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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.
Prime Minister of India: Parliamentary republic 26 May 2014 10 years, 284 days Gaston Browne: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda: Constitutional monarchy 13 June 2014 10 years, 266 days Saara Kuugongelwa: Prime Minister of Namibia: Semi-presidential republic: 21 March 2015 9 years, 350 days Keith Rowley: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Rajiv Gandhi [a] (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [1] [2] [3] was an Indian politician who was the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then–prime minister Indira Gandhi, to become at the age of 40 the youngest Indian prime minister.
India seizes Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India. 1964: 27 May: Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. 1965: 6–23 September: Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir. 1966: 11 January: Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's mysterious death in Tashkent. 24 January: Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister. 1969: 19 July
Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: Manamohana Singha , pronounced [mənˈmoːɦənᵊ ˈsɪ́ŋɣʰ] ⓘ; 26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat politician and statesman [1] who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
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)
Principal Secretary (IAS/IFS) to the Prime Minister: Pramod Kumar Mishra: Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog: Suman Bery: Living former Prime Ministers: H.D. Deve Gowda: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha: Mallikarjun Kharge: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha: Rahul Gandhi: Chief Ministers (within their respective states) List of chief ...