List of deputy chief ministers of Tamil Nadu
Deputy Governor of Tamil Nadu | |
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Inaugural holder | M. K. Stalin |
Formation | 29 May 2009 |
Website | www |
The Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the deputy to the
The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 5 years out of the 14 years since its inauguration. Since 2009, Tamil Nadu has had 2 deputy chief ministers, none of whom have served at least one full term. The first was former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi's third son, M. K. Stalin[2] of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, who was sworn in on 29 May 2009; he was also rural development and local administration minister in Karunanidhi's fifth ministry. The position was vacant until All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's O. Panneerselvam[3] took over; he became the second deputy chief minister on 21 August 2017 and took on the role in addition to his finance ministership in Edappadi K. Palaniswami's government. He was the last person to serve as the deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu until the post became vacant.
The current government does not have a deputy chief minister, and the post has been vacant since 7 May 2021.
List
- Legend
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Elected constituency | Term of office[4] | Assembly (Election) |
Appointed by | Political party[a] | Chief Minister | ||||
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Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
M. K. Stalin (1953–) |
Thousand Lights | 29 May 2009 | 15 May 2011 | 1 year, 351 days | 13th (2006) |
Surjit Singh Barnala | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | ||
– | Vacant (16 May 2011 – 20 August 2017) | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() |
O. Panneerselvam (1951–) |
Bodinayakanur | 21 August 2017 | 6 May 2021 | 3 years, 258 days | 15th (2016) |
C. Vidyasagar Rao | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | ||
– | Vacant (Since 7 May 2021) |
- Timeline
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Statistics
- List of deputy chief ministers by length of term
No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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Longest continuous term | Total years of deputy chief ministership | ||||
1 | O. Panneerselvam | AIADMK
|
3 years, 258 days | 3 years, 258 days | |
2 | M. K. Stalin | DMK | 1 year, 351 days | 1 year, 351 days |
- List by party
No. | Political party | Number of deputy chief ministers | Total days of holding DCMO |
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1 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 1354 days |
2 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 716 days |
- Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Chief Minister's Office
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See also
- History of Tamil Nadu
- Elections in Tamil Nadu
- List of governors of Tamil Nadu
- Chief Secretariat of Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
- List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu
- List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
- List of speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the house in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Notes
- ^ This column only names the deputy chief minister's party. The state government he heads with chief minister may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
References
- ^ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Karunanidhi makes Stalin Deputy Chief Minister". The Hindu. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "Panneerselvam sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period