List of Foreign Ministers of India
The Indian Foreign Minister is a member of the Indian government and represents his country in the international community. He is supported by a minister of state , at times there was also a deputy foreign minister. If the position of Indian Foreign Minister is not filled, the Indian Prime Minister automatically holds the office.
Indian Foreign Ministers (chronological)
| Surname | Taking office | Term expires | other offices | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jawaharlal Nehru | September 2, 1946 | May 27, 1964 | prime minister | Congress party |
| 2. | Gulzarilal Nanda | May 27, 1964 | June 9, 1964 | prime minister | |
| 3. | Lal Bahadur Shastri | June 9, 1964 | 17th July 1964 | prime minister | |
| 4th | Sardar Swaran Singh | July 18, 1964 | November 14, 1966 | ||
| 5. | Mahommedali Currim Chagla | November 14, 1966 | 5th September 1967 | ||
| 6th | Indira Gandhi | September 6, 1967 | February 13, 1969 | prime minister | Congress party |
| 7th | Dinesh Singh | February 14, 1969 | June 27, 1970 | ||
| 8th. | Sardar Swaran Singh | June 27, 1970 | October 10, 1974 | ||
| 9. | Yeshwantrao Balwantrao Chavan | October 10, 1974 | March 24, 1977 | ||
| 10. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | March 26, 1977 | July 28, 1979 | ||
| 11. | Shyam Nandan Mishra | July 28, 1979 | January 13, 1980 | ||
| 12. | PV Narasimha Rao | January 14, 1980 | July 19, 1984 | ||
| 13. | Indira Gandhi | July 19, 1984 | October 31, 1984 | prime minister | Congress party |
| 14th | Rajiv Gandhi | October 31, 1984 | September 24, 1985 | prime minister | Congress party |
| 15th | Bali Ram Bhagat | September 25, 1985 | May 12, 1986 | ||
| 16. | P. Shiv Shankar | May 12, 1986 | October 22, 1986 | ||
| 17th | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | October 22, 1986 | July 25, 1987 | ||
| 18th | Rajiv Gandhi | July 25, 1987 | June 25, 1988 | prime minister | Congress party |
| 19th | PV Narasimha Rao | June 25, 1988 | 2nd December 1989 | ||
| 20th | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 2nd December 1989 | 5th December 1989 | prime minister | |
| 21st | Indian Kumar Gujral | 5th December 1989 | November 10, 1990 | ||
| 22nd | Vidya Charan Shukla | November 21, 1990 | February 20, 1991 | ||
| 23. | Madhavsinh Solanki | June 21, 1991 | March 31, 1992 | ||
| 24. | PV Narasimha Rao | March 31, 1992 | January 18, 1993 | prime minister | |
| 25th | Dinesh Singh | January 18, 1993 | February 10, 1995 | ||
| 26th | Pranab Mukherjee | February 10, 1995 | May 16, 1996 | Congress party | |
| 27. | Sikander Bakht | May 21, 1996 | June 1, 1996 | ||
| 28. | Indian Kumar Gujral | June 1, 1996 | March 18, 1998 | ||
| 29 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | March 19, 1998 | 5th December 1998 | prime minister | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 30th | Jaswant Singh | 5th December 1998 | June 23, 2002 | ||
| 31. | Yashwant Sinha | July 1, 2002 | May 22, 2004 | ||
| 32. | Kanwar Natwar Singh | May 22, 2004 | November 6, 2005 | ||
| 33. | Manmohan Singh | November 6, 2005 | October 24, 2006 | prime minister | Congress party |
| 34. | Pranab Mukherjee | October 24, 2006 | May 22, 2009 | Congress party | |
| 35. | SM Krishna | May 23, 2009 | October 28, 2012 | Congress party | |
| 36. | Salman Khurshid | October 28, 2012 | May 26, 2014 | Congress party | |
| 37. | Sushma Swaraj | May 26, 2014 | May 30, 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 38. | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | May 30, 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party |