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List of deputy chief ministers of Tamil Nadu

List of deputy chief ministers of Tamil Nadu

Deputy Leader of the executive of the Government of Tamil Nadu

The Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the deputy to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who is the head of the government of Tamil Nadu. The deputy chief minister is the Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu's second-highest-ranking member.[1] A deputy chief minister also holds a cabinet portfolio in the state ministry. In the legislative assembly system of government, the chief minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to govern the state with the support of a single party member, to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government, or in times of state emergency when a proper chain of command is necessary. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy prime minister at the national level.

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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
  •   Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  •   All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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Timeline
O. PanneerselvamVacantM. K. Stalin

Statistics

List of deputy chief ministers by length of term
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List by party
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Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Chief Minister's Office
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1,000
1,250
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AIADMK
DMK
O. PanneerselvamM. K. Stalin

See also

Notes

  1. 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

  1. [1]
    Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Karunanidhi makes Stalin Deputy Chief Minister". The Hindu. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Panneerselvam sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. [4]
    The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
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