Prem Kumar Dhumal | |
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| 5th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 30 December 2007 – 25 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| Succeeded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| In office 24 March 1998 – 5 March 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| Succeeded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2007–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Suresh Chandel |
| Succeeded by | Anurag Thakur |
| Constituency | Hamirpur |
| In office 1989–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Narain Chand |
| Succeeded by | Vikram Singh |
| Constituency | Hamirpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1944 Samirpur, Punjab Province, British India (now Himachal Pradesh, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Sheela Dhumal |
| Children | Arun Singh Dhumal and Anurag Thakur |
| Alma mater | M.A., Doaba College, Jalandhar LL.B., Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher |
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Prem Kumar Dhumal (pronounced [preːmə kʊmaːrə d̪ʱuːmələ]; born 10 April 1944) is an Indian politician who has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election, in which he lost his seat.
As chief minister of Himachal, its massive phone tapping scandal took place, where phones of over 1100 civilians were illegally recorded, where permission was only taken for around 170 phones. BJP's Shanta Kumar also requested to disclose names of people whose phones were tapped during Dhumal's tenure.[1]
- ^ "phone tapped during dhumal regime". tribuneindia.com.