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Encyclopedia > Indian Foreign Minister

The External Affairs Minister or the Indian 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. A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ...


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 Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is one of the Services of the Government of India; other important services being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS). ... The title of Foreign Secretary has been traditionally used to refer to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ...


As of Oct 2006, this position is currently held by Pranab Mukherjee of Indian National Congress Party. Oct or OCT may refer to: A prefix to denote the number 8 The month of October Oxytocin challenge test This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee (born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is the Defence minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...

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Foreign Ministers of India

No Name Took Office Left Office Other Positions Party Lok Sabha
(Term in Office)

^ [1]
1. Jawaharlal Nehru 02 Sep 1946 27 May 1964 Prime Minister 1st 2nd 3rd (4th)
2. Gulzari Lal Nanda 27 May 1964 09 Jun 1964 Prime Minister 3rd (1st)
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri 09 Jun 1964 17 Jul 1964 Prime Minister 3rd (1st)
4. Sardar Swaran Singh 18 Jul 1964 14 Nov 1966 3rd (1st)
5. M C Chagla 14 Nov 1966 05 Sep 1967 3rd 4th (1st)
6. Indira Gandhi 06 Sep 1967 13 Feb 1969 Prime Minister 4th (1st)
7. Dinesh Singh 14 Feb 1969 27 Jun 1970 4th (1st)
8. Sardar Swaran Singh 27 Jun 1970 10 Oct 1974 4th 5th (2nd)
9. Y B Chavan 10 Oct 1974 24 Mar 1977 5th (1st)
10. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 26 Mar 1977 28 Jul 1979 6th (1st)
11. Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra 28 Jul 1979 13 Jan 1980 6th (1st)
12. P V Narasimha Rao 14 Jan 1980 19 Jul 1984 7th (1st)
13. Indira Gandhi 19 Jul 1984 31 Oct 1984 Prime Minister 7th (3rd)
14. Rajiv Gandhi 31 Oct 1984 24 Sep 1985 Prime Minister 7th 8th (1st)
15. Bali Ram Bhagat 25 Sep 1985 12 May 1986 8th (1st)
16. P Shiv Shankar 12 May 1986 22 Oct 1986 8th (1st)
17. N D Tiwari 22 Oct 1986 25 Jul 1987 8th (1st)
18. Rajiv Gandhi 25 Jul 1987 25 Jun 1988 Prime Minister 8th (2nd)
19. P V Narasimha Rao 25 Jun 1988 02 Dec 1989 8th (1st)
20. Vishwanath Pratap Singh 02 Dec 1989 05 Dec 1989 Prime Minister 9th (1st)
21. I K Gujral 05 Dec 1989 10 Nov 1990 9th (1st)
22. Vidya Charan Shukla 21 Nov 1990 20 Feb 1991 9th (1st)
23. Madhavsinh Solanki 21 Jun 1991 31 Mar 1992 10th (1st)
24. P V Narasimha Rao 31 Mar 1992 18 Jan 1993 Prime Minister 10th (2nd)
25. Dinesh Singh 18 Jan 1993 10 Feb 1995 10th (2nd)
26. Pranab Mukherjee 10 Feb 1995 16 May 1996 Dy. Chairman
Planning Commission		 10th (1st)
27. Sikander Bakht 21 May 1996 01 Jun 1996 11th (1st)
28. I K Gujral 01 Jun 1996 18 March 1998 11th (2nd)
29. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 March 1998 05 Dec 1998 Prime Minister 12th (2nd)
30. Jaswant Singh 05 Dec 1998 23 Jun 2002 12th 13th (1st)
31. Yashwant Sinha 01 Jul 2002 22 May 2004 13th (1st)
32. Natwar Singh 22 May 2004 [2] 06 Nov 2005 [3] 14th (1st)
33. Dr. Manmohan Singh 06 Nov 2005 [4] 24 Oct 2006 [5] Prime Minister 14th (1st)
34. Pranab Mukherjee 24 Oct 2006 [6] Till Date 14th (2nd)

Membership of the First Lok Sabha (17 April 1952 - 4 April 1957) References All the members Category: ... Membership of the Second Lok Sabha (5 May 1957 - 31 March 1962) Category: ... List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. ... List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. ... List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. ... List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. ... List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. ... List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1967. ... List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1967. ... List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1967. ... List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1967. ... List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1971. ... List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1971. ... List of Members of the 6th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1977. ... List of Members of the 6th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1977. ... List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. ... List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. ... List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. ... List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. ... List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. ... List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. ... List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. ... List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. ... List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. ... List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. ... List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. ... List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. ... List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1991. ... List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1991. ... List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1991. ... List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1991. ... List of Members of the 11th Lok Sabha, elected April-May 1996. ... List of Members of the 11th Lok Sabha, elected April-May 1996. ... List of Members of the 12th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1998. ... List of Members of the 12th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1998. ... List of Members of the 13th Lok Sabha, elected September-October 1999. ... List of Members of the 13th Lok Sabha, elected September-October 1999. ... The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. ... The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. ... The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. ...

Deputy Foreign Ministers of India

No Name Took Office Left Office Other Positions Party Lok Sabha
(Term in Office)

^ [1]
1. Dr. B V Keshkar 07 Dec 1948 26 Jan 1950 Commonwealth Relations
2. Dr. B V Keskar 31 Jan 1950 13 May 1952
3. Anil K Chanda 12 Aug 1952 17 Apr 1957
4. Dr.Syed Mahmud 07 Dec 1954 17 Apr 1957
5. Laxmi N Menon 18 Apr 1957 10 Apr 1962
6. Dinesh Singh 08 May 1962 24 Jan 1966
7. Surendrapal Singh 18 Mar 1967 05 Feb 1973
8. Bipinpal Das 17 Oct 1974 24 Mar 1977
9. Digvijay Singh 29 Nov 1990 21 Jun 1991

Minister of State, External Affairs

No Name Took Office Left Office Other Positions Party Lok Sabha
(Term in Office)

^ [1]
1. Laxmi N Menon 16 Apr 1962 09 Sep 1964
2. Laxmi N Menon 15 Jun 1964 24 Jan 1966
3. Dinesh Singh 24 Jan 1966 13 Mar 1967
4. Bali Ram Bhagat 14 Nov 1967 14 Feb 1969
5. Surendrapal Singh 05 Feb 1973 10 Oct 1974
6. Samarendra Kundu 16 Aug 1977 28 Jul 1979
7. Bedabrata Barua 05 Aug 1979 13 Jan 1980
8. A A Rahim 03 Sep 1982 31 Oct 1984
9. Ram Niwas Mirdha 02 Aug 1984 31 Oct 1984
10. A A Rahim 04 Nov 1984 31 Dec 1984
11. Ram Niwas Mirdha 04 Nov 1984 31 Dec 1984
12. Khurseed Alam Khan 31 Dec 1984 25 Sep 1985
13. K R Narayanan 25 Sep 1985 22 Oct 1986
14. Eduardo Falerio 12 May 1986 14 Feb 1988
15. K Natwar Singh 22 Oct 1986 02 Dec 1989
16. Prof. K K Tiwari 27 Jun 1988 04 Dec 1989
17. Hari Kishore Singh 21 Apr 1990 10 Nov 1990
18. Eduardo Falerio 21 Jun 1991 17 Jan 1993
19. R L Bhatia 02 Jul 1992 16 May 1996
20. Salman Khursheed 19 Jan 1993 16 May 1996
21. Salim Iqbal Shervani 09 May 1997 19 Mar 1998
22. Kamala Sinha 03 Jun 1997 19 Mar 1998
23. Vasundhara Raje 19 Mar 1998 13 Oct 1999
24. Ajit Kumar Panja 13 Oct 1999 15 Mar 2001
25. U V Krishnam Raju 30 Sep 2000 22 Jul 2001
26. Omar Abdullah 23 Jul 2001 23 Dec 2002
27. Digvijay Singh 01 Jul 2002 22 May 2004
28. Vinod Khanna 29 Jan 2003 22 May 2004
29. K. Natwar Singh 22 May 2004 29 Jan 2006
30. Anand Sharma 29 Jan 2006 current

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ministry of External Affairs Library Website accessed 24 Oct, 2006.
  2. ^ Rediff.com dated 22 May 2004, accessed 25 Oct 2006.
  3. ^ BBC News dated 07 Nov 2005, accessed 25 Oct 2006.
  4. ^ BBC News dated 07 Nov 2005, accessed 25 Oct 2006.
  5. ^ The Hindu dated 25 Oct 2006, accessed 25 Oct 2006.
  6. ^ The Hindu dated 25 Oct 2006, accessed 25 Oct 2006.

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External links

  • Official Website of Ministry of External Affairs

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