Prem Kumar Dhumal

Prem Kumar Dhumal
5th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
In office 30 December 2007 – 25 December 2012
Preceded by	Virbhadra Singh
Succeeded by	Virbhadra Singh
In office 24 March 1998 – 5 March 2003
Preceded by	Virbhadra Singh
Succeeded by	Virbhadra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2007–2008
Preceded by	Suresh Chandel
Succeeded by	Anurag Thakur
Constituency	Hamirpur
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	Narain Chand
Succeeded by	Vikram Singh
Constituency	Hamirpur
Personal details
Born	(1944-04-10) 10 April 1944 (age 80) Samirpur, Punjab Province, British India (now Himachal Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sheela Dhumal
Children	Arun Singh Dhumal and Anurag Thakur
Alma mater	M.A., Doaba College, Jalandhar LL.B., Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher
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Prem Kumar Dhumal (pronounced [preːmə kʊmaːrə d̪ʱuːmələ]; born 10 April 1944) is an Indian politician who has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election, in which he lost his seat.

As chief minister of Himachal, its massive phone tapping scandal took place, where phones of over 1100 civilians were illegally recorded, where permission was only taken for around 170 phones. BJP's Shanta Kumar also requested to disclose names of people whose phones were tapped during Dhumal's tenure.^[1]