Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri is son of Late Shri Onkar Chand Sharma.
He was born on 9th October, 1962 at Village Gondpur in Tehsil Haroli of District Una.
He is married to Prof. Simmi Agnihotri and has one daughter.
Education:
He has done Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations and Advertisement and M.Sc. (Mathematics).
Professional Carrer:
He worked as a Senior Correspondent in many reputed newspapers for almost 15 years.
He remained as a Member of Press Accreditation Committee (H.P. Govt.), State Press Advisory Committee, Press Gallery Committee State Legislative Assembly and Government Pahari Language Committee.
Apart from this he also remained General Secretary of Press Club, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee and Chairman, Media Cell HPCC Himachal.
Political carrer:
He was elected to the State Legislative Assembly in March, 2003 for the first time.
He was re-elected to Vidhan Sabha in 2007, 2012 and 2017.
He also remained Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Chairman, Housing Board from March, 2003 to 18th August, 2005.
He remained Industries Minister with additional charge of Labour & Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Information & Public Relations from 25th December 2012 to 20th December 2017.
He was re-elected to the thirteenth Vidhan Sabha in 2017 and elected as Congress Legislature Party Leader on January, 2018.
He was also nominated as Member, Business Advisory Committee during this period.
Mukesh Agnihotri was re-elected to the fourteenth Vidhan Sabha for the fifth term in December, 2022 from Haroli Vidhan Sabha Constituency and sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of the State.
