List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh information
Head of the Government of Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Emblem of Himachal Pradesh
Incumbent Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu since 11 December 2022
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Style
The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type
Head of Government
Status
Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation
CM
Member of
Cabinet
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Reports to
Governor of
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Residence
Oakover, Shimla
Seat
Himachal Pradesh Secretariat, Shimla
Appointer
Governor of Himachal Pradesh by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term length
At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holder
Yashwant Singh Parmar
Deputy
Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Salary
₹310,000 (US$3,700)/monthly
₹3,720,000 (US$45,000)/annually
Website
Official website
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The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Since 1952, seven people have been Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. Four of these belonged to the Indian National Congress party, including inaugural office-holder Yashwant Singh Parmar. After his first term ended in 1956, Himachal Pradesh was made a union territory, and the office of Chief Minister ceased to exist. In 1963, Parmar once again became Chief Minister, and during his reign, in 1971, Himachal regained full statehood. Until March 2015, when he was surpassed by Virbhadra Singh, Parmar was the state's longest-serving chief minister. Between 1993 and 2017, the chief ministership has changed hands every five years between Virbhadra Singh of the Congress and Prem Kumar Dhumal of the Bharatiya Janata Party. All chief ministers except Shanta Kumar, belongs to the Rajput caste.[2]
^ abDurga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Himachal Pradesh as well.
^"Jai Ram Thakur's Himachal cabinet has a distinctly Rajput flavour". 27 December 2017.
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