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India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government. In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts—on most matters—only on the advice of the prime minister.
Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers. [a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
The deputy prime minister of India (IAST: Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī), although not a Constitutional post, is the second-highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers. The office holder also deputises for the prime minister in their absence.
The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (PS to the PM; ISO: Bhārat Ke Pradhānmantrī Ke Pradhān Saciv) is the administrative head of the Prime Minister's Office. The officeholder is generally a civil servant , commonly from the Indian Administrative Service and occasionally from the Indian Foreign Service .
Pradhanmantri II (The Prime Minister) is an Indian television political documentary series, hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News. This second season premiered on 25 January 2020. [ 22 ]
Vice President of India. Governor of Maharashtra. 25 July 1992 25 July 1997 5 years M. H. Kania: 1992: K. R. Narayanan: 10 K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005) Kerala: Vice President of India: 25 July 1997 25 July 2002 5 years J. S. Verma: 1997: Krishan Kant: 11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) Tamil Nadu: Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government ...
On 31 May 2019, he began his second consecutive tenure at the Ministry. Pradhan is credited with the success of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. [11] Over 8 million LPG connections were provided to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. The International Energy Agency termed Ujjwala Yojana a "game-changer in ending energy poverty". [12]
On 26 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu took the oath as the 15th President of India which was administered by the 48th Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana in the presence of former presidents, the vice-president, prime minister, and other delegates. [33] She is the first person from India's designated tribal communities to be elected president.