Mukesh Agnihotri | |||||||||||||
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1st Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assumed office 11 December 2022 | |||||||||||||
Governor | Rajendra Arlekar Shiv Pratap Shukla | ||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||
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Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
Assumed office March 2003 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jai Kishan Sharma (BJP) | ||||||||||||
Constituency | Haroli - Previously Santokhgarh | ||||||||||||
Leader of Opposition, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
In office 5 January 2018 – 8 December 2022 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Prem Kumar Dhumal | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jai Ram Thakur | ||||||||||||
Chairperson, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee | |||||||||||||
In office 27 December 2017 – 11 December 2022 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Virbhadra Singh | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | ||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||
Born | Sangrur, Punjab, India | 9 October 1962||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||
Political party | Indian National Congress | ||||||||||||
Spouse | Prof Simmi Agnihotri | ||||||||||||
Website | |||||||||||||
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]