Lists of Finance Ministers of India From 1947 Till Date

The following is a list of Finance Ministers of Independent India From  the Year 1947 Till Date:

Name/Period From –To/Political Party/Prime Minister of India


R. K. Shanmukham Chetty /From 15 August 1947-To 1949/Indian National Congress/Jawaharlal Nehru


John Mathai /From 1949-To 1950/Indian National  Congress/Jawaharlal Nehru


C. D. Deshmukh /From 1950-To1957/ Indian National  Congress/Jawaharlal Nehru

T. T. Krishnamachari /From 1957 To 13th  February 1958/ Jawaharlal Nehru 

Jawaharlal Nehru-As the Prime Minister of India held the Finance Portfolio/From 13 February 1958  To 13th March 1958/Indian National  Congress

Morarji Desai  /From 13th  March 1958 To 29th  August 1963/Indian National  Congress/Jawaharlal Nehru

T. T. Krishnamachari /From 29th  August 1963-To 1965/ Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri

 Sachindra Chaudhuri /From 1965 To 13th  March 1967/ Lal Bahadur Shastri  and  Indira Gandhi

Morarji Desai /From 13th  March 1967 To 16 July 1969/  Indira Gandhi


 Indira Gandhi –As the Prime Minister of Indi held the Finance Portfolio/From 1970-To 1971

Yashwantrao Chavan /From 1971-To 1975/Indian National Congress/Indira Gandhi

Chidambaram Subramaniam /From 1975 –To 1977/ Indian National Congress/Indira Gandhi

 Haribhai M. Patel /24 March 1977-24 January 1979/  Janata Party/Morarji Desai

Charan Singh-/24 January 1979-28 July 1979/ Janata Party/Morarji Desai

Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna /28 July 1979       14 January 1980 /Janata Party (Secular) /Charan Singh

 R. Venkataraman /14 January 1980 -15 January 1982 /Indian National Congress /Indira Gandhi

Pranab Mukherjee/15 January 1982-31 December 1984/ Indian National Congress /Indira Gandhi

V. P. Singh /31 December 1984-24 January 1987/Indian National Congress/Rajiv Gandhi

 Rajiv Gandhi –As the Prime Minister of India held the Finance Portfolio/24 January  1987-25 July 1987/Indian National  Congress

N. D. Tiwari /25 July 1987-25 June 1988/Indian National Congress/Rajiv Gandhi 

Shankarrao Chavan /25 June 1988-2 December 1989//Indian National Congress/Rajiv Gandhi

Madhu Dandavate/2 December 1989 -10 November 1990/Janata Dal /(National  Front) /V. P. Singh

Yashwant Sinha /10 November 1990 -21 June 1991/Samajwadi Janata Party- (National Front) /Chandra Shekhar

Manmohan Singh /  21 June 1991-16 May 1996/Indian National Congress /P. V. Narasimha Rao

Jaswant Singh /16 May 1996-1 June 1996/Bharatiya Janata Party /Atal Bihari Vajpayee

P. Chidambaram /1 June 1996-21 April 1997/Tamil Maanila Congress-(United  Front) /H. D.  Deve
Gowda

I. K. Gujral- As the Prime Minister of India held the Finance Portfolio/21 April 1997-1 May 1997 /Janata Dal-(United Front)

P. Chidambaram/1 May 1997-19 March 1998/Tamil Maanila Congress-(United Front) /I. K. Gujral

Yashwant Sinha /19 March 1998-1 July 2002/Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) /Atal Bihari Vajpayee


Jaswant Singh /1 July 2002- 22 May 2004/Bharatiya Janata Party/Atal Bihari Vajpayee
 
 P. Chidambaram /22 May 2004-30 November 2008/Indian National Congress  (United  Progressive Alliance) /Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh/ As the Prime Minister of India held the Finance Portfolio/30 November 2008 24 January 2009

Pranab Mukherjee /24 January 2009-26 June 2012/Indian National Congress/Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh-As the Prime Minister of India held the Finance Portfolio/ 26 June 2012-31 July
2012


P. Chidambaram/From 31st  July 2012 –Till Date/Indian National  Congress/Manmohan Singh