List of deputy chief ministers of Tripura explained

Post:Deputy Chief Minister
Body:Tripura
Incumbent:Vacant
Inaugural:Dasarath Deb
Department:Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbentsince:2 March 2023
Member Of:Tripura Legislative Assembly
Cabinet of Tripura
Nominator:Chief Minister of Tripura
Appointer:Governor of Tripura
Insignia:File:Seal of Tripura.svg
Insigniasize:185px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Tripura

The Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura is a member of the Cabinet of Tripura Government in the Government of Tripura. 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.NamePortraitConstituencyTerm of officePolitical Party Chief MinisterRef
1Dasarath DebRamchandraghat1 May 19835 February 1988Communist Party of India (Marxist)Nripen Chakraborty
2Jishnu Dev VarmaCharilam9 March 2018 2 March 2023Bharatiya Janata Party [2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution . The Hindu .
  2. Web site: Deb . Priyanka . BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy . Hindustan Times . 2018-03-06 .