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Ke Upapradhānamantrī</i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 );"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/55px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/83px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/110px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/State_Emblem_of_India" title="State Emblem of India">State Emblem of India</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 );"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/120px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/180px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/240px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_India" title="Flag of India">Flag of India</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 ); line-height:1.4em;"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><i>Vacant</i><br /></div>since 23 May 2004</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a> (formal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Excellency" title="Excellency">His Excellency</a> (diplomatic)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mister" class="mw-redirect" title="Mister">Mr. Deputy Prime Minister</a> (informal)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Deputy <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Deputy Leader of the Executive</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">15 August 1947<span class="noprint">; 77 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1947-08-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>deputy prime minister of India</b> (<a href="/wiki/International_Alphabet_of_Sanskrit_Transliteration" title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration">IAST</a>: <i>Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī</i>), although not a Constitutional post, is the second-highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> and is a senior member of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a>. The office holder also deputises for the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of India">prime minister</a> in their absence. </p><p>The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 10 years out of the 75 years since its inception. Since 1950 India has had 8 deputy prime ministers, of which none having at least one full term. The first was <a href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India <a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Act_1947" title="Indian Independence Act 1947">gained independence</a> from the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>. Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and <a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> were the deputy prime ministers who later became <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan" title="Yashwantrao Chavan">Yashwantrao Chavan</a> became deputy prime ministers consecutively without the break in different ministries. <a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</a> is the only deputy prime minister to represent both parties in the same post. <a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a> was the seventh and last person to serve as the deputy prime minister of India until the post became vacant. </p><p>The current government does not have a deputy prime minister and the post has been vacant since 23 May 2004. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div 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style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#74C365"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">SJP(R)</a></span> (1) </th></tr> <tr> <th><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th style="width:17em">Name<br /><small>(born – died)<br />Constituency</small> </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Duration in years and days</span> </th> <th>Other ministerial offices held </th> <th style="width:12em">Political party </th> <th style="width:8em">Government </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th> <td><b>President</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sardar_patel_(cropped).jpg" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs and States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1947–1949)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry"><b>Nehru I</b></a> </td> <td style="width:10em" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td>Lord Mountbatten, C. Rajagopalachari (Governor- General) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">3 years, 122 days </th> <td>Rajendra Prasad </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" bgcolor="black"><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><i>Position not in use</i> (15 December 1950 – 12 March 1967) – 16 years, 87 days</span>, </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg/80px-Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg/120px-Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg/160px-Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1664" data-file-height="2352" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(1896–1995)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Surat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Surat Lok Sabha constituency">Surat</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 July</span><br />1969<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry"><b>Indira I</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>2 years, 128 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" bgcolor="black"><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><i>Position not in use</i> (20 July 1969 – 23 January 1979)  – 9 years, 187 days</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg/80px-Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg/120px-Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg/160px-Charan_Singh_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3220" data-file-height="4029" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(1902–1987)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baghpat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency">Baghpat</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 July</span><br />1979<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#4089F7"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry"><b>Desai</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>173 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(3) </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagjivan_Ram_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Jagjivan_Ram_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Jagjivan_Ram_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Jagjivan_Ram_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="119" data-file-height="158" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(1908–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Sasaram</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>185 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">4 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#7777FF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Y_B_Chavan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Y_B_Chavan_%28cropped%29.jpg/79px-Y_B_Chavan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Y_B_Chavan_%28cropped%29.jpg/119px-Y_B_Chavan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Y_B_Chavan_%28cropped%29.jpg/158px-Y_B_Chavan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="548" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan" title="Yashwantrao Chavan">Yashwantrao Chavan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Satara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Satara Lok Sabha constituency">Satara</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Urs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Urs)">Indian National Congress (Urs)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#6495ED"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#06038D"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>170 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" bgcolor="black"><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><i>Position not in use</i> (14 January 1980 – 1 December 1989)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">5 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Devi_Lal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Devi_Lal.jpg/79px-Devi_Lal.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Devi_Lal.jpg/119px-Devi_Lal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Devi_Lal.jpg/159px-Devi_Lal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="566" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</a></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(1915–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sikar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sikar Lok Sabha constituency">Sikar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 December</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 August</span><br />1990<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Minister of Agriculture</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Singh</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>242 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" bgcolor="black"><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><i>Position not in use</i> (1 August 1990 – 9 November 1990)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">6 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Devi_Lal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Devi_Lal.jpg/79px-Devi_Lal.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Devi_Lal.jpg/119px-Devi_Lal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Devi_Lal.jpg/159px-Devi_Lal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="566" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</a></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(1915–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sikar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sikar Lok Sabha constituency">Sikar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1990 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Minister of Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Tourism_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Tourism (India)">Minister of Tourism</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#74C365"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Shekhar</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#74C365"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>223 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" bgcolor="black"><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><i>Position not in use</i> (22 June 1991 – 28 June 2002)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">7 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lkadvani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/80px-Lkadvani.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/120px-Lkadvani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/160px-Lkadvani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1309" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a></b><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(born 1927)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gandhinagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency">Gandhinagar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 June</span><br />2002 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:90%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Coal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Coal (India)">Minister of Coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Mines_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Mines (India)">Mines</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2003–2004)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"><b>1 year, 328 days</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" bgcolor="black"><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><i>Position not in use</i> (22 May 2004 – <i>present</i>)  – 20 years, 288 days</span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>List of deputy prime ministers by length of term</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Length of term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Longest continuous term </th> <th>Total years of deputy prime ministership </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>3 years, 122 days </td> <td>3 years, 122 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>2 years, 128 days </td> <td>2 years, 128 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> </td> <td>1 year, 328 days </td> <td>1 year, 328 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#51A75E"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a>/<a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">SJP(R)</a> </td> <td>242 days </td> <td>1 year </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#1F75FE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>185 days </td> <td>185 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#1F75FE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>173 days </td> <td>173 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan" title="Yashwantrao Chavan">Yashwantrao Chavan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#7777FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Urs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Urs)">INC(U)</a> </td> <td>170 days </td> <td>170 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Timeline</dt></dl> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_n5em8fk3mz0ixis8egoer3lo351arxt"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" coords="617,92,695,116" title="Lal Krishna Advani" alt="Lal Krishna Advani" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" coords="596,79,655,103" title="Devi Lal" alt="Devi Lal" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan" coords="517,66,595,90" title="Yashwantrao Chavan" alt="Yashwantrao Chavan" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" coords="501,53,560,77" title="Jagjivan Ram" alt="Jagjivan Ram" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" coords="458,40,530,64" title="Charan Singh" alt="Charan Singh" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" coords="244,27,316,51" title="Morarji Desai" alt="Morarji Desai" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel" coords="45,0,117,24" title="Vallabhbhai Patel" alt="Vallabhbhai Patel" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_n5em8fk3mz0ixis8egoer3lo351arxt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/n5em8fk3mz0ixis8egoer3lo351arxt.png" /></div> <dl><dt>List by party</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"> <caption>Political parties by total timespan of their member holding <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Deputy Prime Minister's Office</a> (6 March 2025) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Number of deputy prime ministers </th> <th>Total days of holding DPMO </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2077 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>693 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>358 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>242 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>223 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Urs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Urs)">Indian National Congress (Urs)</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>170 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Prime Minister's Office</dt></dl> <div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:800px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:800px;max-width:800px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:700px;max-width:700px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:39px;top:68px;height:151px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#00BFFF;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #00BFFF;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 2,077"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:155px;top:169px;height:50px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#FF9933;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #FF9933;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[BJP]]: 693"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:271px;top:194px;height:25px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#1F75FE;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #1F75FE;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Janata Party|JP]]: 358"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:387px;top:202px;height:17px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#2E8B57;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #2E8B57;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Janata Dal|JD]]: 242"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:503px;top:204px;height:15px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#74C365;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #74C365;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Samajwadi Janata Party 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style="width:1%">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Energy & Climate Change</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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