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Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers. [a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government. In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts—on most matters—only on the advice of the prime minister.
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting (9 June 1964 – 24 January 1966) 24 January 1966 4 Morarji Desai: Deputy Prime Minister of India (13 March 1967 – 16 July 1969) [2] Minister of Finance (13 March 1958 – 29 August 1963; 13 March 1967 – 16 July 1969) [2] Chief Minister of Bombay State (21 April 1952 – 31 October 1956)
President of the Republic of India: Droupadi Murmu: 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President of the Republic of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister of the Republic of India: Narendra Modi: 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla: 19 June 2019 [4] Chief ...
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The government is led by the president of India (currently Droupadi Murmu since 25 July 2022) who exercises the most executive power and selects the prime minister of India and other ministers for aid and advice. [3] The country is being legislated by a National Democratic Alliance-led legislature since 2014. [4]
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