Minister of Home Affairs (India)
Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India
The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.
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Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Style | The Honourable |
Abbreviation | HM |
Member of | Union Cabinet National Security Council |
Reports to | Prime Minister, Parliament of India |
Seat | North Block, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi |
Appointer | President on the advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | 5 years |
Inaugural holder | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
Formation | 15 August 1947 |
Website | mha |
List of Home Ministers
change№ | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party (Alliance) |
Prime Minister | ||
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1 | Vallabhbhai Patel | 15 August 1947 | 12 December 1950 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
2 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 12 December 1950 | 26 December 1950 | ||||
3 | C. Rajagopalachari | 26 December 1950 | 05 November 1951 | ||||
4 | Kailash Nath Katju | 05 November 1951 | 10 January 1955 | ||||
5 | Govind Ballabh Pant | 10 January 1955 | 25 February 1961 | ||||
6 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 25 February 1961 | 01 September 1963 | ||||
7 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 01 September 1963 | 09 November 1966 | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi | |||
8 | Indira Gandhi | 09 November 1966 | 13 November 1966 | Indira Gandhi | |||
9 | Yashwantrao Chavan | 13 November 1966 | 27 June 1970 | ||||
(8) | Indira Gandhi | 27 June 1970 | 05 February 1973 | ||||
10 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | 05 February 1973 | 10 October 1974 | ||||
11 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | ||||
12 | Charan Singh | 24 March 1977 | 01 July 1978 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | ||
13 | Morarji Desai | 01 July 1978 | 24 January 1979 | ||||
14 | Hirubhai M. Patel | 24 January 1979 | 28 July 1979 | ||||
(9) | Yashwantrao Chavan | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | ||
15 | Zail Singh | 14 January 1980 | 22 June 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | ||
16 | R. Venkataraman | 22 June 1982 | 02 September 1982 | ||||
17 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | 02 September 1982 | 19 July 1984 | ||||
18 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 19 July 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | |||
19 | Shankarrao Chavan | 31 December 1984 | 12 March 1986 | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
(19) | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 12 March 1986 | 12 May 1986 | ||||
20 | Buta Singh | 12 May 1986 | 02 December 1989 | ||||
21 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 02 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal (National Front) |
V. P. Singh | ||
22 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (National Front) |
Chandra Shekhar | ||
(20) | Shankarrao Chavan | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
23 | Murli Manohar Joshi | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
25 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda | ||
25 | Indrajit Gupta | 29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Communist Party of India (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | ||
26 | L. K. Advani | 19 March 1998 | 22 May 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
27 | Shivraj Patil | 22 May 2004 | 30 November 2008 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | ||
28 | P. Chidambaram | 30 November 2008 | 31 July 2012 | ||||
29 | Sushilkumar Shinde | 31 July 2012 | 26 May 2014 | ||||
30 | Rajnath Singh | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | ||
31 | Amit Shah | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent |
Ministers of State of Home Affairs
change№ | Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | Minister of Home Affairs | ||
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1 | Subodh Kant Sahay[1] | April 1990 | November 1990 | Janata Dal (National Front) |
V. P. Singh | Mufti Mohammed Sayeed | |
2 | Shriprakash Jaiswal[2] | 23 May 2004 | 2009 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | Shivraj Patil | |
P. Chidambaram | |||||||
3 | R. P. N. Singh[3] | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | Sushilkumar Shinde | |||
4 | Kiren Rijiju | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | Rajnath Singh | |
5 | G. Kishan Reddy | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | Amit Shah | |||
6 | Nityanand Rai |
References
change- ↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Sahai, Shri Subodh Kant". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Jaiswal, Shri Sriprakash". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh, Shri Ratanjit Pratap Narain". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2019-08-28.