List of longest-serving members of the Union Council of Ministers of India

The following is a list of the longest-serving ministers of the Union Council of Ministers of India, listing only those individuals who served at least 10 years in Union ministries. As ministers often hold multiple portfolios during their respective tenures, only their final portfolios and the periods they served in their ranks are displayed here. Party affiliations are those held during the tenure (s) in office of each respective officeholder. Since the first Union Council was established in 1947, its members have been categorised into the following five ranks (in descending order):^[1]

• The Prime Minister
• The Deputy Prime Minister (if one has been appointed)
• Cabinet Ministers
• Ministers of State (without membership of the Union Cabinet), in the following sub-categories:
  • Ministers of State with Cabinet rank
  • Ministers of State with Independent Charge of ministries/portfolios
  • Ministers of State, reporting to the Prime Minister or to a Cabinet Minister
• Deputy Ministers (equivalent to Parliamentary Secretaries). Deputy Ministers have not been appointed since 1993.^[1]

Ministers in the first three ranks comprise the Union Cabinet, which is the supreme decision-making body of the nation per Article 75 of the Constitution. Regardless of rank, any member of the Union Council is a Union minister, per the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952.^[1]

^† Died in office

#	Minister	Portrait	Final ministerial rank (final portfolio held)	Ministries served	Party affiliations	Ranks	Start of tenure	End of tenure	Time in office	Overall tenure
1	Jagjivan Ram (1908 – 1986)		Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence)	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Desai	INC (1947–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1977)   CFD (1977)   JP (1977–1979)	Cabinet Minister	15 August 1947	31 August 1963	16 years and 16 days	29 years, 4 months and 25 days[n 1]
							24 January 1966	2 February 1977	11 years and 9 days
							28 March 1977	24 January 1979	1 year, 9 months and 27 days
						Deputy Prime Minister	24 January 1979	28 July 1979	5 months and 13 days
2	Swaran Singh (1907 – 1994)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II	INC (1952–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1975)	Cabinet Minister	13 May 1952	1 December 1975		23 years, 6 months and 18 days
3	Satya Narayan Sinha (1900 – 1983)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Communications)	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I	INC (1948–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1971)	Deputy Minister	1 October 1948	26 February 1949	4 months and 25 days	22 years, 3 months and 17 days
						Minister of State	26 February 1949	25 January 1950	10 months and 30 days
							31 January 1950	6 May 1950	3 months and 6 days
							13 May 1950	10 April 1962	11 years, 9 months and 23 days
						Cabinet Minister	10 April 1962	8 March 1971	8 years, 10 months and 26 days
4	Raj Bahadur (1912 – 1990)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation)	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II	INC (1951–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1976)	Deputy Minister	29 May 1951	13 May 1952	11 months and 14 days	21 years, 5 months and 27 days
							4 June 1952	14 February 1956	3 years, 8 months and 10 days
						Minister of State[n 2]	14 February 1956	13 March 1967	11 years and 27 days
						Cabinet Minister	18 March 1971	8 November 1973	2 years, 7 months and 21 days
							9 November 1973	22 December 1976	3 years, 1 month and 13 days
5	Pranab Mukherjee (1935 – 2020)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Finance)	Indira Gandhi II Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (R) (1973–1977)   INC (1980–1984, 1993–1996, 2004–2012)	Deputy Minister	5 February 1973	10 October 1974	1 year, 8 months and 5 days	20 years, 4 months and 16 days
						Minister of State	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 5 months and 14 days
						Cabinet Minister	14 January 1980	31 December 1984	4 years, 11 months and 17 days
							17 January 1993	9 July 1993	5 months and 22 days
							31 August 1993	16 May 1996	2 years, 8 months and 16 days
							22 May 2004	26 June 2012	8 years, 1 month and 4 days
6	Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912 – 1979)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Parliamentary Affairs)	Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II	INC (1957–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1977)	Deputy Minister	21 May 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 10 months and 20 days	19 years, 9 months and 25 days
						Minister of State	16 April 1962	27 June 1970	8 years, 2 months and 11 days
						Cabinet Minister	27 June 1970[2]	24 March 1977	6 years, 8 months and 25 days
7	B. Shankaranand (1925 – 2009)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Health and Family Welfare)	Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao	INC (R) (1971–1977)   INC (1980–1987, 1988–1989, 1991–1994)	Deputy Minister	2 May 1971	24 March 1977	5 years, 10 months and 22 days	18 years, 5 months and 3 days
						Cabinet Minister	14 January 1980	31 October 1984	4 years, 9 months and 17 days
							4 November 1984	22 August 1987	2 years, 9 months and 18 days
							25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 5 months and 7 days
							21 June 1991	22 December 1994	3 years, 6 months and 1 day
8	P. Chidambaram (b. 1945)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Finance)	Rajiv Gandhi Rao Gujral Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (1985–1996, 2004–2014) TMC (M) (1996–2001) CJP (2001–2004)	Deputy Minister	25 September 1985	20 January 1986	3 months and 26 days	18 years, 1 month and 29 days
						Minister of State[n 3]	20 January 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 10 months and 12 days
							21 June 1991	9 July 1992	1 year and 18 days
							10 February 1995	3 April 1996	1 year, 1 month and 24 days
						Cabinet Minister	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	10 months and 20 days
							1 May 1997	19 March 1998	10 months and 18 days
							22 May 2004	26 May 2014	10 years and 4 days
9	Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)		Prime Minister	Shastri 2nd Nanda Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III	INC (1947–1969, 1977–1984)   INC (R) (1969–1977)	Cabinet Minister	2 July 1964	24 January 1966	1 year, 6 months and 22 days	17 years, 6 months and 8 days
						Prime Minister	24 January 1966	24 March 1977	11 years and 2 months
							14 January 1980	31 October 1984†	4 years, 9 months and 17 days
10	Jaisukh lal Hathi (1909–1982)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I	INC (1952–1969)	Deputy Minister	12 September 1952	10 April 1962	9 years, 6 months and 29 days	17 years, 1 month and 25 days
						Minister of State	16 April 1962	13 March 1967	4 years, 10 months and 25 days
						Cabinet Minister	13 March 1967	15 November 1969	2 years, 8 months and 2 days
11	Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)		Prime Minister	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV	INC (1947–1964)	Prime Minister	15 August 1947	27 May 1964†		16 years, 9 months and 12 days
12	Vidya Charan Shukla (1927 – 2013)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs)	Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Chandra Shekhar Rao	INC (1966–1969, 1980–1981, 1990–1991, 1991–1996)   INC (R) (1969–1977)	Deputy Minister	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 1 month and 17 days	16 years, 9 months and 3 days
						Minister of State	13 March 1967	24 March 1977	10 years and 11 days
						Cabinet Minister	8 June 1980	19 March 1981	9 months and 11 days
							21 November 1990	20 February 1991	2 months and 30 days
							21 June 1991	17 January 1996	4 years, 6 months and 27 days
13	Ram Vilas Paswan (1946 – 2020)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution)	V. P. Singh Deve Gowda Gujral Vajpayee III Modi I Modi II	JD (1989–1990, 1996–1998)   JD (U) (1999–2000)     LJP (2000–2002, 2004–2020)	Cabinet Minister	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	11 months and 4 days	16 years, 7 months and 19 days
							1 June 1996	19 March 1998	1 year, 9 months and 18 days
							13 October 1999	29 April 2002	2 years, 6 months and 16 days
							22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 years
							26 May 2014	8 October 2020†	6 years, 4 months and 12 days
14	Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1983)		Minister of State (Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II	INC (1952–1967)   INC (R) (1971–1977)	Deputy Minister	20 September 1956	9 June 1964	7 years, 8 months and 20 days	16 years, 4 months and 6 days
							15 June 1964	13 March 1967	2 years, 8 months and 26 days
						Minister of State	2 May 1971	24 March 1977	5 years, 10 months and 22 days
15	Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Railways)	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II	INC (1951–1966)   INC (R) (1970–1971)	Cabinet Minister	24 September 1951	27 May 1964	12 years, 8 months and 3 days	16 years, 2 months and 16 days
						Prime Minister	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	13 days
						Cabinet Minister	9 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 7 months and 2 days
						Prime Minister	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	13 days
						Cabinet Minister	24 January 1966	9 November 1966	9 months and 16 days
							18 February 1970	18 March 1971	1 year and 1 month
16	Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of External Affairs)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Rajiv Gandhi	INC (1956–1969, 1985–1986)   INC (R) (1969–1971)	Deputy Minister	4 January 1956	10 April 1962	6 years, 3 months and 6 days	15 years, 9 months and 25 days
							16 April 1962	21 September 1963	1 year, 5 months and 5 days
						Minister of State	21 September 1963	14 February 1969	5 years, 4 months and 24 days
						Cabinet Minister	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 1 month and 4 days
							25 September 1985	12 May 1986	7 months and 17 days
17	Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Planning and Irrigation)	Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III	INC (1962–1969, 1980–1984)   INC (R) (1969–1972, 1975–1977)	Deputy Minister	8 June 1962	9 June 1964	2 years and 1 day	15 years, 6 months and 24 days
							15 June 1964	13 March 1967	2 years, 8 months and 26 days
						Minister of State	13 March 1967	2 May 1971	4 years, 1 month and 19 days
						Cabinet Minister	2 May 1971	29 January 1972	8 months and 27 days
							25 December 1975	24 March 1977	1 year, 2 months and 27 days
							14 January 1980	31 October 1984	4 years, 9 months and 17 days
18	Krishna Chandra Pant (1931–2012)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence)	Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh Rajiv Gandhi	INC (1967–1969, 1984–1989)   INC (R) (1969–1977)   INC (U) (1979–1980)	Minister of State	13 March 1967	9 November 1973	6 years, 7 months and 27 days	15 years, 4 months and 28 days
						Cabinet Minister	9 November 1973	24 March 1977	3 years, 4 months and 15 days
							30 July 1979	14 January 1980	5 months and 15 days
							31 December 1984	2 December 1989	4 years, 11 months and 2 days
19	Kamal Nath (b. 1946)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs)	Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (1991–1996, 2004–2014)	Minister of State	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 10 months and 25 days	14 years, 10 months and 29 days
						Cabinet Minister	22 May 2004	26 May 2014	10 years and 4 days
19	Manmohan Singh (b. 1932)		Prime Minister	Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (1991–1996, 2004–2014)	Cabinet Minister	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 10 months and 25 days	14 years, 10 months and 29 days
						Prime Minister	22 May 2004	26 May 2014	10 years and 4 days
20	Hansraj Bhardwaj (1937–2020)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Law and Justice)	Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I	INC (1984–1989, 1991–1996, 2004–2009)	Minister of State	31 December 1984	2 December 1989	4 years, 11 months and 2 days	14 years, 9 months and 27 days
							21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 10 months and 25 days
						Cabinet Minister	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 years
21	Yashwantrao Chavan (1913–1984)		Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs)	Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh	INC (1962–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1977)   INC (U) (1979–1980)	Cabinet Minister	21 November 1962	24 March 1977	14 years, 4 months and 3 days	14 years, 9 months and 20 days
						Deputy Prime Minister	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	5 months and 17 days
22	P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)		Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao	INC (1980–1989, 1991–1996)	Cabinet Minister	14 January 1980	2 December 1989	9 years, 10 months and 18 days	14 years, 9 months and 12 days
						Prime Minister	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 10 months and 25 days
23	Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Indira Gandhi II	INC (1952–1963)   INC (R) (1974–1977)	Deputy Minister	12 August 1952	7 December 1954	2 years, 3 months and 25 days	14 years, 0 months and 26 days
						Minister of State[n 4]	7 December 1954	10 April 1962	7 years, 4 months and 3 days
						Cabinet Minister	10 April 1962[3]	26 June 1963	1 year, 2 months and 16 days
							11 January 1974	24 March 1977	3 years, 2 months and 13 days
24	Ghulam Nabi Azad (b. 1949)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Water Resources)	Rajiv Gandhi Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (1984–1987, 1991–1996, 2004–2005, 2009–2014)	Minister of State	31 December 1984	7 September 1987	2 years, 8 months and 7 days	14 years, 0 months and 15 days
						Cabinet Minister	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 10 months and 25 days
							22 May 2004	1 November 2005	1 year, 5 months and 10 days
							22 May 2009	26 May 2014	5 years and 4 days
25	Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Environment and Forests)	Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi	INC (1980–1989)   INC (R) (1973–1977)	Deputy Minister	6 February 1973	24 March 1977	4 years, 1 month and 18 days	13 years, 10 months and 12 days
						Minister of State	3 March 1980	31 October 1984	4 years, 7 months and 28 days
							4 November 1984	25 June 1988	3 years, 7 months and 21 days
						Cabinet Minister	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 5 months and 7 days
26	Shivraj Patil (b. 1935)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Home Affairs)	Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Manmohan Singh I	INC (1980–1989, 2004–2008)	Minister of State[n 5]	19 October 1980	31 October 1984	4 years and 12 days	13 years, 7 months and 17 days
							4 November 1984	2 December 1989	5 years and 28 days
						Cabinet Minister	22 May 2004	30 November 2008	4 years, 6 months and 8 days
27	Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Textiles, Health and Family Welfare)	Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi	INC (1983–1989)   INC (R) (1970–1977)	Minister of State[n 6]	26 June 1970	24 March 1977	6 years, 8 months and 26 days	13 years, 6 months and 25 days
							29 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 9 months and 2 days
							4 November 1984	15 February 1988	3 years, 3 months and 11 days
						Cabinet Minister	15 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 9 months and 17 days
28	Selja Kumari (b. 1962)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation and Social Justice and Empowerment)	Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (1992–1996, 2004–2014)	Deputy Minister	2 July 1992	15 September 1995	3 years, 2 months and 13 days	13 years, 6 months and 14 days
						Minister of State[n 7]	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	8 months and 1 day
							22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 years
						Cabinet Minister	28 May 2009	28 January 2014	4 years and 8 months
29	Dinesh Singh (1925–1995)		Cabinet Minister (Minister without portfolio)	Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Rajiv Gandhi Rao	INC (1962–1964, 1964–1969, 1988–1989, 1993–1995)   INC (R) (1969–1971)	Deputy Minister	8 May 1962	9 June 1964	2 years, 1 month and 1 day	13 years, 6 months and 1 day
							15 June 1964	24 January 1966	1 year, 7 months and 9 days
						Minister of State	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 1 month and 17 days
						Cabinet Minister	13 March 1967	18 March 1971	4 years and 5 days
							14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 9 months and 18 days
							18 January 1993	30 November 1995†	2 years, 10 months and 12 days
30	Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Home Affairs)	Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao	INC (1980–1989, 1991–1996)	Cabinet Minister	19 October 1980	31 October 1984	4 years and 12 days	13 years, 4 months and 20 days
							4 November 1984	11 March 1986	1 year, 4 months and 7 days
							25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 5 months and 7 days
							21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 10 months and 25 days
31	B. V. Keskar (1903 – 1984)		Minister of State (Minister of Information and Broadcasting)	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III	INC (1948–1962)	Deputy Minister	7 December 1948	26 January 1950	1 year, 1 month and 19 days	13 years, 3 months and 18 days
							31 January 1950	13 May 1952	2 years, 3 months and 13 days
						Minister of State	13 May 1952	9 April 1962	9 years, 10 months and 27 days
32	Buta Singh (1934–2021)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Communications)	Indira Gandhi II Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao Gujral	INC (R) (1974–1977)   INC (1980–1989, 1995–1996)   Independent (1998)	Deputy Minister	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 5 months and 14 days	13 years, 0 months and 18 days
						Minister of State[n 8]	8 June 1980	29 January 1983	2 years, 7 months and 21 days
						Cabinet Minister	29 January 1983	2 December 1989	6 years, 10 months and 3 days
							10 February 1995	20 February 1996	1 year and 10 days
							19 March 1998	20 April 1998	1 month and 1 day
33	Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)		Prime Minister	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri	INC (1952–1956, 1957–1963, 1964–1966)	Cabinet Minister	13 May 1952	7 December 1956	4 years, 6 months and 24 days	12 years, 10 months and 26 days
							17 April 1957	1 September 1963	6 years, 4 months and 15 days
							24 January 1964	9 June 1964	4 months and 16 days
						Prime Minister	9 June 1964	11 January 1966†	1 year, 7 months and 2 days
34	Lalit Narayan Mishra (1923–1975)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Railways)	Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II	INC (1960–1962, 1964–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1975)	Deputy Minister	22 August 1960	10 April 1962	1 year, 7 months and 19 days	12 years, 5 months and 18 days
							26 February 1964	9 June 1964	3 months and 14 days
							15 June 1964	13 March 1967	2 years, 8 months and 26 days
						Minister of State	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	3 years, 3 months and 14 days
						Cabinet Minister	27 June 1970	3 January 1975†	4 years, 6 months and 7 days
35	Mehr Chand Khanna (1897 – 1970)		Minister of State (Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II	INC (1954–1967)	Minister of State (with Cabinet rank)	7 December 1954	13 March 1967		12 years, 3 months and 6 days
36	P. A. Sangma (1947–2016)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Information and Broadcasting)	Indira Gandhi III Rajiv Gandhi Rao	INC (1980–1988, 1991–1996)	Deputy Minister	31 October 1980	31 October 1984	4 years	12 years, 1 month and 27 days
							4 November 1984	31 December 1984	1 month and 27 days
						Minister of State[n 9]	1 January 1985	6 February 1988	3 years, 1 month and 5 days
							21 June 1991	10 February 1995	3 years, 7 months and 20 days
						Cabinet Minister	10 February 1995	16 May 1996	1 year, 3 months and 6 days
37	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy (1906–1979)		Minister of State (Minister of Health, Family Planning, Works, Housing and Urban Development)	Nehru II Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I	INC (1959–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1971)	Deputy Minister	6 March 1959	10 April 1962	3 years, 1 month and 4 days	11 years, 11 months and 15 days
							16 April 1962	16 February 1963	10 months
							16 February 1963	9 June 1964	1 year, 3 months and 24 days
							15 June 1964	13 March 1967	2 years, 8 months and 26 days
							18 March 1967	18 February 1969	1 year and 11 months
						Minister of State	18 February 1969	13 March 1971	2 years and 23 days
38	Sharad Pawar (b. 1940)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries)	Rao Manmohan Singh I Manmohan Singh II	INC (1991–1993, 2004–2014)	Cabinet Minister	26 June 1991	5 March 1993	1 year, 8 months and 7 days	11 years, 8 months and 11 days
							22 May 2004	26 May 2014	10 years and 4 days
39	D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991)		Minister of State (Minister of Health)	Nehru I Nehru II Nehru III	INC (1950–1962)	Deputy Minister	14 August 1950	12 August 1952	1 year, 11 months and 29 days	11 years, 7 months and 26 days
						Minister of State[n 10]	12 August 1952	9 April 1962	9 years, 7 months and 28 days
40	Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Steel and Mines)	Nehru III Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Rajiv Gandhi Chandra Shekhar	INC (1957–1966, 1984–1987)  SJP (R) (1990–1991)	Minister of State	17 April 1957	10 April 1962	4 years, 11 months and 24 days	11 years, 7 months and 7 days
						Cabinet Minister	10 April 1962	24 January 1966	3 years, 9 months and 14 days
							31 December 1984	31 March 1987	2 years and 3 months
							21 November 1990	21 June 1991	7 months
41	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2019)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation)	Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh	INC (1966–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1977)   JP (S) (1979–1980)	Deputy Minister	29 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 1 month and 13 days	11 years, 7 months and 2 days
							18 March 1967	10 October 1974	7 years, 6 months and 22 days
						Minister of State	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 5 months and 14 days
						Cabinet Minister	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	5 months and 15 days
42	Morarji Desai (1896–1995)		Prime Minister	Nehru III Nehru IV Indira Gandhi I Desai	INC (1956–1963, 1967–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1977)   JP (1977–1979)	Cabinet Minister	14 November 1956	31 August 1963	6 years, 9 months and 17 days	11 years, 5 months and 27 days
						Deputy Prime Minister[n 11]	13 March 1967	19 July 1969	2 years, 4 months and 6 days
						Prime Minister	24 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 4 months and 4 days
43	Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000)		Cabinet Minister (Minister of Defence)	Nehru IV Nanda I Shastri Nanda II Indira Gandhi I Indira Gandhi II Charan Singh	INC (1962–1969)   INC (R) (1969–1977)   INC (U) (1979–1980)	Cabinet Minister	10 April 1962	13 March 1967	4 years, 11 months and 3 days	11 years, 3 months and 18 days
						Cabinet Minister	24 April 1971	24 March 1977	5 years and 11 months
							30 July 1979	14 January 1980	5 months and 15 days

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