| Mukesh Agnihotri | |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Sangrur, Punjab, India |
| Office: | 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
| Termstart: | 11 December 2022 |
| Governor: | Rajendra Arlekar Shiv Pratap Shukla |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Term Start1: | 11 December 2022 |
| 3Blankname1: | Ministry and Departments |
| 3Namedata1: |
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| Predecessor1: | Position established |
| Office2: | Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Predecessor2: | Jai Kishan Sharma (BJP) |
| Constituency2: | Haroli - Previously Santokhgarh |
| Term Start2: | March 2003 |
| Office3: | Leader of Opposition, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Termstart3: | 5 January 2018 |
| Termend3: | 8 December 2022 |
| Predecessor3: | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| Successor3: | Jai Ram Thakur |
| Office4: | Chairperson, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee |
| Term Start4: | 27 December 2017 |
| Term End4: | 11 December 2022 |
| Nationality: |  Indian |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse: | Prof Simmi Agnihotri |
| Predecessor4: | Virbhadra Singh |
| Successor4: | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
Mukesh Agnihotri (born 9 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress. Since 11 December 2022, he is the first Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He is also a Member of Legislative Assembly in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Haroli Constituency in the Una District of Himachal Pradesh.[1]
After winning the Haroli Constituency in Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2017, he was inducted into the Cabinet as Industries Minister with additional charge of Labour & Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Information & Public Relations from 2012 to 2017.[2] [3] He was the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Himachal Pradesh from 2018 to 2022.[4]
Elected to State Legislative Assembly in March, 2003 and got re-elected in 2007 from Santokhgarh Assembly Constituency. In 2012 he won from Haroli Assembly constituency. Before delimitation in 2007, Haroli Assembly segment was known as Santokhgarh. He got re-elected to the thirteenth Vidhan Sabha (4th term) from Haroli in 2017. He was elected as Congress Legislature Party Leader on 4 January 2018.[5] He won Haroli again in 2022 and currently is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
Agnihotri was born in Sangrur, Punjab. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations & Advertisement and M.Sc. in Mathematics.
He was married to Simmi Agnihotri, who was a professor at Himachal Pradesh University. She died at the age of 56 due to a cardiac arrest in February 2024.[6] Aastha Agnihotri, their daughter, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Himachal Pradesh University.[7] [8]