Minister of External Affairs (India)

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The minister of external affairs (or simply, the external affairs minister Hindi: Videsh Mantri) is the head of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most offices in the union cabinet, the chief responsibility of the minister of external affairs is to represent the government of India in the international community and advance its interests on the global stage. As such, the minister plays an important role in shaping and directing the country's foreign policy. Typically, the minister is assisted by one or more junior ministers, known as Ministers of State (MoS) for External Affairs.

The role, created when India became independent in August 1947 as Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs, was held by India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru throughout his 17-year premiership; Nehru remains the longest serving external affairs minister followed by S. Jaishankar, the incumbent minister. It was renamed Minister of External Affairs upon India's becoming of a republic in 1950.

Several other Prime Ministers have since held the additional charge as the Minister of External Affairs, but never has any other cabinet minister held additional charge of the office—although during Nehru's premiership, V. K. Krishna Menon was acknowledged as de facto minister of external affairs beyond his official designation as defence minister. There have been a number of external affairs ministers who went on to become the prime minister like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, P. V. Narasimha Rao and I. K. Gujral. Two former career-diplomats have served as ministers of external affairs, including Natwar Singh (2004Template:Ndash2005) who served as India's ambassador to Poland and as high commissioner to Pakistan, and the current minister S. Jaishankar who retired as the foreign secretary. Two other ministers, M. C. Chagla and I. K. Gujral also served as ambassadors, with Chagla serving as India's ambassador to the United States and high commissioner to the United Kingdom, while Gujral served as ambassador to the Soviet Union.

The current minister of external affairs is S. Jaishankar, who succeeded Sushma Swaraj of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 30 May 2019.

Cabinet Ministers

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889Template:Ndash1964)
MCA for United ProvincesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		15 August 1947 26 January 1950 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Self
Minister of External Affairs
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889Template:Ndash1964)
MCA for United Provinces (till 1952)
MP for Phulpur (from 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		26 January 1950 27 May 1964<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Self
Nehru II
Nehru III
Nehru IV
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898Template:Ndash1998)
MP for SabarkanthaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		27 May 1964 9 June 1964 Template:Ayd Nanda I bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Self
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904Template:Ndash1966)
MP for AllahabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		9 June 1964 17 July 1964 Template:Ayd Shastri rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Lal Bahadur Shastri
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg Swaran Singh
(1907Template:Ndash1994)
MP for JullundurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		17 July 1964 11 January 1966 Template:Ayd
11 January 1966 24 January 1966 Nanda II bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
24 January 1966 14 November 1966 Indira I rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg M. C. Chagla
(1900Template:Ndash1981)
Rajya Sabha MP for MaharashtraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14 November 1966 13 March 1967 Template:Ayd
13 March 1967 5 September 1967 Indira II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png Indira Gandhi
(1917Template:Ndash1984)
MP for Rae BareliScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		6 September 1967 13 February 1969 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif Dinesh Singh
(1925Template:Ndash1995)
MP for PratapgarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14 February 1969 27 June 1970 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (R) rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg Swaran Singh
(1907Template:Ndash1994)
MP for JullundurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		27 June 1970 18 March 1971 Template:Ayd
18 March 1971 10 October 1974 Indira III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913Template:Ndash1984)
MP for SataraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10 October 1974 24 March 1977 Template:Ayd
style="background:Template:Party color"| File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924Template:Ndash2018)
MP for New DelhiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		26 March 1977 28 July 1979 Template:Ayd Janata Party Desai style="background:Template:Party color"| Morarji Desai
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| File:Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra portrait.gif Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
(1920Template:Ndash2004)
MP for BegusaraiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28 July 1979 14 January 1980 Template:Ayd Janata Party (Secular) Charan style="background:Template:Party color"| Charan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921Template:Ndash2004)
MP for HanamkondaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14 January 1980 19 July 1984 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Indira IV rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png Indira Gandhi
(1917Template:Ndash1984)
MP for MedakScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		19 July 1984 31 October 1984<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>† Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan
(1920Template:Ndash2004)
MP for NandedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Minister without portfolio assisting the Prime Minister) 		19 July 1984 2 August 1984 Template:Ayd
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:RajivGandhi.jpg Rajiv Gandhi
(1944Template:Ndash1991)
MP for AmethiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		31 October 1984 31 December 1984 Template:Ayd Rajiv I rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rajiv Gandhi
31 December 1984 24 September 1985 Rajiv
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922Template:Ndash2011)
MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		24 September 1985 12 May 1986 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg P. Shiv Shankar
(1929Template:Ndash2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for GujaratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		12 May 1986 22 October 1986 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari
(1925Template:Ndash2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		22 October 1986 25 July 1987 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:RajivGandhi.jpg Rajiv Gandhi
(1944Template:Ndash1991)
MP for AmethiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		25 July 1987 25 June 1988 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921Template:Ndash2004)
MP for RamtekScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		25 June 1988 2 December 1989 Template:Ayd
style="background:Template:Party color"| File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh
(1931Template:Ndash2008)
MP for FatehpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		2 December 1989 5 December 1989 Template:Ayd Janata Dal Vishwanath rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| V. P. Singh
style="background:Template:Party color"| File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919Template:Ndash2012)
MP for JalandharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5 December 1989 10 November 1990 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg Chandra Shekhar
(1927Template:Ndash2007)
MP for BalliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		10 November 1990 21 November 1990 Template:Ayd Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Chandra Shekhar
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929Template:Ndash2013)
MP for MahasamundScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		21 November 1990 20 February 1991 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg Chandra Shekhar
(1927Template:Ndash2007)
MP for BalliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		20 February 1991 21 June 1991 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg Madhavsinh Solanki
(1927Template:Ndash2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for GujaratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		21 June 1991 31 March 1992 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Rao rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921Template:Ndash2004)
MP for NandyalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		31 March 1992 18 January 1993 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif Dinesh Singh
(1925Template:Ndash1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		18 January 1993 10 February 1995 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee
(1935Template:Ndash2020)
Rajya MP for West BengalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10 February 1995 16 May 1996 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924Template:Ndash2018)
MP for LucknowScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		16 May 1996 21 May 1996 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Sikander Bakht Lok Sabha photo.jpg Sikander Bakht
(1918Template:Ndash2004)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		21 May 1996 1 June 1996 Template:Ayd
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919Template:Ndash2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister from 21 April 1997) 		1 June 1996 21 April 1997 Template:Ayd Janata Dal Deve Gowda style="background:Template:Party color"| H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April 1997 19 March 1998 Gujral style="background:Template:Party color"| Self
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924Template:Ndash2018)
MP for LucknowScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		19 March 1998 5 December 1998 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Jaswant Singh in 2001.jpg Jaswant Singh
(1938Template:Ndash2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5 December 1998 13 October 1999 Template:Ayd
13 October 1999 1 July 2002 Vajpayee III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg Yashwant Sinha
(born 1937)
MP for HazaribaghScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1 July 2002 22 May 2004 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:K. Natwar Singh 2005.jpg Natwar Singh
(1931Template:Ndash2024)
Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23 May 2004 6 November 2005 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Manmohan I rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Manmohan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg Manmohan Singh
(1932Template:Ndash2024)
Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Prime Minister) 		6 November 2005 24 October 2006 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee
(1935Template:Ndash2020)
MP for JangipurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		24 October 2006 22 May 2009 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:India-eam-krishna (cropped).jpg S. M. Krishna
(1932Template:Ndash2024)
Rajya Sabha MP for KarnatakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23 May 2009 28 October 2012 Template:Ayd Manmohan II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg Salman Khurshid
(born 1953)
MP for FarrukhabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28 October 2012 26 May 2014 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg Sushma Swaraj
(1952Template:Ndash2019)
MP for VidishaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		26 May 2014 30 May 2019 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Narendra Modi
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:The official portrait of External Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.jpg S. Jaishankar
(born 1955)
Rajya Sabha MP for GujaratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		30 May 2019 Incumbent Template:Ayd Modi II
Modi III

Ministers of state

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Charu Chandra Biswas image.jpg Charu Chandra Biswas
(1888Template:Ndash1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13 May 1950 13 May 1952 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Jawaharlal Nehru
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Syed Mahmud Lok Sabha photo.jpg Syed Mahmud
(1889–1971)
MP for GopalganjScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		7 December 1954 17 April 1957 Template:Ayd Nehru II
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg Lakshmi N. Menon
(1899Template:Ndash1994)
Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		16 April 1962 24 January 1966 Template:Ayd Nehru IV
Nanda I bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif Dinesh Singh
(1925Template:Ndash1995)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		24 January 1966 13 March 1967 Template:Ayd Indira I rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922Template:Ndash2011)
MP for ArrahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14 November 1967 14 February 1969 Template:Ayd Indira II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg Surendra Pal Singh
(1917Template:Ndash2009)
MP for BulandshahrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5 February 1973 10 October 1974 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (R) Indira III bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Samarendra Kundu.jpg Samarendra Kundu
(1930Template:Ndash1993)
MP for BalasoreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14 August 1977 28 July 1979 Template:Ayd Janata Party Desai bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Morarji Desai
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bedabrata Barua
(born 1928)
MP for KaliaborScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		4 August 1979 14 January 1980 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Charan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg A. A. Rahim
(1920Template:Ndash1995)
MP for ChirayinkilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2 September 1982 31 October 1984 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924Template:Ndash2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2 August 1984 31 October 1984 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg A. A. Rahim
(1920Template:Ndash1995)
MP for ChirayinkilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		4 November 1984 31 December 1984 Template:Ayd Rajiv I rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rajiv Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924Template:Ndash2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Khurshed Alam Khan (cropped).jpg Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919Template:Ndash2013)
MP for FarrukhabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		31 December 1984 25 September 1985 Template:Ayd Rajiv II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Sh. Kocheril Raman Narayanan AI-enhanced portrait.jpg K. R. Narayanan
(1921Template:Ndash2005)
MP for OttapalamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		25 September 1985 22 October 1986 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP for MormugaoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		12 May 1986 14 February 1988 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:K. Natwar Singh 2005.jpg Natwar Singh
(1929–2024)
MP for BharatpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		22 October 1986 2 December 1989 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Kamla Kant Tiwari
MP for BuxarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		25 June 1988 22 April 1989 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Hari Kishore Singh (cropped).jpg Hari Kishore Singh
(1934Template:Ndash2013)
MP for SheoharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23 April 1990 10 November 1990 Template:Ayd Indian People's Front Vishwanath bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Vishwanath Pratap Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg Eduardo Faleiro
(born 1940)
MP for MormugaoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		21 June 1991 18 January 1993 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Rao rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:R. L. Bhatia.jpg R. L. Bhatia
(1920Template:Ndash2021)
MP for AmritsarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2 July 1992 16 May 1993 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg Salman Khurshid
(born 1953)
MP for FarrukhabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		18 January 1993 16 May 1996 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Saleem Iqbal Shervani
(born 1953)
MP for BadaunScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		9 June 1997 19 March 1998 Template:Ayd Samajwadi Party Gujral rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Inder Kumar Gujral
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Kamala Sinha
(1932Template:Ndash2014)
Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Janata Dal
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Vasundhra Raje.jpg Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MP for JhalawarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		20 March 1998 13 October 1999 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Ajit Kumar Panja
(1936Template:Ndash2008)
MP for Calcutta North EastScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13 October 1999 16 March 2001 Template:Ayd All India Trinamool Congress Vajpayee III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.jpg Krishnam Raju
(1940Template:Ndash2022)
MP for NarasapuramScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		30 September 2000 22 July 2001 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Omar Abdullah (portrait).jpg Omar Abdullah
(born 1970)
MP for SrinagarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		22 July 2001 23 December 2002 Template:Ayd Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg Digvijay Singh
(1955Template:Ndash2010)
MP for BankaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1 July 2002 22 May 2004 Template:Ayd Janata Dal (United)
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Vinod Khanna at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 11 (cropped).jpg Vinod Khanna
(1946Template:Ndash2017)
MP for GurdaspurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		29 January 2003 22 May 2004 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg E. Ahamed
(1938Template:Ndash2017)
MP for PonnaniScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23 May 2004 22 May 2009 Template:Ayd Indian Union Muslim League Manmohan I rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Manmohan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Rao Inderjit Singh taking over as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning in May 2014 (cropped).jpg Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for MahendragarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		23 May 2004 29 January 2006 Template:Ayd Indian National Congress
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Anand Sharma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg Anand Sharma
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		29 January 2006 22 May 2009 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Preneet Kaur.jpg Preneet Kaur
(born 1944)
MP for PatialaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28 May 2009 26 May 2014 Template:Ayd Manmohan II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Sasi Tharoor 2021 at Kollam.jpg Shashi Tharoor
(born 1956)
MP for ThiruvananthapuramScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28 May 2009 19 April 2010 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg E. Ahamed
(1938Template:Ndash2017)
MP for MalappuramScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		19 January 2011 26 May 2014 Template:Ayd Indian Union Muslim League
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:India's Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh (15760995677) (cropped).jpg GeneralScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
V. K. Singh (Retd.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Post-nominals
(born 1950)
MP for GhaziabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		27 May 2014 30 May 2019 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Narendra Modi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:M. J. Akbar assuming office in 2016 (cropped).jpg M. J. Akbar
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5 July 2016 17 October 2018 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Vellamvelly Muraleedharan and Gustavo Zlauvinen 02 (cropped).jpg V. Muraleedharan
(born 1958)
Rajya Sabha MP for MaharashtraScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		31 May 2019 9 June 2024 Template:Ayd Modi II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Meenakshi Lekhi with PM Modi (cropped).jpg Meenakshi Lekhi
(born 1967)
MP for New DelhiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in January 2022.jpg Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
(born 1952)
MP for Inner ManipurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Kirtivardhan Singh assuming charge as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.jpg Kirti Vardhan Singh
(born 1966)
MP for GondaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Ayd Modi III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Pabitra Margherita in 2024 (cropped).jpg Pabitra Margherita
(born 1974)
Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Deputy ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
1 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif B. V. Keskar
(1903Template:Ndash1984)
MCA for MadrasScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		7 December
1948 		26 January
1950 		Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Minister of External Affairs
(1) bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif B. V. Keskar
(1903Template:Ndash1984)
MCA for MadrasScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		31 January
1950 		13 May
1952 		Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Jawaharlal Nehru
2 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Anil Kumar Chanda portrait.gif Anil Kumar Chanda
(1906Template:Ndash1976)
MP for BirbhumScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		12 August
1952 		17 April
1957 		Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru II
17 April
1957 		1 May
1957 		Nehru III
3 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg Lakshmi N. Menon
(1899Template:Ndash1994)
Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		17 April
1957 		10 April
1962 		Template:Ayd
4 rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif Dinesh Singh
(1925Template:Ndash1995)
MP for PratapgarhScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		8 May
1962 		27 May
1964 		Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru IV
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
15 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
5 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg Surendra Pal Singh
(1917Template:Ndash2009)
MP for BulandshahrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		18 March
1967 		18 March
1971 		Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Indira II bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress (R) rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
18 March
1971 		5 February
1973 		Indira III
6 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Bipinpal Das portrait.jpg Bipinpal Das
(1923Template:Ndash2005)
Rajya Sabha MP for AssamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		17 October
1974 		24 March
1977 		Template:Ayd
7 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg Digvijay Singh
(1955Template:Ndash2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		28 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		Template:Ayd Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Chandra Shekhar

See also

References


External links

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