Jagdeep Dhankhar

Jagdeep Dhankhar
Official portrait, 2022
14th Vice President of India
Assumed office
11 August 2022
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byM. Venkaiah Naidu
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
11 August 2022
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
DeputyHarivansh Narayan Singh
Preceded byM. Venkaiah Naidu
Chancellor of Delhi University
Assumed office
11 August 2022
Vice ChancellorYogesh Singh
Preceded byM. Venkaiah Naidu
21st Governor of West Bengal
In office
30 July 2019[1] – 18 July 2022[2]
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byKeshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded byLa. Ganesan (additional charge)
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
21 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
PresidentR. Venkataraman
Prime MinisterChandra Shekhar
MinisterSatya Prakash Malaviya
Deputy PMDevi Lal
Succeeded byR. K. Kumar
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
4 December 1993 – 29 November 1998
Governor
Speaker of Assembly
Preceded byJagjeet Singh
Succeeded byNathu Ram
ConstituencyKishangarh[3]
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2 December 1989 – 21 June 1991
PresidentR. Venkataraman
SpeakerRabi Ray
Preceded byMohd. Ayub Khan
Succeeded byMohd. Ayub Khan
ConstituencyJhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Personal details
Born (1951-05-18) 18 May 1951 (age 73)
Kithana, Rajasthan, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1991–2003)
Janata Dal (until 1991)
Spouse
(m. 1979)
ResidenceVice President's Enclave, New Delhi
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan (BA, LLB)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
WebsiteOfficial Website

Jagdeep Dhankhar (born 18 May 1951) is an Indian politician and lawyer, serving as the 14th and current vice president of India since 2022. He previously served as the Governor of West Bengal from 2019 to 2022. He also served as a Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Chandra Shekhar ministry from 1990 to 1991. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991 and later a Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He has also been affiliated with multiple political parties in India, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Janata Dal.

  1. ^ "Jagdeep Dhankhar takes oath as West Bengal Governor". Outlook. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Dhankhar resigns as Bengal guv after VP nomination, Manipur's La Ganesan gets additional charge". Hindustan Times. 17 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Kishangarh Assembly Election MLA Political Data". entranceindia.com. 6 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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