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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.
1 List of current prime ministers. 2 References. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... Prime Minister of India: Parliamentary republic 26 May 2014 10 years ...
He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress. [4] Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight.
Jagjivan Ram is India's longest serving Union Minister. The following is a list of the longest-serving ministers of the Union Council of Ministers of India, listing those individuals who served at least a decade in Union ministries. As of November 2024, 83 Union ministers have served for at least 10 years in office, including 18 who served for ...
Indian National Congress: 16 May 2011 6 June 2016 All India N.R. Congress: 7 May 2021 Incumbent: 18 S. C. Jamir: Nagaland: 18 April 1980 5 June 1980 15 years, 151 days United Democratic Front-Progressive 18 November 1982 29 October 1986 25 January 1989 16 May 1990 Indian National Congress: 22 February 1993 6 March 2003 19 Sheila Dikshit: Delhi ...
He is the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term. [2] [3] [4]
Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until Morarji Desai became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and Charan Singh were the deputy prime ministers who later became Prime Minister of India.