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Mukesh Agnihotri
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Mukesh Agnihotri (born 9 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress. Since 11 December 2022, he is the first Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He is also a Member of Legislative Assembly in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Haroli Constituency in the Una District of Himachal Pradesh.[1]
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1st Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office 11 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Governor | Rajendra Arlekar Shiv Pratap Shukla | ||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||
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Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office March 2003 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jai Kishan Sharma (BJP) | ||||||||||||||
Constituency | Haroli - Previously Santokhgarh | ||||||||||||||
Leader of Opposition, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
In office 5 January 2018 ā 8 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Prem Kumar Dhumal | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jai Ram Thakur | ||||||||||||||
Chairperson, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee | |||||||||||||||
In office 27 December 2017 ā 11 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Virbhadra Singh | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1962-10-09) 9 October 1962 (age 61) Sangrur, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||
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Spouse | Prof Simmi Agnihotri | ||||||||||||||
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After winning the Haroli Constituency in Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2017, he was inducted into the Cabinet as Industries Minister with additional charge of Labour & Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Information & Public Relations from 2012 to 2017.[2][3] He was the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Himachal Pradesh from 2018 to 2022.[4]
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