PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA LIST

 

List of Prime Ministers of India from 1947 to 2022

Narendra Modi is the current and 14th Prime Minister of India who assumed office on 26 May 2014. Jawaharlal Nehru is the first and the longest-serving Prime Minister of India while Indira Gandhi is the first and only female Prime Minister of India.

List of all Prime Ministers of India: Narendra Modi is the current and 14th Prime Minister of India. He would become the fourth Indian Prime Minister to serve two consecutive terms on the post and would be the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India who would complete two consecutive terms. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the Prime Minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, though the President of India is the Constitutional, nominal and ceremonial head of the State. 

 All Prime Ministers of India List from 1947 to 2022

S.N.	Name	Born-Dead	Term of office	Remark
1.	Jawahar Lal Nehru	(1889–1964)	15 August 1947 to 27 May 1964 16 years, 286 days	The first prime minister of India and the longest-serving PM of India, the first to die in office.
2.	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)	(1898-1998)	27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964, 13 days	First acting PM of India
3.	Lal Bahadur Shastri	(1904–1966)	9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966 1 year, 216 days	He has given the slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' during the Indo-Pak war of 1965
4.	Gulzari Lal Nanda  (Acting)	(1898-1998)	11 January 1966 to 24 January 1966 13 days	-
5.	Indira Gandhi	(1917–1984)	24 January 1966 to 24 March 1977 11 years, 59 days	First female Prime Minister of India
6.	Morarji Desai	(1896–1995)	24 March 1977 to  28 July 1979  2 year, 126 days	Oldest to become PM (81 years old) and first to resign from office
7.	Charan Singh	(1902–1987)	28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980 170 days	Only PM who did not face the Parliament
8.	Indira Gandhi	(1917–1984)	14 January 1980 to 31 October 1984 4 years, 291 days	The first lady who served as PM for the second term
9.	Rajiv Gandhi	(1944–1991)	31 October 1984 to 2 December 1989 5 years, 32 days	Youngest to become PM (40 years old)
10.	V. P. Singh	(1931–2008)	2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990 343 days	First PM to step down after a vote of no confidence
11.	Chandra Shekhar	(1927–2007)	10 November 1990 to 21 June 1991 223 days	He belongs to  Samajwadi Janata Party
12.	P. V. Narasimha Rao	(1921–2004)	21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 4 years, 330 days	First PM from south India
13.	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	(1924- 2018)	16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996 16 days	PM for shortest tenure
14.	H. D. Deve Gowda	(born 1933)	1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 324 days	He belongs to  Janata Dal
15.	Inder Kumar Gujral	(1919–2012)	21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998  332 days	------
16.	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	(1924-2018)	19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004  6 years, 64 days	The first non-congress PM who completed a full term as PM
17.	Manmohan Singh	(born 1932)	22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014    10 years, 4 days	First Sikh PM
18.	Narendra Modi	(born 1950)	26 May 2014 - Present	4th Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures

Article 75 of the Indian Constitution envisages that there will be a Prime Minister who shall be appointed by the President of India. Prime Minister is the leader of the Cabinet Ministers. The main executive powers of the government are vested in the Prime Minister while the President is the nominal head of the State. Article 78 of the Indian Constitution specifies the duties of the Prime Minister of India. He acts as a link between the President and Cabinet while discharging his duties.

Prime Minister of India determines the dates of its meetings and programmes for the Parliament session. He also decides when the House has to be prorogued or dissolved. As a chief spokesman, he makes the announcement of principal government policies and answers questions.

Prime Minister (PM) recommends President regarding the appointment of many officers, he allocates and reshuffles various portfolios among Ministers, he presides over the meeting of the Council of Ministers and influences their decisions. The Prime Minister can ask any member to resign or recommend the President to remove any Minister.

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