Insignia: | Emblem of Madhya Pradesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of Madhya Pradesh |
Post: | Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh |
Incumbent: | Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda |
Incumbentsince: | 13 December 2023 |
Department: | Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Madhya Pradesh) |
Appointer: | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
Nominator: | Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh |
Style: | The Honourable |
Status: | Deputy Head of Government |
Abbreviation: | DCM |
Member Of: | |
Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
Termlength Qualified: | 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
The Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is a member of the Cabinet of Madhya Pradesh Government in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[2] 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.
Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of office[3] | Chief Minister | Party | ||||
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1 | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha[4] | Jawad | 30 July 1967 | 12 March 1969 | Govind Narayan Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
2 | Shiv Bhanu Singh Solanki[5] | Dhar | Arjun Singh | Indian National Congress | |||||
3 | Subhash Yadav[6] | Kasrawad | 1993 | 1998 | Digvijaya Singh | ||||
4 | Jamuna Devi | Kukshi | 1998 | 2003 | |||||
5 | Rajendra Shukla | Rewa | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | Mohan Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
6 | Jagdish Devda | Malhargarh |