({{Date}})
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Political party
! data-sort-type=number | Number of Deputy Prime ministers
! Total days of holding DPMO
|-
!1
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|2
|2077 days
|-
!2
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|1
|693 days
|-
!3
|[[Janata Dal]]
|1
|242 days
|-
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|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|1
|223 days
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|[[Janata Party]]
|2
|185 days
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|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|1
|170 days
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=== Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Prime Minister's Office ===

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==See also==
*[[President of India]]
*[[List of presidents of India]]
*[[Vice President of India]]
*[[List of vice presidents of India]]
*[[Prime Minister of India]]
*[[List of prime ministers of India]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Deputy Prime Ministers of India}}
{{Union ministries of India}}

[[Category:Indian deputy prime ministers]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in India]]

Deputy Prime Minister of India - Revision history

TawannaIbarra at 10:28, 7 March 2026