Jai Ram Thakur ministry

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Jai Ram Thakur ministry
Ministry of Himachal Pradesh
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Date formed27 December 2017
Date dissolved8 December 2022
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor
Rajendra Arlekar
Head of government Jai Ram Thakur
No. of ministers12
Ministers removed3
Member parties BJP
Status in legislature Majority
44 / 68
Opposition cabinet
21 / 68
Opposition party INC
Opposition leader Mukesh Agnihotri
History
Election 2017
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorVirbhadra Singh ministry
Successor Sukvinder Singh Sukhu Ministry

Jai Ram Thakur, the leader of BJP was sworn in as the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh on 27 December 2017. Here is the list of ministers in his Cabinet. [1] Six of the Council ministers are Rajputs. [2]

Contents

Council of Ministers

Source: [3] [4]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Chief Minister
General Administration
Personnel
Home
Finance
Public Works
Tourism
Planning
Excise & Taxation
Departments not allotted to any Minister
27 December 20178 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Jal Shakti
Minister of Horticulture
Minister of Sainik Welfare
27 December 20178 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs27 December 20171 July 2019  BJP
Rajinder Garg
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Law & Legal Remembrancer
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
27 December 20178 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Education27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy
Minister of Multi Purpose Projects
27 December 2017April 2019  BJP
Sukh Ram Chaudhary
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Urban Development
Minister of Town & Country Planning
Minister of Housing
27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Tribal Development
Minister of Information Technology
27 December 20178 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Agriculture27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Health & Family Welfare27 December 201726 February 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj
Minister of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries
27 December 20178 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Industry
Minister of Labour & Employment
27 December 20178 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Technical Education
Minister of Vocational & Industrial Training
27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Human Resource
Minister of Youth Services & Sports
27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
Rakesh Pathania
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Transport27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Cooperation27 December 201730 July 2020  BJP
30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Revenue30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP
Minister of Language Art & Culture30 July 20208 December 2022  BJP

Former Ministers

S.No.NameDepartmentTenurePartyReason
01 Anil Sharma Department of Power & Non Conventional Energy, MPP BJP Resigned [5]
02 Kishan Kapoor Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs BJP Elected to the 17th Lok Sabha
03 Vipin Singh Parmar Department of Health and Family Welfare BJP Elected as the Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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