Ministry of External Affairs

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is the Current External Affairs Minister of India

The Ministry of External Affairs also known as the Foreign Ministry is responsible for handling India's relations with foreign countries.Foreign Minister who is the head of the Ministry represents India in the international community and is also responsible for deciding Indian foreign policy. Some other important people who held the position includes Jawaharlal Nehru, Gulzarilal Nanda, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Rajiv Gandhi, V. P. Singh, I. K. Gujral, Pranab Mukherjee, Jaswant Singh, Yashwant Sinha and Manmohan Singh. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is the new head of the Ministry of External Affairs after Sushma Swaraj.

List of Current And Past External Affairs Ministers of India

S. No	Name	From	To	Political Party
0	Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	30th May 2019	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party
1	Sushma Swaraj	27th may 2014	29th May 2019	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Salman Khurshid	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	Indian National Congress
3	S. M. Krishna	22 May 2009	26 October 2012	Indian National Congress
4	Pranab Mukherjee	24 October 2006	22 May 2009	Indian National Congress
5	Manmohan Singh	06 November 2005	24 October 2006	Indian National Congress
6	K. Natwar Singh	22 May 2004	06 November 2005	Indian National Congress
7	Yashwant Sinha	01 July 2002	22 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Jaswant Singh	05 December 1998	23 June 2002	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998	05 December 1998	Bharatiya Janata Party
10	I. K. Gujral	01 June 1996	18 March 1998	Janata Dal
11	Sikander Bakht	21 May 1996	01 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Pranab Mukherjee	10 February 1995	16 May 1996	Indian National Congress
13	Dinesh Singh	18 January 1993	10 February 1995	Indian National Congress
14	P. V. Narasimha Rao	31 March 1992	18 January 1993	Indian National Congress
15	Madhavsinh Solanki	21 June 1991	31 March 1992	Indian National Congress
16	Vidya Charan Shukla	21 November 1990	20 February 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party
17	I. K. Gujral	05 December 1989	10 November 1990	Janata Dal
18	V. P. Singh	02 December 1989	05 December 1989	Janata Dal
19	P. V. Narasimha Rao	25 June 1988	02 December 1989	Indian National Congress
20	Rajiv Gandhi	25 July 1987	25 June 1988	Indian National Congress
21	N. D. Tiwari	22 October 1986	25 July 1987	Indian National Congress
22	P. Shiv Shankar	12 May 1986	22 October 1986	Indian National Congress
23	Bali Ram Bhagat	25 September 1985	12 May 1986	Indian National Congress
24	Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984	24 September 1985	Indian National Congress
25	Indira Gandhi	19 July 1984	31 October 1984	Indian National Congress
26	P. V. Narasimha Rao	14 January 1980	19 July 1984	Indian National Congress
27	Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party (Secular)
28	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party
29	Yashwantrao Chavan	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	Indian National Congress
30	Sardar Swaran Singh	27 June 1970	10 October 1974	Indian National Congress
31	Dinesh Singh	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	Indian National Congress
32	Indira Gandhi	06 September 1967	13 February 1969	Indian National Congress
33	M. C. Chagla	14 November 1966	05 September 1967	Indian National Congress
34	Sardar Swaran Singh	18 July 1964	14 November 1966	Indian National Congress
35	Lal Bahadur Shastri	09 June 1964	17 July 1964	Indian National Congress
36	Gulzarilal Nanda	27 May 1964	09 June 1964	Indian National Congress
37	Jawaharlal Nehru	02 September 1946	27 May 1964	Indian National Congress

Last Updated on Jan 17, 2023