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The External Affairs Minister or the India
n Foreign Minister
is a position of office at cabinet level within the Government of India
. The chief responsibility of the External Affairs Minister is to represent India and its government in the international community. The minister heads the "Ministry of External Affairs
." Occasionally, a junior minister designated to the post of Minister of State for External Affairs assists the External Affairs Minister. In some cases, there have been Deputy External Affairs Ministers at a secondary level.
The External Affairs ministry is run by bureaucratic officials from the Indian Foreign Service
. The head of this department is the Foreign Secretary. This department is also responsible for international Diplomatic postings. The position of external affairs minister hold significance in the sense that, when this position have been vacant, the Prime Ministers have been the only person to have held additional charge as External Affairs Minister. There have been a number of External Affairs Ministers who later went on to become the Prime Ministers of India.
The position is currently held by S. M. Krishna
of the Indian National Congress
Party.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Foreign Minister
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
is a position of office at cabinet level within the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. The chief responsibility of the External Affairs Minister is to represent India and its government in the international community. The minister heads the "Ministry of External Affairs
Ministry of External Affairs (India)
The Ministry of External Affairs is the foreign ministry of India. It is the Indian government agency responsible for the foreign relations of India. The Minister of External Affairs holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is S M Krishna...
." Occasionally, a junior minister designated to the post of Minister of State for External Affairs assists the External Affairs Minister. In some cases, there have been Deputy External Affairs Ministers at a secondary level.
The External Affairs ministry is run by bureaucratic officials from the Indian Foreign Service
Indian Foreign Service
The Indian Foreign Service is the foreign service of India. It is the body of career diplomats of India.The Indian Foreign Service is part of the Central Civil Services of the Government of India...
. The head of this department is the Foreign Secretary. This department is also responsible for international Diplomatic postings. The position of external affairs minister hold significance in the sense that, when this position have been vacant, the Prime Ministers have been the only person to have held additional charge as External Affairs Minister. There have been a number of External Affairs Ministers who later went on to become the Prime Ministers of India.
The position is currently held by S. M. Krishna
S. M. Krishna
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna , generally referred to as S. M. Krishna, is the Minister of External Affairs and a member of the Indian Parliament from Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha. He was the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to...
of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
Party.
Foreign Ministers of India
| No | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Other Positions | Party | Lok Sabha (Term in Office) |
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| 1. | Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the... |
2 September 1946 | 27 May 1964 | Prime Minister | INC | 1st 1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957.- Important Members :- List of Members by state :... 2nd 2nd Lok Sabha Membership of the Second Lok Sabha... 3rd 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (4th) |
| 2. | Gulzari Lal Nanda | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Prime Minister | INC | 3rd 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
| 3. | Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:... |
9 June 1964 | 17 July 1964 | Prime Minister | INC | 3rd 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
| 4. | Sardar Swaran Singh | 18 July 1964 | 14 November 1966 | INC | 3rd 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 5. | M C Chagla M C Chagla M. C. Chagla , full name Mahommedali Currim Chagla, was a renowned Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1948 to 1958.- Active life and career :... |
14 November 1966 | 5 September 1967 | INC | 3rd 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... 4th 4th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N... (1st) |
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| 6. | Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists... |
6 September 1967 | 13 February 1969 | Prime Minister | INC | 4th 4th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N... (1st) |
| 7. | Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh was an Indian politician. A member of the Kalakankar dynasty, he served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India .-Early life and education:... |
14 February 1969 | 27 June 1970 | Cong(R) | 4th 4th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N... (1st) |
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| 8. | Sardar Swaran Singh | 27 June 1970 | 10 October 1974 | Cong(R) | 4th 4th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N... 5th 5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1971. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (2nd) |
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| 9. | Y B Chavan | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | Cong(R) | 5th 5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1971. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 10. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India three times – first for a brief term of 13 days in 1996, and then for two terms from 1998 to 2004. After his first brief period as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from... |
26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | JP | 6th 6th Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 - 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 11. | Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra Shyam Nandan Mishra was born at Gonawan, Patna, India in October, 1920, and had his education at Sursand, Muzaffarpur and Patna Law College, Patna.... |
28 July 1979 | 13 January 1980 | 6th 6th Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 - 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 12. | P V Narasimha Rao | 14 January 1980 | 19 July 1984 | Cong(I) | 7th 7th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 13. | Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists... |
19 July 1984 | 31 October 1984 | Prime Minister | Cong(I) | 7th 7th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (3rd) |
| 14. | Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira... |
31 October 1984 | 24 September 1985 | Prime Minister | Cong(I) | 7th 7th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... 8th 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
| 15. | Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat was an Indian politician. He was born in Patna, Bihar. He served as the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1976 to 1977, during the turbulent final year of Indira Gandhi’s first reign as prime minister. He served as Minister for External Afairs of India under Indira’s son, Rajiv Gandhi,... |
25 September 1985 | 12 May 1986 | Cong(I) | 8th 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 16. | P Shiv Shankar | 12 May 1986 | 22 October 1986 | Cong(I) | 8th 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 17. | Narayan Dutt Tiwari Narayan Dutt Tiwari Narayan Dutt Tiwari is an Indian political figure. He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times during the 1970s and 1980s and was Chief Minister of Uttarkhand from 2002 to 2007... |
22 October 1986 | 25 July 1987 | Cong(I) | 8th 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 18. | Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira... |
25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | Prime Minister | Cong(I) | 8th 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (2nd) |
| 19. | P V Narasimha Rao | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | Cong(I) | 8th 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 20. | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 2 December 1989 | 5 December 1989 | Prime Minister | JD | 9th 9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
| 21. | I K Gujral | 5 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | JD | 9th 9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 22. | Vidya Charan Shukla Vidya Charan Shukla Vidya Charan Shukla was born on 2 August 1929 at Raipur . His father Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla was an illustrious lawyer, freedom fighter, veteran Congressman, Premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of reorganised Madhya Pradesh. Vidya Charan Shukla graduated from Morris College Nagpur... |
21 November 1990 | 20 February 1991 | SJP | 9th 9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 23. | Madhavsinh Solanki Madhavsinh Solanki Madhavsinh Solanki is a former Indian External Affairs Minister from the state of Gujarat.-External links:*http://rajyasabha.nic.in/kiosk/whoswho/alpha_s32.htm... |
21 June 1991 | 31 March 1992 | Cong(I) | 10th 10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May-June 1991. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 24. | P V Narasimha Rao | 31 March 1992 | 18 January 1993 | Prime Minister | Cong(I) | 10th 10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May-June 1991. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (2nd) |
| 25. | Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh was an Indian politician. A member of the Kalakankar dynasty, he served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India .-Early life and education:... |
18 January 1993 | 10 February 1995 | Cong(I) | 10th 10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May-June 1991. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (2nd) |
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| 26. | Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the current Finance Minister of India and leader of the current Lok Sabha.Mukherjee is a senior member of the Cabinet Committees on Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs, Prices, Security, Unique Identification Authority of India,... |
10 February 1995 | 16 May 1996 | Dy. Chairman Planning Commission |
Cong(I) | 10th 10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May-June 1991. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
| 27. | Sikander Bakht Sikander Bakht Sikander Bakht was a politician from India. He was one of the Indian statesman and one of tallest leaders of BJP.-Early life:... |
21 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | BJP | 11th 11th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 11th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1996 held during April-May 1996. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (1st) |
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| 28. | I K Gujral | 1 June 1996 | 18 March 1998 | Prime Minister | JD | 11th 11th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 11th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1996 held during April-May 1996. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... (2nd) |
| 29. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India three times – first for a brief term of 13 days in 1996, and then for two terms from 1998 to 2004. After his first brief period as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from... |
19 March 1998 | 5 December 1998 | Prime Minister | BJP | 12th 12th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 12th Lok Sabha, after Indian general election, 1998 held during February-March 1998. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... (2nd) |
| 30. | Jaswant Singh Jaswant Singh - Career :He is one of the few Indian politicians to have been the Minister for Defence, Finance and External Affairs.He started the new government of Vajpayee, which lasted its full term, as the External Affairs Minister and later on switched his ministry to Finance with Yashwant Sinha... |
5 December 1998 | 23 June 2002 | BJP | 12th 12th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 12th Lok Sabha, after Indian general election, 1998 held during February-March 1998. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... 13th 13th Lok Sabha The 13th Lok Sabha is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha... (1st) |
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| 31. | Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India and foreign minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet... |
1 July 2002 | 22 May 2004 | BJP | 13th 13th Lok Sabha The 13th Lok Sabha is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha... (1st) |
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| 32. | Natwar Singh | 22 May 2004 | 6 November 2005 | INC | 14th 14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet... (1st) |
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| 33. | Dr. Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian... |
6 November 2005 | 24 October 2006 | Prime Minister | INC | 14th 14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet... (1st) |
| 34. | Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the current Finance Minister of India and leader of the current Lok Sabha.Mukherjee is a senior member of the Cabinet Committees on Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs, Prices, Security, Unique Identification Authority of India,... |
24 October 2006 | 22 May 2009 | INC | 14th 14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet... (2nd) |
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| 35. | S. M. Krishna S. M. Krishna Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna , generally referred to as S. M. Krishna, is the Minister of External Affairs and a member of the Indian Parliament from Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha. He was the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to... |
22 May 2009 | Till Date | INC |
Minister of State, External Affairs
| No | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Other Positions | Party | Lok Sabha (Term in Office) |
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| 1. | Laxmi N Menon | 16 April 1962 | 9 September 1964 | |||
| 2. | Laxmi N Menon | 15 June 1964 | 24 January 1966 | |||
| 3. | Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh was an Indian politician. A member of the Kalakankar dynasty, he served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India .-Early life and education:... |
24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | |||
| 4. | Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat was an Indian politician. He was born in Patna, Bihar. He served as the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1976 to 1977, during the turbulent final year of Indira Gandhi’s first reign as prime minister. He served as Minister for External Afairs of India under Indira’s son, Rajiv Gandhi,... |
14 November 1967 | 14 February 1969 | |||
| 5. | Surendrapal Singh | 5 February 1973 | 10 October 1972 | |||
| 6. | Samarendra Kundu Samarendra Kundu Samarendra Kundu is an Indian politician and a former Union minister of state of foreign affairs in the Government of India. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 from Balasore in Orissa. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977 and 1989 from the same constituency. He was a member of the... |
16 August 1977 | 28 July 1979 | |||
| 7. | Bedabrata Barua | 5 August 1979 | 13 January 1980 | |||
| 8. | Abubakar Abdul Rahim Abubakar Abdul Rahim Abubakar Abdul Rahim was the governor of the Indian state of Meghalaya from 1989 to 1991. He was born in 1920 in Kollam district in Kerala and died in 1995. He founded Fatima College of Pharmacy. - External links :**... |
3 September 1982 | 31 October 1984 | |||
| 9. | Ram Niwas Mirdha Ram Niwas Mirdha Ram Niwas Mirdha was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967... |
2 August 1984 | 31 October 1984 | |||
| 10. | Abubakar Abdul Rahim Abubakar Abdul Rahim Abubakar Abdul Rahim was the governor of the Indian state of Meghalaya from 1989 to 1991. He was born in 1920 in Kollam district in Kerala and died in 1995. He founded Fatima College of Pharmacy. - External links :**... |
4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | |||
| 11. | Ram Niwas Mirdha Ram Niwas Mirdha Ram Niwas Mirdha was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967... |
4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | |||
| 12. | Khurseed Alam Khan | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | |||
| 13. | K R Narayanan | 25 September 1985 | 22 October 1986 | |||
| 14. | Eduardo Falerio | 12 May 1986 | 14 February 1988 | |||
| 15. | K Deepak kumar | 22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | |||
| 16. | Prof. K K Tiwari | 27 June 1988 | 4 December 1989 | |||
| 17. | Hari Kishore Singh | 21 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | |||
| 18. | Eduardo Falerio | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | |||
| 19. | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2 July 1992 | 16 May 1996 | |||
| 20. | Salman Khursheed | 19 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | |||
| 21. | Saleem Iqbal Shervani Saleem Iqbal Shervani Saleem Iqbal Shervani is an Indian politician who has been with Indian National Congress for most of his career. He represented Badaun constituency in Uttar Pradesh in the 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabhas... |
9 May 1997 | 19 March 1998 | |||
| 22. | Kamala Sinha | 3 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | |||
| 23. | Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state of India from December 2003 till December 2008. She is the first woman Chief Minister of Rajasthan.- Early life :... |
19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | |||
| 24. | Ajit Kumar Panja Ajit Kumar Panja Ajit Kumar Panja was a former Union minister of state in the Government of India. He was a member of Congress party but left it to join Trinamool Congress. He was born in Calcutta and studied law at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta and at the Lincoln's Inn. A lawyer by profession, he... |
13 October 1999 | 15 March 2001 | |||
| 25. | U V Krishnam Raju | 30 September 2000 | 22 July 2001 | |||
| 26. | Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah , born 10 March 1970 in United Kingdom, is an Indian Kashmiri politician and the scion of Kashmir's 'first family', the Abdullah family who became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on... |
23 July 2001 | 23 December 2002 | |||
| 27. | Digvijay Singh Digvijay Singh Digvijay Singh is an Indian politician, a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party. He has been the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state for two five-year terms... |
1 July 2002 | 22 May 2004 | |||
| 28. | Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna -Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother... |
29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |||
| 29. | E. Ahmed | 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | |||
| 30. | Anand Sharma Anand Sharma Anand Sharma is the present Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry of the Government of India. He took charge after outgoing Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi fell into a critical condition due to a cardiac arrest. He was also given the portfolio for Ministry of Textiles on July 12 2011... |
29 January 2006 | 28 May 2009 | |||
| 31. | Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala... |
28 May 2009 | 18 April 2010 | |||
| 32. | Preneet Kaur | 28 May 2009 | current |
Deputy Foreign Ministers of India
| No | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Other Positions | Party | Lok Sabha (Term in Office) |
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| 1. | Dr. B V Keshkar | 7 December 1948 | 26 January 1950 | Commonwealth Relations | ||
| 2. | Dr. B V Keskar | 31 January 1950 | 13 May 1952 | |||
| 3. | Anil K Chanda | 12 August 1952 | 17 April 1957 | |||
| 4. | Dr. Syed Mahmud | 7 December 1954 | 17 April 1957 | |||
| 5. | Laxmi N Menon | 18 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | |||
| 6. | Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh Dinesh Singh was an Indian politician. A member of the Kalakankar dynasty, he served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India .-Early life and education:... |
8 May 1962 | 24 January 1966 | |||
| 7. | Surendrapal Singh | 18 March 1967 | 5 February 1973 | |||
| 8. | Bipinpal Das | 17 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | |||
| 9. | Digvijay Singh Digvijay Singh Digvijay Singh is an Indian politician, a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party. He has been the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state for two five-year terms... |
29 November 1990 |