Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_the_Northern_Territory
The deputy chief minister of the Northern Territory is a role in the Government of the Northern Territory assigned to a responsible Minister in the Northern Territory. It has second ranking behind the chief minister of the Northern Territory in Cabinet, and its holder serves as acting chief minister during absence or incapacity of the chief minister. The deputy chief minister is almost always the deputy leader of the governing party.
The incumbent deputy chief minister of the Northern Territory is Chansey Paech. Paech assumed the position in December 2023, becoming the second deputy chief minister of the current Labor Government since August 2016.