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The prime minister ranks third in the order of precedence. Top left: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first and the longest-serving prime minister in Indian history. Top center: Indira Gandhi was the first and only woman to serve as prime minister. Top right: Morarji Desai was the first non- Congress prime minister.
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.
Order of precedence of India Rank Position Current office holder(s) 1 President: Droupadi Murmu: 2 Vice President: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 3 Prime Minister: Narendra Modi: 4 Governors (within their respective states) List of governors: 5 Living former presidents Pratibha Patil; Ram Nath Kovind; 5A Deputy Prime Minister: vacant [3] 6 Chief Justice ...
As Modi rose to prominence in India, the UK [167] and the EU [168] lifted their bans in October 2012 and March 2013, respectively, and after his election as prime minister in 2014, the US lifted its ban and invited him to Washington, D.C. [169] [170] Modi meeting with then-Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in 2004
Since. President. Droupadi Murmu. 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President and ex-officio Chairperson, Rajya Sabha. Jagdeep Dhankhar. 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister. Narendra Modi.
The Government of India exercises its executive authority through a number of government ministries or departments of state. A ministry is composed of employed officials, known as civil servants, and is politically accountable through a minister. Most major ministries are headed by a Cabinet Minister, who sits in the Union Council of Ministers ...
The premiership of Narendra Modi began 26 May 2014 with his swearing-in as the Prime Minister of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He became the 14th Prime Minister of India, [1] succeeding Manmohan Singh of the Indian National Congress. Modi's first cabinet consisted of 45 ministers, 25 fewer than the previous United Progressive Alliance ...
Prime Minister 1 Nehru I: 15 August 1947 Constituent Assembly: Indian National Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru: 2 Nehru II: 15 April 1952 1951–52: 3 Nehru III: 4 April 1957 1957: 4 Nehru IV: 2 April 1962 1962: Acting Nanda I: 27 May 1964 None Gulzarilal Nanda: 5 Shastri: 9 June 1964 None Lal Bahadur Shastri: Acting Nanda II: 11 January 1966 None ...