Prem Kumar Dhumal

Prem Kumar Dhumal
Prem Kumar Dhumal in 2008
5th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
In office
30 December 2007 – 25 December 2012
Preceded byVirbhadra Singh
Succeeded byVirbhadra Singh
In office
24 March 1998 – 5 March 2003
Preceded byVirbhadra Singh
Succeeded byVirbhadra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2007–2008
Preceded bySuresh Chandel
Succeeded byAnurag Thakur
ConstituencyHamirpur
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byNarain Chand
Succeeded byVikram Singh
ConstituencyHamirpur
Personal details
Born (1944-04-10) 10 April 1944 (age 80)
Samirpur, Punjab Province, British India
(now Himachal Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSheela Dhumal
ChildrenArun Singh Dhumal and Anurag Thakur
Alma materM.A., Doaba College, Jalandhar
LL.B., Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher
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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]

  1. ^ "phone tapped during dhumal regime". tribuneindia.com.