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List of finance ministers of
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R. K.
Shanmukham
Chetty was
the first
Finance
Minister of
independent
India. He
presented
the first
budget of
independent
India on
November 26,
1947
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Finance
Minister |
From |
To |
Prime
Minister |
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1. |
Liaquat
Ali
Khan |
29
Oct
1946 |
14
Aug
1947 |
Interim
govt |
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2. |
R.
K.
Shanmukham
Chetty |
15
Aug
1947 |
1949 |
Jawaharlal
Nehru |
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3. |
John
Mathai |
1949 |
1950 |
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4 |
C.
D.
Deshmukh |
1950 |
1957 |
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5. |
T.
T.
Krishnamachari |
1957 |
13
Feb
1958 |
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6. |
Jawaharlal
Nehru |
13
Feb
1958 |
13
Mar
1958 |
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7. |
Morarji
Desai |
13
Mar
1958 |
29
Aug
1963 |
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8. |
T.
T.
Krishnamachari |
29
Aug
1963 |
1965 |
Jawaharlal
Nehru
&
Lal
Bahadur
Shastri |
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9. |
Sachindra
Chaudhuri |
1965 |
13
Mar
1967 |
Lal
Bahadur
Shastri
&
Indira
Gandhi |
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10. |
Morarji
Desai |
13
Mar
1967 |
16
July
1969 |
Indira
Gandhi |
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11. |
Indira
Gandhi |
1970 |
1971 |
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12. |
Yashwantrao
Chavan |
1971 |
1975 |
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13. |
Chidambaram
Subramaniam |
1975 |
1977 |
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14. |
Haribhai
M.
Pate |
24
Mar
1977 |
24
Jan
1979 |
Morarji
Desai |
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15. |
Charan
Singh |
24
Jan
1979 |
28
July
1979 |
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16. |
Hemvati
Nandan
Bahuguna |
28
July
1979 |
14
Jan
1980 |
Charan
Singh |
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17. |
R.
Venkataraman |
14
Jan
1980 |
15
Jan
1982 |
Indira
Gandhi |
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18. |
Pranab
Mukherjee |
15
Jan
1982 |
31
Dec1984 |
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19. |
V.
P.
Singh |
31
Dec
1984 |
24
Jan
1987 |
Rajiv
Gandhi |
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20. |
Rajiv
Gandhi |
24
Jan
1987 |
25
July
1987 |
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21. |
N.
D.
Tiwari |
25
July
1987 |
25
June
1988 |
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22. |
Shankarrao
Chavan |
25
June
1988 |
2
Dec
1989 |
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23. |
Madhu
Dandavate |
2
Dec
1989 |
10
Nov
1990 |
V.
P.
Singh |
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24. |
Yashwant
Sinha |
10
Nov
1990 |
21
June
1991 |
Chandra
Shekhar |
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25. |
Manmohan
Singh |
21
June
1991 |
16
May
1996 |
P.
V.
Narasimha
Rao |
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26. |
Jaswant
Singh |
16
May
1996 |
1
June
1996 |
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee |
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27. |
P.
Chidambaram |
1
June
1996 |
21
April
1997 |
H.
D.
Deve
Gowda |
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28. |
I.
K.
Gujral |
21
April
1997 |
1
May
1997 |
I.
K.
Gujral |
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29. |
P.
Chidambaram |
1
May
1997 |
19
Mar
1998 |
I.
K.
Gujral |
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30 |
Yashwant
Sinha |
19
Mar
1998 |
1
July
2002 |
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee |
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31. |
Jaswant
Singh |
1
July
2002 |
22
May
2004 |
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32. |
P.
Chidambaram |
22
May
2004 |
30
Nov
2008 |
Manmohan
Singh |
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33. |
Manmohan
Singh |
30
Nov
2008 |
24
Jan
2009 |
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34. |
Pranab
Mukherjee |
24
Jan
2009 |
26
June
2012 |
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35. |
Manmohan
Singh |
26
June
2012 |
31
July
2012 |
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36. |
P.
Chidambaram |
31
July
2012 |
26
May
2014 |
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37. |
Arun
Jaitley |
26
May
2014 |
30 May 2019 |
Narendra
Modi |
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Nirmala Sitharaman |
31 May 2019 |
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June 1,
2019
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