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Minister of External Affairs (India)
Head of the Ministry of External Affairs
Head of the Ministry of External Affairs
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India |
| native_name | hi |
| flag | Flag of India.svg |
| flagsize | 110px |
| flagcaption | Flag of India |
| insignia | Ministry of External Affairs India.svg |
| insigniasize | 200px |
| insigniacaption | Emblem of India |
| image | The official portrait of External Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.jpg |
| imagesize | 150px |
| incumbent | S. Jaishankar |
| incumbentsince | |
| department | Ministry of External Affairs |
| member_of | Cabinet of India |
| Cabinet Committee on Security | |
| reports_to | President of the Republic of India |
| Prime Minister of India | |
| Parliament of India | |
| appointer | President of India |
| appointer_qualified | on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India |
| formation | |
| first | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| deputy | Minister of State for External Affairs |
| abbreviation | MEA |
Cabinet Committee on Security Prime Minister of India Parliament of India 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 (20042005) 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) | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs | Minister of External Affairs | ||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg | 70px]] | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||||||||
| (18891964) | |||||||||||
| MCA for United Provinces | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 15 August 1947 | 26 January 1950 | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Indian National Congress}}" | Self | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg | 70px]] | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||||||||
| (18891964) | |||||||||||
| MCA for United Provinces (till 1952) | |||||||||||
| MP for Phulpur (from 1952) | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 26 January 1950 | 27 May 1964 | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Indian National Congress}}" | Self | |||||
| Nehru II | |||||||||||
| Nehru III | |||||||||||
| Nehru IV | |||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg | 70px]] | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||||
| (18981998) | |||||||||||
| MP for Sabarkantha | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Nanda I | Indian National Congress}}" | Self | ||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg | 70px]] | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||||
| (19041966) | |||||||||||
| MP for Allahabad | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 9 June 1964 | 17 July 1964 | Shastri | Indian National Congress}}" | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Swaran Singh | ||||||||
| (19071994) | |||||||||||
| MP for Jullundur | 17 July 1964 | 11 January 1966 | |||||||||
| 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | Nanda II | Indian National Congress}}" | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| 24 January 1966 | 14 November 1966 | Indira I | Indian National Congress}}" | Indira Gandhi | |||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg | 70px]] | M. C. Chagla | ||||||||
| (19001981) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 14 November 1966 | 13 March 1967 | |||||||||
| 13 March 1967 | 5 September 1967 | Indira II | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png | 70px]] | Indira Gandhi | ||||||||
| (19171984) | |||||||||||
| MP for Rae Bareli | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 6 September 1967 | 13 February 1969 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | [[File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif | 70px]] | Dinesh Singh | ||||||||
| (19251995) | |||||||||||
| MP for Pratapgarh | 14 February 1969 | 27 June 1970 | Indian National Congress (R) | Indian National Congress (R)}}" | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | [[File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Swaran Singh | ||||||||
| (19071994) | |||||||||||
| MP for Jullundur | 27 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | |||||||||
| 18 March 1971 | 10 October 1974 | Indira III | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg | 70px]] | Yashwantrao Chavan | ||||||||
| (19131984) | |||||||||||
| MP for Satara | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | |||||||||
| Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||||
| (19242018) | |||||||||||
| MP for New Delhi | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party | Desai | Janata Party}}" | Morarji Desai | |||||
| Janata Party (Secular)}}; color:white" | [[File:Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra portrait.gif | 70px]] | Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra | ||||||||
| (19202004) | |||||||||||
| MP for Begusarai | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | Janata Party (Secular)}}" | Charan Singh | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg | 70px]] | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||||
| (19212004) | |||||||||||
| MP for Hanamkonda | 14 January 1980 | 19 July 1984 | Indian National Congress | Indira IV | Indian National Congress}}" | Indira Gandhi | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png | 70px]] | Indira Gandhi | ||||||||
| (19171984) | |||||||||||
| MP for Medak | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 19 July 1984 | 31 October 1984 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Shankarrao Chavan | ||||||||
| (19202004) | |||||||||||
| MP for Nanded | |||||||||||
| (Minister without portfolio assisting the Prime Minister) | 19 July 1984 | 2 August 1984 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:RajivGandhi.jpg | 70px]] | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||
| (19441991) | |||||||||||
| MP for Amethi | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Indian National Congress}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 31 December 1984 | 24 September 1985 | Rajiv | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | 70px]] | Bali Ram Bhagat | ||||||||
| (19222011) | |||||||||||
| MP for Arrah | 24 September 1985 | 12 May 1986 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | P. Shiv Shankar | ||||||||
| (19292017) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 12 May 1986 | 22 October 1986 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg | 70px]] | N. D. Tiwari | ||||||||
| (19252018) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 22 October 1986 | 25 July 1987 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:RajivGandhi.jpg | 70px]] | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||
| (19441991) | |||||||||||
| MP for Amethi | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg | 70px]] | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||||
| (19212004) | |||||||||||
| MP for Ramtek | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | V. P. Singh | ||||||||
| (19312008) | |||||||||||
| MP for Fatehpur | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 2 December 1989 | 5 December 1989 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Janata Dal}}" | V. P. Singh | |||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg | 70px]] | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||||
| (19192012) | |||||||||||
| MP for Jalandhar | 5 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | |||||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg | 70px]] | Chandra Shekhar | ||||||||
| (19272007) | |||||||||||
| MP for Ballia | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 10 November 1990 | 21 November 1990 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | Chandra Shekhar | |||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Vidya Charan Shukla | ||||||||
| (19292013) | |||||||||||
| MP for Mahasamund | 21 November 1990 | 20 February 1991 | |||||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg | 70px]] | Chandra Shekhar | ||||||||
| (19272007) | |||||||||||
| MP for Ballia | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 20 February 1991 | 21 June 1991 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg | 70px]] | Madhavsinh Solanki | ||||||||
| (19272021) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 21 June 1991 | 31 March 1992 | Indian National Congress | Rao | Indian National Congress}}" | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg | 70px]] | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||||
| (19212004) | |||||||||||
| MP for Nandyal | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 31 March 1992 | 18 January 1993 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif | 70px]] | Dinesh Singh | ||||||||
| (19251995) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 18 January 1993 | 10 February 1995 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Pranab Mukherjee | ||||||||
| (19352020) | |||||||||||
| Rajya MP for West Bengal | 10 February 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||||
| (19242018) | |||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 21 May 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Sikander Bakht Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Sikander Bakht | ||||||||
| (19182004) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 21 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | |||||||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg | 70px]] | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||||
| (19192012) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister from 21 April 1997) | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | Janata Dal}}" | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||||
| 21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Gujral | Janata Dal}}" | Self | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||||
| (19242018) | |||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 19 March 1998 | 5 December 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Jaswant Singh in 2001.jpg | 70px]] | Jaswant Singh | ||||||||
| (19382020) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 5 December 1998 | 13 October 1999 | |||||||||
| 13 October 1999 | 1 July 2002 | Vajpayee III | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg | 70px]] | Yashwant Sinha | ||||||||
| (born 1937) | |||||||||||
| MP for Hazaribagh | 1 July 2002 | 22 May 2004 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:K. Natwar Singh 2005.jpg | 70px]] | Natwar Singh | ||||||||
| (19312024) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 23 May 2004 | 6 November 2005 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | 70px]] | Manmohan Singh | ||||||||
| (19322024) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | |||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 6 November 2005 | 24 October 2006 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Pranab Mukherjee | ||||||||
| (19352020) | |||||||||||
| MP for Jangipur | 24 October 2006 | 22 May 2009 | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:India-eam-krishna (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | S. M. Krishna | ||||||||
| (19322024) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | 23 May 2009 | 28 October 2012 | Manmohan II | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Salman Khurshid | ||||||||
| (born 1953) | |||||||||||
| MP for Farrukhabad | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Sushma Swaraj | ||||||||
| (19522019) | |||||||||||
| MP for Vidisha | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:The official portrait of External Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.jpg | 70px]] | S. Jaishankar | ||||||||
| (born 1955) | |||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | Modi II | ||||||||
| Modi III |
Ministers of state
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | ||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Charu Chandra Biswas image.jpg | 70px]] | Charu Chandra Biswas | ||||||
| (18881960) | 13 May 1950 | 13 May 1952 | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Indian National Congress}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Syed Mahmud Lok Sabha photo.jpg | 70px]] | Syed Mahmud | ||||||
| (1889–1971) | |||||||||
| MP for Gopalganj | 7 December 1954 | 17 April 1957 | Nehru II | ||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg | 70px]] | Lakshmi N. Menon | ||||||
| (18991994) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 16 April 1962 | 24 January 1966 | Nehru IV | ||||||
| Nanda I | Indian National Congress}}" | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| Shastri | Indian National Congress}}" | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||||
| Nanda II | Indian National Congress}}" | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif | 70px]] | Dinesh Singh | ||||||
| (19251995) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | Indira I | Indian National Congress}}" | Indira Gandhi | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif | 70px]] | Bali Ram Bhagat | ||||||
| (19222011) | |||||||||
| MP for Arrah | 14 November 1967 | 14 February 1969 | Indira II | ||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | [[File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg | 70px]] | Surendra Pal Singh | ||||||
| (19172009) | |||||||||
| MP for Bulandshahr | 5 February 1973 | 10 October 1974 | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indian National Congress (R)}}" | ||||
| Janata Party}}" | [[File:Samarendra Kundu.jpg | 70px]] | Samarendra Kundu | ||||||
| (19301993) | |||||||||
| MP for Balasore | 14 August 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party | Desai | Janata Party}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress (Urs)}}" | Bedabrata Barua | ||||||||
| (born 1928) | |||||||||
| MP for Kaliabor | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Indian National Congress (Urs) | Charan | Janata Party (Secular)}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg | 70px]] | A. A. Rahim | ||||||
| (19201995) | |||||||||
| MP for Chirayinkil | 2 September 1982 | 31 October 1984 | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indian National Congress (I)}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Ram Niwas Mirdha | ||||||
| (19242010) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 2 August 1984 | 31 October 1984 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg | 70px]] | A. A. Rahim | ||||||
| (19201995) | |||||||||
| MP for Chirayinkil | 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Ram Niwas Mirdha | ||||||
| (19242010) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | |||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Khurshed Alam Khan (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Khurshed Alam Khan | ||||||
| (19192013) | |||||||||
| MP for Farrukhabad | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Rajiv II | ||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Sh. Kocheril Raman Narayanan AI-enhanced portrait.jpg | 70px]] | K. R. Narayanan | ||||||
| (19212005) | |||||||||
| MP for Ottapalam | 25 September 1985 | 22 October 1986 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Eduardo Faleiro | ||||||
| (born 1940) | |||||||||
| MP for Mormugao | 12 May 1986 | 14 February 1988 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:K. Natwar Singh 2005.jpg | 70px]] | Natwar Singh | ||||||
| (1929–2024) | |||||||||
| MP for Bharatpur | 22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Kamla Kant Tiwari | ||||||||
| MP for Buxar | 25 June 1988 | 22 April 1989 | |||||||
| Indian People's Front}}" | [[File:Hari Kishore Singh (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Hari Kishore Singh | ||||||
| (19342013) | |||||||||
| MP for Sheohar | 23 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | Indian People's Front | Vishwanath | Janata Dal}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Eduardo Faleiro | ||||||
| (born 1940) | |||||||||
| MP for Mormugao | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | Indian National Congress | Rao | Indian National Congress}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:R. L. Bhatia.jpg | 70px]] | R. L. Bhatia | ||||||
| (19202021) | |||||||||
| MP for Amritsar | 2 July 1992 | 16 May 1993 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Salman Khurshid | ||||||
| (born 1953) | |||||||||
| MP for Farrukhabad | 18 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||
| Samajwadi Party}}" | Saleem Iqbal Shervani | ||||||||
| (born 1953) | |||||||||
| MP for Badaun | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Samajwadi Party | Gujral | Janata Dal}}" | ||||
| Janata Dal}}" | Kamala Sinha | ||||||||
| (19322014) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | Janata Dal | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vasundhra Raje.jpg | 70px]] | Vasundhara Raje | ||||||
| (born 1953) | |||||||||
| MP for Jhalawar | 20 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | ||||
| All India Trinamool Congress}}" | Ajit Kumar Panja | ||||||||
| (19362008) | |||||||||
| MP for Calcutta North East | 13 October 1999 | 16 March 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | Vajpayee III | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.jpg | 70px]] | Krishnam Raju | ||||||
| (19402022) | |||||||||
| MP for Narasapuram | 30 September 2000 | 22 July 2001 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}" | [[File:Omar Abdullah (portrait).jpg | 70px]] | Omar Abdullah | ||||||
| (born 1970) | |||||||||
| MP for Srinagar | 22 July 2001 | 23 December 2002 | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | ||||||
| Janata Dal (United)}}" | [[File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg | 70px]] | Digvijay Singh | ||||||
| (19552010) | |||||||||
| MP for Banka | 1 July 2002 | 22 May 2004 | Janata Dal (United) | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vinod Khanna at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 11 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Vinod Khanna | ||||||
| (19462017) | |||||||||
| MP for Gurdaspur | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| Indian Union Muslim League}}" | [[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg | 70px]] | E. Ahamed | ||||||
| (19382017) | |||||||||
| MP for Ponnani | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | Indian Union Muslim League | Manmohan I | Indian National Congress}}" | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Rao Inderjit Singh taking over as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning in May 2014 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Rao Inderjit Singh | ||||||
| (born 1951) | |||||||||
| MP for Mahendragarh | 23 May 2004 | 29 January 2006 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Anand Sharma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg | 70px]] | Anand Sharma | ||||||
| (born 1953) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Preneet Kaur.jpg | 70px]] | Preneet Kaur | ||||||
| (born 1944) | |||||||||
| MP for Patiala | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | Manmohan II | ||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Sasi Tharoor 2021 at Kollam.jpg | 70px]] | Shashi Tharoor | ||||||
| (born 1956) | |||||||||
| MP for Thiruvananthapuram | 28 May 2009 | 19 April 2010 | |||||||
| Indian Union Muslim League}}" | [[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg | 70px]] | E. Ahamed | ||||||
| (19382017) | |||||||||
| MP for Malappuram | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | Indian Union Muslim League | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:India's Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh (15760995677) (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | General | ||||||
| V. K. Singh (Retd.) | |||||||||
| (born 1950) | |||||||||
| MP for Ghaziabad | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:M. J. Akbar assuming office in 2016 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | M. J. Akbar | ||||||
| (born 1951) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 5 July 2016 | 17 October 2018 | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vellamvelly Muraleedharan and Gustavo Zlauvinen 02 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | V. Muraleedharan | ||||||
| (born 1958) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 31 May 2019 | 9 June 2024 | Modi II | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Meenakshi Lekhi with PM Modi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Meenakshi Lekhi | ||||||
| (born 1967) | |||||||||
| MP for New Delhi | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in January 2022.jpg | 70px]] | Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | ||||||
| (born 1952) | |||||||||
| MP for Inner Manipur | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | |||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Kirtivardhan Singh assuming charge as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.jpg | 70px]] | Kirti Vardhan Singh | ||||||
| (born 1966) | |||||||||
| MP for Gonda | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Pabitra Margherita in 2024 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Pabitra Margherita | ||||||
| (born 1974) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Assam |
Deputy ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Deputy Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations | 1 | Deputy Minister of External Affairs | (1) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif | 70px]] | B. V. Keskar | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19031984) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MCA for Madras | 7 December | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | 26 January | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | **** | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Indian National Congress}}" | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif | 70px]] | B. V. Keskar | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19031984) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MCA for Madras | 31 January | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | 13 May | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | **** | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Indian National Congress}}" | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Anil Kumar Chanda portrait.gif | 70px]] | Anil Kumar Chanda | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19061976) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Birbhum | 12 August | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | 17 April | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | **** | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 April | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | 1 May | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Nehru III | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg | 70px]] | Lakshmi N. Menon | ||||||||||||||||||
| (18991994) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 17 April | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | 10 April | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | **** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif | 70px]] | Dinesh Singh | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19251995) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Pratapgarh | 8 May | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 27 May | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | **** | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | ||||||||||||||||||
| 27 May | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | 9 June | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Nanda I | Indian National Congress}}" | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 June | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | 11 January | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Shastri | Indian National Congress}}" | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 January | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 24 January | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Nanda II | Indian National Congress}}" | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg | 70px]] | Surendra Pal Singh | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19172009) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Bulandshahr | 18 March | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | 18 March | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | **** | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indian National Congress}}" | Indira Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | Indian National Congress (R) | Indian National Congress (R)}}" | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 March | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | 5 February | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Indira III | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress (R)}}" | [[File:Bipinpal Das portrait.jpg | 70px]] | Bipinpal Das | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19232005) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | 17 October | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 24 March | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | **** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg | 70px]] | Digvijay Singh | ||||||||||||||||||
| (19552010) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 28 November | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 21 June | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | **** | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | Chandra Shekhar |
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