Jagdeep Dhankhar

Jagdeep Dhankhar
Official portrait, 2024
Vice President of India
In office
11 August 2022 – 21 July 2025
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byM. Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded byC. P. Radhakrishnan
Governor of West Bengal
In office
30 July 2019 – 18 July 2022
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
MinisterSatya Prakash Malaviya
Preceded byP. Namgyal
Succeeded byR. K. Kumar
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
4 December 1993 – 29 November 1998
SpeakerHari Shankar Bhabhra
Shanti Lal Chaplot
Preceded byJagjeet Singh
Succeeded byNathu Ram
ConstituencyKishangarh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2 December 1989 – 21 June 1991
SpeakerRabi Ray
Preceded byMohd. Ayub Khan
Succeeded byMohd. Ayub Khan
ConstituencyJhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Personal details
Born (1951-05-18) 18 May 1951
CitizenshipIndian
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1991–2003)
Janata Dal (until 1991)
Spouse
Sudesh Dhankhar
(m. 1979)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan (B.Sc, LLB)
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • Politician
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Jagdeep Dhankhar (Hindi pronunciation: [d͡ʒəgˈd̪iːp d̪ʱən.kʰəɽ]; born 18 May 1951) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the vice president of India from 2022 to 2025. 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, and served as a member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991. Between 1993 and 1998, he was a Member of Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly. He has been affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).