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The Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur is a member of the Cabinet of Manipur Government in the Government of Manipur. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[1] A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government.
List of Deputy Chief Ministers
| Sr. No. | Name Template:Small Template:Small |
Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Chief Minister | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaikhangam Gangmei Template:Small Template:Small |
7 March 2002 | 15 March 2017 | Template:Age in years and days | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh | [2] | |
| 2 | Y. Joykumar Singh Template:Small Template:Small |
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15 March 2017 | 17 June 2020 | Template:Age in years and days | rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | National People's Party | N. Biren Singh | [3] [4] |
| 5 July 2020 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | [5] | ||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution. The Hindu(13 July 2012).
- ↑ Suspected NSCN-IM cadres attack Manipur Deputy CM Gaikhangam's security team. India Today(2017-02-21).
- ↑ Manipur: BJP’s Biren Singh sworn in as chief minister, NPP’s Y Joykumar as deputy. Scroll(2017-03-15).
- ↑ Manipur Deputy CM resigned. 18 June 2020. The Print. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ Manipur Governor reallocates portfolios to deputy chief minister. Jagran (Hindi). Retrieved 6 July 2020.