Chandra Shekhar ministry

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Chandra Shekhar ministry

12th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed10 November 1990
Date dissolved21 June 1991
People and organisations
Head of stateR. Venkataraman
Head of governmentChandra Shekhar
Member partySamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
(initially supported by Indian National Congress)
Status in legislatureCoalition
261 / 543 (48%)
Opposition leaderRajiv Gandhi (INC)
(until 23 December 1990)
Lal Krishna Advani (BJP)
(24 December 1990 – 13 March 1991)
History
Outgoing election1991
Legislature term(s)7 months and 11 days
PredecessorV. P. Singh ministry
SuccessorP. V. Narasimha Rao ministry

Chandra Shekhar was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 10 November 1990.[1] In his ministry, the ministers were as follows.

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar[1]10 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Deputy Prime Ministers Chaudhary Devi Lal10 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of Finance Yashwant Sinha[2]10 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of Home Affairs Chandra Shekhar10 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of External Affairs Vidya Charan Shukla21 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of Defence Chandra Shekhar21 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of Railways Janeshwar Mishra[3]21 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of Law and Justice Subramanian Swamy21 November 199021 June 1991JP
Minister of Commerce Subramanian Swamy21 November 199021 June 1991JP
Minister of Telecommunications Sanjay Singh21 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Minister of Water Resources Manubhai Kotadia21 November 199025 April 1990Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Ministry of Surface Transport Manubhai Kotadia21 November 199025 April 1990Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Ministry of Energy Kalyan Singh Kalvi21 November 199025 April 1990Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

  • Maneka Gandhi, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests.[4]
  • Sanjaya Sinh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications.[4]
  • Harmohan Dhawan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviations.[4]

Ministers of State

Deputy Ministers

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sanjoy Hazarika (10 November 1990). "Rival of Singh Becomes India Premier". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Railway Ministers of Independent India at the Indian Railways Fan Club
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 "No.55/1/1/90-Cab" (PDF). Cabinet Secretriat (Government of India). 21 November 1990.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Bihar's official crossover continues, IGP takes VRS for political innings". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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