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{{short description|Indian State Government}}
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| leader_title = [[Rajendra Arlekar|Rajendra Arlekar]]
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|title=[[Union Council of Ministers#Council_of_Ministers_in_state_governments|Council of Ministers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://himachal.nic.in/en-IN/council-of-ministers.html|title = Council of Ministers - Government of Himachal Pradesh, India}}</ref>
|1= [[Jai Ram Thakur | Jairam Thakur]] 
'''Chief Minister''' 
Finance, general administrations, home, planning, personnel and all other departments not allotted to any other minister 

|2=[[Mahender Singh|Mahender Singh Thakur]] 
'''Jal Shakti Minister''' 
Jal Shakti, horticulture, Sainik welfare 

|3= [[Suresh Bharadwaj|Suresh Bhardwaj]] 
'''Urban Development Minister''' 
Urban development, town & country planning, housing, parliamentary affairs, law and legal remembrancer 

|4= [[Sarveen Choudhary|Sarveen Chaudhary]] 
'''Social Justice & Empowerment Minister''' 
Social justice & empowerment, cooperation 

|5= [[Ram Lal Markanda]] 
'''Technical Education Minister''' 
Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training, Tribal development, information and technology, Redressal of Public Grievances. 

|6= [[Virender Kanwar]] 
'''Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister''' 
Rural Development, Panchayati raj, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, fisheries. 

|7= [[Bikram Singh (politician)|Bikram Singh]] 
'''Industries Minister''' 
Industries, Transport, Labour & Employment. 

|8=[[Govind Singh Thakur]] 
'''Education Minister''' 
Higher education, elementary education, Language Art & Culture 

|9=[[Rajiv Saizal]] 
'''Health and Family Welfare Minister''' 
Health and family welfare, medical education, Ayurveda 

|10=[[Sukh Ram]] 
'''MPP and Power Minister''' 
Multi-Purpose Projects and Power, Non Conventional Energy Sources 

|11= [[Rakesh Pathania]] 
'''Forest Minister''' 
Forest, Youth Services and Sports 

|12=[[Rajinder Garg]] 
'''Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affair Minister''' 
Food, civil supplies & consumer affair, Printing and Stationary 
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The '''Government of Himachal Pradesh''' also known as the '''State Government of Himachal Pradesh''', or locally as '''State Government''', is the supreme governing authority of the [[India]]n state of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It consists of an [[executive branch]], led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a [[judiciary]] and a [[legislative]] branch.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the [[Governor]], appointed by the [[President of India]] on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The [[Chief Minister]] is the head of government and council of ministers.There exists [[parliamentary system of government]] in state with council of ministers responsible to legislative assembly. [[Shimla]] is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat (Ellersile). [[Dharamshala ]]is the winter capital of the state. The [[Himachal Pradesh High Court]] is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh.
State legislature is [[unicameral]] having [[legislative assembly]] composed of MLAs elected directly by the people of the state.

==Council of Ministers (2017–22)==

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Ministry of the State
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! Name
! Designation
! Department
|-
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| '''Chief Minister'''
|Finance, general administrations, home, planning, personnel and all other departments not allotted to any other minister
|-
|
| '''Jal Shakti Minister'''
|Jal Shakti, horticulture, Sainik welfare
|-
|
| '''Urban Development Minister'''
|Urban development, town & country planning, housing, parliamentary affairs, law and legal remembrancer
|-
|
|'''Social Justice & Empowerment Minister'''
|Social justice & empowerment, cooperation
|-
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| '''Technical Education Minister'''
|Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training, Tribal development, information and technology, Redressal of Public Grievances.
|-
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| '''Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister'''
|Rural Development, Panchayati raj, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, fisheries.
|-
|
| '''Industries Minister'''
|Industries, Transport, Labour & Employment.
|-
|
| '''Education Minister'''
|Higher education, elementary education, Language Art & Culture
|-
|
| '''Health and Family Welfare Minister'''
|Health and family welfare, medical education, Ayurveda
|-
|
|| '''MPP and Power Minister'''
|Multi-Purpose Projects and Power, Non Conventional Energy Sources
|-
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|'''Forest Minister'''
|Forest, Youth Services and Sports
|-
|
| '''Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affair Minister'''
|Food, civil supplies & consumer affair, Printing and Stationary
| -
|}

==State administrative structure==

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 |State administrative structure
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! Administrative structure (2002)
! Numbers
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| Districts
| 12
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| Tehsils
| 75
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| Subdivisions
| 52
|-90
| Blocks
| 75
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| Villages
| 20690
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| Towns
| 57
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! Constituencies
! Numbers
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| Lok Sabha
| 4
|-
| Rajya Sabha
| 3
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| Assembly constituencies
| 68
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The Himachal Pradesh [[Legislative Assembly]] has no pre-[[Constitution]] history. The state itself is a post-independence creation. It first came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states.

Himachal Pradesh is governed through a [[parliamentary system]] of [[representative democracy]], a feature the state shares with other Indian states. [[Universal suffrage]] is granted to residents.

The legislature of Himachal Pradesh is [[unicameral]] and at present, the Assembly has a strength of 68. The [[tenure]] of the Assembly is five years unless it is sooner dissolved. There are 14 House Committees in the Assembly.

In the assembly elections held in November 2012, the Congress secured an absolute majority.<ref name="election12">{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=435819&catid=35 | title = Congress gets absolute majority in Himachal | access-date = 2012-12-20 | publisher = [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130511220706/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=435819&catid=35 | archive-date = 11 May 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The Congress won 36 of the 68 seats while the BJP won 26 of the 68 seats. Virbhadra Singh was sworn in as Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister for a record sixth term in Shimla on 25 December 2012. Virbhadra Singh, who has held the top office in Himachal five times in the past, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by [[Governor]] [[Urmila Singh]] at an open ceremony at the historic Ridge Maidan in [[Shimla]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/virbhadra-singh-sworn-in-as-himachal-cm-for-a-record-6th-time/1049981 |title=Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Himachal CM for a record 6th time |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=25 December 2012 |agency=PTI |access-date= 25 October 2021}}</ref>

The current Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is Jai Ram Thakur from BJP. The Bharathiya Janatha Party won 44 of the 68 seats while the Himachal Congress won 24 of the 68 seats in assembly elections held in 2017. The BJP secured an absolute majority in 2017 assembly election.

==See also==
* [[Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Himachal Kranti Party]]

==Notes==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20080618061039/http://himachal.gov.in/council.htm Himachal Government - Council of Ministers]

==References==
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