The Deputy Chief Minister of the Punjab is a member of the Cabinet of Punjab Government in the Government of Punjab, India. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.^[1] A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary 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 bring political stability and strength within a coalition government or in a party.

History

PEPSU

In history of PEPSU state there was only one deputy chief minister Brish Bhan.

Punjab

Till now three people served as Deputy CM of Punjab. Balram Das Tandon was the first who hold the position when Bhartiya Jana Sangh formed coalition government with Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh under the chief ministership of Gurnam Singh. Then in 2004 former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal became the Deputy CM under chief ministership of Amarinder Singh. Sukhbir Singh Badal is the only one who served the position for thrice. In 2021 for the first time two persons, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Om Parkash Soni appointed deputy cm under Charanjit Singh Channi.

List of Deputy Chief Ministers

PEPSU

Sr. No.	Name (constituency) (birth-death)	Portrait	Term of office			Political Party		Chief Minister	Appointed by
1	Brish Bhan (Kalayat) (1908-1988)		23 May 1951	21 April 1952	1 year, 275 days		Indian National Congress	Raghbir Singh	Yadavindra Singh
			8 March 1954	12 January 1955

Punjab

Sr. No.	Name (constituency) (birth-death)	Portrait	Term of office			Political Party		Chief Minister	Appointed by	Ref
1	Balram Das Tandon (Amritsar Central) (1927-2018)		17 February 1969	26 March 1970	1 year, 37 days		Bhartiya Jana Sangh	Gurnam Singh	D. C. Pavate	[2]
No official Deputy CM (26 March 1970 - 6 June 2004) (34 years, 73 days)
2	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Lehra) (b.1945)		6 January 2004	1 March 2007	3 years, 54 days		Indian National Congress	Captain Amarinder Singh	O. P. Verma	[3]
No official Deputy CM (1 March 2007 - 21 January 2009) (1 year, 326 days)
3	Sukhbir Singh Badal ( - ) (b.1962)		21 January 2009	1 July 2009	161 days		Shiromani Akali Dal	Prakash Singh Badal	S. F. Rodrigues	[4] [5]
No official Deputy CM (1 July 2009 - 10 August 2009) (40 days)
(3)	Sukhbir Singh Badal (Jalalabad) (b.1962)		10 August 2009	14 March 2012	7 years, 218 days		Shiromani Akali Dal	Prakash Singh Badal	S. F. Rodrigues	[6]
			14 March 2012	16 March 2017					Shivraj Patil	[7]
No official Deputy CM (16 March 2017 - 20 September 2021) (4 years, 188 days)
4	Sukhjinder Singh (Dera Baba Nanak) (b.1959)		20 September 2021	16 March 2022	177 days		Indian National Congress	Charanjit Singh Channi	Banwarilal Purohit	[8]
	Om Parkash Soni (Amritsar Central) (b.1957)
No official Deputy CM (since 16 March 2022) (2 years, 26 days)

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