Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal born to Capt. Mahant Ram and Smt. Phulmu Devi on 10.04.1944 in the Samirpur Village of Hamipur District, is married to Smt. Sheela Dhumal. They have two sons, Arun & Anurag - who is also an MP and  the President of HPCA. Prof.  Dhumal, having started his career as an Assistant with the Life Insurance Corporation of India, has climbed to the summit to be the Chief Minister with sheer hard work and single-mindedness of the purpose. Prof. Dhumal is a multi-faceted personality, he is an academician and having completed his Post Graduation in English literature and a degree in Law, while, first working with LIC and later as a teacher with the Panjabi University Evening College Jalandhar and then Doaba College, Jalandhar city.  He is a politician but a true human being first, which has its bearings from the days when he was learning the finer points of politics as an office bearer of the Punjab and Chandigarh College teachers union. His political career has also started from ground Zero i.e. from an ordinary party worker, then as an office bearer of the Bhartiya Janta  Yuva Morcha to the State BJP party President in 1993. He has been a 3 time MP and 3rd  time MLA. In 1998, when he was first elected to the State Vidhan Sabha, he became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. This is his 2nd tenure as the Chief Minister of the state. His economic Philosophy is the upliftment of all, through the optimum development of state potential so vividly reflected in the bold  initiatives in power sector, projects worth 6000 MW were started in his first tenure as compared to a paltry  298 MW executed in the last fifty years before his arrival. The wide spread road network and the easy connectivity has earned him the sobriquet of  "lM+d okyk eq[; ea=h". His path breaking policy initiatives in the Education sector ensured 3 pucca rooms in each primary School in the state. This scheme was replicated in many states after being adopted by the NABARD. Merit Scholarships guaranteed education to all sections and development within the environmental limits resulted in conferment of Golden Peacock award, twice, first for the most innovative management practices in six key areas of governance and 2nd time for following the clean development mechanisms and thus also becoming the ‘Green Chief Minister’. The Development, ‘vision documents’ for various departments coupled with the most liberal industrial package received by the state, were the other highlights of the first tenure.

                        As the true champion of Himachali people, ensured his return as the Chief Minister for the 2nd time with a massive mandate, Prof. Dhumal got down to governance with the renewed vigour.  His motto of lM+d] f'k{kk] LokLF;& Lojkstxkj] LokoyEcu o LokfHkeku encompasses the all inclusive growth formula for all sections/regions of the state. His development practices include environmental protection and the clean developmental practices for ensuring Himachal becoming the first carbon-neutral state in the country. The establishment of a voluntary environmental fund, mooting of a security shield for the country in the shape of Pathankot-Manali-Leh-Ladakh Railway line, ban on holding of political functions in government schools and thus deliverance of school children from the shackles of captive audience, an official ‘No’ to the garlanding of public functionaries either at the cost of public exchequer or private individuals and petty savings so effected by the public are channelised into the Chief Minister’s relief fund. Higher literacy in the state to be tapped and establishment of world class educational institutions as the next ambitious goal. The fast tracking of development in harmony with the environmental protection with the involvement of citizens is   Prof. Dhumal’s motto:-

 "gj fgekpyh i;kZoj.k dk izgjh iz[kj]
i;kZoj.k laj{k.k esa fodkl dh Mxj"A

“Each Himachali is the sentinel of environment
Ensuring conservation-march on development"