Mukesh Agnihotri (born 9 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh representing

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. Since 11 December 2022, he is the first Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He is also a

Member of Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...

in the

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, al ...

from the Haroli Constituency in the

Una District Una district is a District (India), district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Una shares its border with the Hoshiarpur district, Hoshiarpur and Rupnagar district, Rupnagar districts of Punjab, India, Punjab and Kangra district, Kangra ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

. He is a five time MLA from the Haroli Assembly constituency winning the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

and

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

. He was inducted into the cabinet as Industries minister with additional charge of Labour and Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Public Relations from 2012 to 2017. He was the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in

from 2018 to 2022.

Early life and education

Agnihotri was born in Sangrur, Punjab. He holds a post graduate diploma in public relations and advertisement and an M.Sc. in Mathematics. He married Simmi Agnihotri, a professor at

Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is a Public university, public State university (India), state university at Summer Hill, Shimla, Summer Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It was established on 22 July 1970 by ''The Himachal Pradesh University A ...

. She died at the age of 56 due to a cardiac arrest in February 2024. Aastha Agnihotri, their daughter, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Himachal Pradesh University.

Career

Elected to State Legislative Assembly in March, 2003 and got re-elected in 2007 from Santokhgarh Assembly Constituency. In 2012 he won from Haroli Assembly constituency. Before

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in 2007, Haroli Assembly segment was known as Santokhgarh. He got re-elected to the thirteenth Vidhan Sabha (4th term) from Haroli in 2017. He was elected as Congress Legislature Party Leader on 4 January 2018. He won Haroli again in 2022 and currently is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Agnihotri, Mukesh Indian National Congress politicians from Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017 1962 births Living people Deputy chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027

Early life and education

Career

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