List of deputy chief ministers of Tripura

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

Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura
Emblem of Tripura
Incumbent Vacant since 2 March 2023
Tripura Legislative Assembly
Member of	Tripura Legislative Assembly Cabinet of Tripura
Nominator	Chief Minister of Tripura
Appointer	Governor of Tripura
Inaugural holder	Dasarath Deb

List of Deputy Chief Ministers

Sr. No.	Name (constituency)	Portrait	Term of office			Political Party		Chief Minister	Ref
1	Dasarath Deb		1983	1988	5 years		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Nripen Chakraborty
2	Jishnu Dev Varma (Charilam)		9 March 2018	2 March 2023	4 years, 358 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Biplab Kumar Deb Manik Saha	^[2]

See also

• List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

References

1. "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu.
2. Deb, Priyanka (6 March 2018). "BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy". Hindustan Times.