Deputy Prime Minister of India
Deputy head of the government of India
Deputy Prime Minister of India
The deputy prime minister of India (IAST: Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī), although not a Constitutional post, is the second-highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers. The office holder also deputizes for the prime minister in their absence. The sitting deputy prime minister ranks 5A below Living former presidents and above Chief Justice of India and Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the Order of Precedence of India and is nominated by prime minister and appointed by the president of India. The longest-serving deputy prime minister was the first deputy prime minister, Vallabhbhai Patel, whose tenure lasted 3 years and 122 days. His premiership was followed by Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Jagjivan Ram, Yashwantrao Chavan, Devi Lal and L.K. Advani. 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...
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