List of deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

The Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is a member of the Cabinet of Uttar Pradesh Government in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. 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.

List of Deputy Chief Ministers
Sr. No. Name
(constituency)
(birth-death)		 Portrait Term of office Political Party Chief Minister Ref
1 Ram Prakash Gupta
(MLC)
(1923-2004)		 3 April 1967 25 February 1968 328 days Bharatiya Jana Sangh Charan Singh [2]
2 Kamalapati Tripathi
(Chanduali)
(1905-1990)		 26 February 1969 17 February 1970 356 days Indian National Congress Chandra Bhanu Gupta [3]
3 Dinesh Sharma
(MLC)
(b. 1964)		 19 March 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 151 days Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath [4]
4 Keshav Prasad Maurya
(MLC)
(b. 1969)		 [5]
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See also

References
  1. "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. http://governor.mp.gov.in/gupta.aspx
  3. http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Ex-CM-en/5/4
  4. https://www.livemint.com/Politics/OpB12c7YDKyjiGfCSEZa4N/Stage-set-for-Yogi-Adityanaths-swearing-in-as-Uttar-Pradesh.html
  5. https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/keshav-prasad-maurya-becomes-deputy-cm-of-up-news-in-hindi-1532956/
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