Draft:List of deputy speakers of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Deputy Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Deputy Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent; Vinay Kumar; since 19 December 2023
	Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Nominator	Members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term length	; Renewable

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List of deputy speakers[edit]


List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71) (union yerritory with legislature)
No. of Assembly & its period	Date of its first sitting	Deputy Speaker	Time period
No. of Assembly & its period	Date of its first sitting	Deputy Speaker	From	To
1st (Territorial Council)	3 October 1963	Tapendra Singh	17 October 1963	12 January 1967
2nd (1967 elections)	18 March 1967	Amin Chand	29 March 1967	17 March 1972
List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) (state)
3rd (1972 election)	27 March 1972	Lekh Ram Thakur	30 March 1972	21 April 1977
4th (1977 election)	29 June 1977	Ranjit Singh Verma	4 July 1977	9 May 1977
5th (1982 election)	21 June 1982	Vijay Kumar Joshi	29 June 1982	23 January 1985
6th (1985 elections)	11 March 1985	Dev Raj Negi	7 March 1986	16 March 1989
7th (1990 elections)	21 March 1990	Ram Nath Sharma	29 March 1989	3 March 1990
7th (1990 elections)	21 March 1990	Rikhi Ram Kaundalh	17 August 1990	15 December 1992
8th (1993 elections)	15 December 1993	Kuldip Kumar	17 December 1993	18 October 1995
8th (1993 elections)	15 December 1993	Ishwar Dass	31 October 1995	23December1997
9th (1998 elections)	12 March 1998	Ram Dass Malanger	20 August 1999	28 January 2003
10th (2003 elections)	10 March 2003	Dharam Pal Thakur	27 March 2003	30 December 2007
11th (2007 elections)	11 January 2007	Vacant
12th (2012 elections)	9 January 2013	Jagat Singh Negi	12 March 2013	21 December 2017
13th (2017 elections)	10 January 2018	Hans Raj	10 January 2018	10 December 2022
14th (2022 elections)	19 December 2022	Vinay Kumar	19 December 2023

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