The Prime Minister of India is Head of the Government and is the leader of the political party having majority in Parliament. He is the most senior minister of cabinet in executive branch of India government. He is the one who selects and dismisses other members of cabinet and allocates the posts to them. The Prime Minister is appointed by the honourable President of India. The incumbent prime minister is Mr. Manmohan Singh since May 22, 2004. The brief details of our former Prime Ministers is as follows:
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru (1889-1964): Term of Office- August 15, 1947 to May 27, 1964 (16 Years, 9 Months, 12 Days).
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Phoolpur (UP) in 1951, 1957, 1962.
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Sh. Guljari Lal Nanda (1898-1998):
Term of Office- May 27, 1964 to June 9, 1964 (13 Days).
Served only as a Care-taker Prime Minister.
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Sabarkantha in 1962.
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Sh. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966):
Term of Office- June 9, 1964 to January 11, 1966 (1 Year, 7 Months, 2 Days).
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Allahabad in 1962.
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Sh. Guljari Lal Nanda (1898-1998): Term of Office- January 11, 1966 to January 24, 1966 (13 Days).
Served only as a Care-taker Prime Minister.
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Sabarkantha in 1962.
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Smt. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984):
Term of Office- January 24, 1966 to March 24, 1977 (11 Years, 2 Months).
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Ray Bareilly in 1962, 1967, 1971.
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Sh. Morarji Desai (1896-1995):
Term of Office- March 24, 1977 to July 28, 1979 (2 Years, 4 Months, 4 Days).
Party: Janta Party. Elected MP from Surat (Gujrat) in 1977.
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Ch. Charan Singh (1902-1987):
Term of Office- July 28, 1979 to January 14, 1980 (5 Months, 17 Days).
Party: Janta Party (Secular). Elected MP from Bhagpat in 1977.
*He was only Prime Minister who could not attend even a single session of Lok Sabha.
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Smt. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984):
Term of Office- January 14, 1980 to October 31, 1984 (4 Years, 9 Months, 17 Days).
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Ray Bareilly in 1980.
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Sh. Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991):
Term of Office- October 31, 1984 to December 2, 1989 (5 Years, 1 Month, 2 Days).
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Amethi in 1984.
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Sh. V. P. Singh (1944-1991):
Term of Office- December 2, 1989 to November 10, 1990 (11 Months, 8 Days).
Party: Janta Dal (National). Elected MP from Fatehpur in 1989.
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Sh. Chandra Shekhar (1927-2007): Term of Office- November 10, 1990 to June 21, 1991 (7 Months, 11 Days).
Sh. P. V. Narsimha Rao (1921-2004): Term of Office- June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996 (4 Years, 10 Months, 25 Days).
Party: Indian National Congress. Elected MP from Nandiyal in 1991.
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Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ):
Term of Office- May 16, 1996 to June 1, 1996 (16 Days).
Party: Bhartiya Janta Party. Elected MP from Lucknow in 1996.
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Sh. H. D. Devegouda (1933 - ):
Term of Office- June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997 (10 Months, 20 Days).
Sh. I. K. Gujral (1919 - ): Term of Office- April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998 (10 Months, 28 Days).
Party: Janta Dal (United). MP(Rajya Sabha) from Bihar.
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Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ):
Term of Office- March 19, 1998 to May 22, 2004 (6 Years, 2 Months, 3 Days).
Sr. Manmohan Singh (1932 - ): Term of Office- Since May 22, 2004 (till date) More than 7 years so far.
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