| Minister of Finance | |
|---|---|
| Vitta Mantrī | |
since 31 May 2019 | |
| Ministry of Finance | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Abbreviation | FM |
| Member of | Cabinet Cabinet Committee on Security |
| Reports to | President of India Prime Minister of India Parliament of India |
| Appointer | President on the advice of thePrime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | R. K. Shanmukham Chetty |
| Formation | 15 August 1947 |
Theminister of finance (Vitta Mantrī ) (or simply, thefinance minister, short formFM) is the head of theMinistry of Finance of theGovernment of India. One of the senior most offices of theUnion Cabinet, the finance minister is responsible for thefiscal policy of the government. A key duty of the finance minister is to present the annualUnion Budget inParliament, detailing the government's plan for taxation and spending in the comingfinancial year. Through the budget, the finance minister also outlines allocations to all the ministries and departments. The minister is assisted by theminister of state for finance and the juniordeputy minister of finance.[1][2]
There have been a number of ministers of finance that went on to become theprime minister;Morarji Desai,Charan Singh,Vishwanath Pratap Singh andManmohan Singh and also to serve as thepresident;R.Venkataraman andPranab Mukherjee. Several prime ministers have also gone on to hold the position of minister of finance.
The current finance minister of India isNirmala Sitharaman. Of all finance ministers,Pranab Mukherjee andNirmala Sitharaman had served as both cabinet ministers and ministers of state for finance.
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of Finance (1946–1947) | ||||||||||
| Liaquat Ali Khan (1895–1951) | 29 October 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 289 days | All-India Muslim League | Interim | Jawaharlal Nehru (Vice President of Executive Council) | ||||
| Minister of Finance (1947–present) | ||||||||||
| R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (1892–1953) Unelected | 15 August 1947 | 17 August 1948 | 1 year, 2 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||||
| Kshitish Chandra Neogy (1888–1970) MCA forWest Bengal | 18 August 1948 | 22 September 1948 | 36 days | |||||||
| John Matthai (1886–1959) MP forUnited Provinces | 22 September 1948 | 1 June 1950 | 1 year, 252 days | |||||||
| C. D. Deshmukh (1896–1982) MP forKolaba | 1 June 1950 | 15 April 1952 | 6 years, 53 days | |||||||
| 15 April 1952 | 24 July 1956 | Nehru II | ||||||||
| Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) MP forPhulpur (Prime Minister) | 24 July 1956 | 30 August 1956 | 37 days | |||||||
| T. T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974) MP forMadras South | 30 August 1956 | 4 April 1957 | 217 days | |||||||
| 4 April 1957 | 13 February 1958 | Nehru III | ||||||||
| Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP forSurat | 13 February 1958 | 2 April 1962 | 5 years, 199 days | |||||||
| 2 April 1962 | 31 August 1963 | Nehru IV | ||||||||
| T. T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974) MP forTiruchendur | 31 August 1963 | 27 May 1964 | 2 years, 122 days | |||||||
| 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| 9 June 1964 | 31 December 1965 | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||||
| Sachindra Chaudhuri (1903–1992) MP forGhatal | 1 January 1966 | 11 January 1966 | 1 year, 70 days | |||||||
| 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| 24 January 1966 | 12 March 1967 | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | |||||||
| Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP forSurat (Deputy Prime Minister) | 13 March 1967 | 16 July 1969 | 2 years, 125 days | Indira II | ||||||
| Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP forRae Bareli (Prime Minister) | 16 July 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 346 days | Indian National Congress (R) | ||||||
| Yashwantrao Chavan (1913–1984) MP forSatara | 27 June 1970 | 13 March 1971 | 4 years, 105 days | |||||||
| 13 March 1971 | 10 October 1974 | Indira III | ||||||||
| Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP forPalani | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 2 years, 165 days | |||||||
| Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP forSurat (Prime Minister) | 24 March 1977 | 26 March 1977 | 2 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | ||||
| Hirubhai M. Patel (1904–1993) MP forSabarkantha | 26 March 1977 | 24 January 1979 | 1 year, 304 days | |||||||
| Charan Singh (1902–1987) MP forBaghpat (Deputy Prime Minister) | 24 January 1979 | 16 July 1979 | 173 days | |||||||
| Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP forSurat (Prime Minister) | 16 July 1979 | 28 July 1979 | 12 days | |||||||
| Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (1919–1989) MP forLucknow | 28 July 1979 | 19 October 1979 | 83 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | Charan Singh | ||||
| Charan Singh (1902–1987) MP forBaghpat (Prime Minister) | 19 October 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 87 days | |||||||
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910–2009) MP forMadras South | 14 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 | 2 years, 1 day | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||||
| Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat | 15 January 1982 | 31 October 1984 | 2 years, 351 days | |||||||
| 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | |||||||
| Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | 31 December 1984 | 24 January 1987 | 2 years, 24 days | Rajiv II | ||||||
| Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP forAmethi (Prime Minister) | 24 January 1987 | 25 July 1987 | 182 days | |||||||
| N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | 25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | 336 days | |||||||
| Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004) MP forNanded | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 160 days | |||||||
| Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP forFatehpur (Prime Minister) | 2 December 1989 | 5 December 1989 | 3 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | ||||
| Madhu Dandavate (1924–2005) MP forRajapur | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 339 days | |||||||
| Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP forBallia (Prime Minister) | 10 November 1990 | 21 November 1990 | 11 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | ||||
| Yashwant Sinha (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | |||||||
| Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | 4 years, 330 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||
| Jaswant Singh (1938–2020) MP forChittorgarh | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||
| P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP forSivaganga | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 324 days | Tamil Maanila Congress | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||||
| Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar (Prime Minister) | 21 April 1997 | 1 May 1997 | 10 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||
| P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP forSivaganga | 1 May 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 322 days | Tamil Maanila Congress | ||||||
| Yashwant Sinha (born 1937) MP forHazaribagh | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 4 years, 104 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||
| 13 October 1999 | 1 July 2002 | Vajpayee III | ||||||||
| Jaswant Singh (1938–2020) Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan | 1 July 2002 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 326 days | |||||||
| P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP forSivaganga | 23 May 2004 | 30 November 2008 | 4 years, 191 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister) | 30 November 2008 | 24 January 2009 | 55 days | |||||||
| Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) MP forJangipur | 24 January 2009 | 22 May 2009 | 3 years, 154 days | |||||||
| 23 May 2009 | 26 June 2012 | Manmohan II | ||||||||
| Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam (Prime Minister) | 26 June 2012 | 31 July 2012 | 35 days | |||||||
| P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP forSivaganga | 31 July 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 299 days | |||||||
| Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat, till 2018 Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh, from 2018 | 27 May 2014 | 14 May 2018 | 3 years, 352 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | 14 May 2018 | 23 August 2018 | 101 days | |||||||
| Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | 23 August 2018 | 23 January 2019 | 153 days | |||||||
| Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | 23 January 2019 | 15 February 2019 | 23 days | |||||||
| Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | 15 February 2019 | 30 May 2019 | 104 days | |||||||
| Nirmala Sitharaman (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP forKarnataka | 31 May 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 175 days | Modi II | ||||||
| Modi III | ||||||||||
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Mahavir Tyagi (1899–1980) MP forUnited Provinces (Interim) MP forDehradun Minister of Revenue and Expenditure, from 21 August 1952 | 16 February 1951 | 13 May 1952 | 2 years, 28 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 13 May 1952 | 16 March 1953 | Nehru II | |||||||
| Arun Chandra Guha MP forBarasat Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure | 7 December 1954 | 17 April 1957 | 2 years, 131 days | ||||||
| Manilal Chaturbhai Shah Rajya Sabha MP forBombay State Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure | |||||||||
| Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907–1997) MP for Kavali Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure | 10 May 1958 | 7 April 1961 | 2 years, 332 days | Nehru III | |||||
| Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP forArrah (Coordination) | 1 November 1963 | 27 May 1964 | 221 days | Nehru IV | |||||
| 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| 13 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | 1 year, 212 days | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||
| C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Rajya Sabha MP forMysore Minister of Revenue and Expenditure | 2 January 1966 | 11 January 1966 | 22 days | ||||||
| C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Rajya Sabha MP forMysore Minister of Revenue and Expenditure | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | 13 days | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||
| Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP forArrah (Coordination) | |||||||||
| Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP forArrah | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 1 year, 48 days | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | ||||
| Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP forIndore | 14 February 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 1 year, 133 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | ||||
| Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905–1979) MP forBaramati | 7 November 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 232 days | ||||||
| Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP forMahasamund, until 1971 MP forRaipur, from 1971 | 27 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | 309 days | ||||||
| 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | Indira III | |||||||
| K. R. Ganesh (1922–2004) MP forAndaman and Nicobar Islands | 2 May 1971 | 10 October 1974 | 3 years, 161 days | ||||||
| Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) Rajya Sabha MP forWest Bengal (Revenue and Banking, from 21 December 1975) | 10 October 1974 | 24 March 1977 | 2 years, 165 days | ||||||
| Zulfiquarullah MP forSultanpur | 14 August 1977 | 15 July 1979 | 1 year, 335 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | |||
| Satish Chandra Agarwal (1928–1997) MP forJaipur | 14 August 1977 | 28 July 1979 | 1 year, 348 days | ||||||
| Nathuram Mirdha (1921–1996) MP forNagaur | 25 October 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 81 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | Charan Singh | |||
| Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP forBayana | 14 January 1980 | 6 June 1980 | 144 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| Sawai Singh Sisodiya (1919–2007) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh (Revenue and Expenditure) | 19 October 1980 | 2 September 1982 | 1 year, 318 days | ||||||
| S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao (1911–1998) MP forRajahmundry | 2 September 1982 | 7 February 1984 | 1 year, 158 days | ||||||
| S. M. Krishna (1932–2024) MP forMandya | 7 February 1984 | 7 September 1984 | 213 days | ||||||
| Janardhana Poojary (born 1937) MP forMangalore | 31 December 1984 | 14 February 1988 | 3 years, 45 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| B. K. Gadhvi (1937–2005) MP forBanaskantha | 12 May 1986 | 2 December 1989 | 3 years, 204 days | ||||||
| Brahm Dutt (1926–2014) MP forTehri Garhwal | 24 January 1987 | 25 July 1987 | 182 days | ||||||
| Ajit Kumar Panja (1936–2008) MP forCalcutta North East (Revenue) | 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 291 days | ||||||
| Eduardo Faleiro (born 1940) MP forMormugao (Economic Affairs) | 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | 1 year, 291 days | ||||||
| Dalbir Singh MP forShahdol | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | 1 year, 210 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
| Shantaram Potdukhe (1933–2018) MP forChandrapur | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | 1 year, 210 days | ||||||
| Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar | 26 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 206 days | ||||||
| M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy (1939–2001) MP forKanakapura (Revenue and Expenditure) | 18 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | 3 years, 119 days | ||||||
| Abrar Ahmed (1956–2004) Rajya Sabha MP forRajasthan | 18 January 1993 | 2 April 1994 | 1 year, 74 days | ||||||
| Debi Prasad Pal (1927–2021) MP forCalcutta North West | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 244 days | ||||||
| M. P. Veerendra Kumar (1936–2020) MP forKozhikode | 21 February 1997 | 21 April 1997 | 108 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||
| 21 April 1997 | 9 June 1997 | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
| Satpal Maharaj (born 1951) MP forGarhwal | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | |||||
| R. K. Kumar (1942–1999) Rajya Sabha MP forTamil Nadu (Revenue, Banking and Insurance) | 19 March 1998 | 22 May 1998 | 64 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| Kadambur R. Janarthanan (1929–2020) MP forTirunelveli | 22 May 1998 | 8 April 1999 | 321 days | ||||||
| Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (1932–2016) MP forKopargaon | 13 October 1999 | 1 July 2002 | 2 years, 261 days | Shiv Sena | Vajpayee III | ||||
| V. Dhananjay Kumar (1951–2019) MP forMangalore | 13 October 1999 | 30 September 2000 | 353 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| Gingee N. Ramachandran (born 1944) MP forTindivanam | 30 September 2000 | 24 May 2003 | 2 years, 236 days | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||||
| Anant Geete (born 1951) MP forRatnagiri (Banking and Expenditure) | 1 July 2002 | 26 August 2002 | 56 days | Shiv Sena | |||||
| Anandrao Vithoba Adsul (born 1947) MP forBuldhana | 26 August 2002 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 270 days | ||||||
| Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP forPanaji | 8 September 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 257 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| S. S. Palanimanickam (born 1950) MP forThanjavur (Revenue, from 29 January 2006) | 25 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 362 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP forChandigarh (Expenditure, Banking and Insurance) | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 3 years, 113 days | Indian National Congress | |||||
| S. S. Palanimanickam (born 1950) MP forThanjavur (Revenue) | 28 May 2009 | 21 March 2013 | 3 years, 297 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan II | ||||
| Namo Narain Meena (born 1943) MP forTonk–Sawai Madhopur (Expenditure, Banking and Insurance) | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 363 days | Indian National Congress | |||||
| Jesudasu Seelam (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh (Revenue) | 17 June 2013 | 26 May 2014 | 343 days | ||||||
| Nirmala Sitharaman (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP forAndhra Pradesh | 27 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 166 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| Jayant Sinha (born 1963) MP forHazaribagh | 9 November 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 1 year, 239 days | ||||||
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP forBareilly | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | 1 year, 60 days | ||||||
| Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP forBikaner | |||||||||
| Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1952) MP forKanniyakumari | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | ||||||
| Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | |||||||||
| Anurag Singh Thakur (born 1974) MP forHamirpur | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 37 days | Modi II | |||||
| Pankaj Chaudhary (born 1964) MP forMaharajganj | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | ||||||
| Bhagwat Karad (born 1956) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | |||||||||
| Pankaj Chaudhary (born 1964) MP forMaharajganj | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 165 days | Modi III | |||||
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Manilal Chaturbhai Shah Rajya Sabha MP forBombay State | 12 August 1952 | 7 December 1954 | 2 years, 117 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| Arun Chandra Guha MP forBarasat | 18 March 1953 | 7 December 1954 | 1 year, 264 days | ||||||
| Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP forArrah | 4 January 1956 | 17 April 1957 | 6 years, 96 days | ||||||
| 17 April 1957 | 10 April 1962 | Nehru III | |||||||
| Tarkeshwari Sinha (1926–2007) MP forBarh | 10 May 1958 | 10 April 1962 | 3 years, 335 days | ||||||
| Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP forArrah | 16 April 1962 | 21 September 1963 | 1 year, 158 days | Nehru IV | |||||
| Tarkeshwari Sinha (1926–2007) MP forBarh | 16 April 1962 | 27 May 1964 | 2 years, 54 days | ||||||
| 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| Rameshwar Sahu MP forRosera | 1 October 1964 | 11 January 1966 | 1 year, 102 days | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||
| 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| Lalit Narayan Mishra (1923–1975) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 1 year, 48 days | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | ||||
| Jagannath Pahadia (1932–1991) MP forBayana | 13 November 1967 | 17 October 1969 | 1 year, 338 days | Indira II | |||||
| K. R. Ganesh (1922–2004) MP forAndaman and Nicobar Islands | 26 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | 310 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | ||||
| 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | Indira III | |||||||
| Sushila Rohatgi (1921–1911) MP forBilhaur | 2 May 1971 | 24 March 1977 | 5 years, 326 days | ||||||
| Maganbhai Barot (1927–2011) MP forAhmedabad | 8 June 1980 | 15 January 1982 | 1 year, 221 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| Janardhana Poojary (born 1937) MP forMangalore (Banking and Insurance) | 15 January 1982 | 31 October 1984 | 2 years, 290 days | ||||||
| 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| Anil Shastri MP forVaranasi | 23 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | 201 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | |||
| Digvijay Singh (1955–2010) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |||
| # | Finance Minister | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total tenure | ||||
| 1 | P Chidambaram | INC(I) | 4 years, 191 days | 8 years, 38 days | |
| 2 | Morarji Desai | INC | 5 years, 199 days | 7 years, 338 days | |
| 3 | Nirmala Sitharaman | BJP | 6 years, 176 days | 6 years, 176 days | |
| 4 | Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 6 years, 140 days | ||
| 5 | C. D. Deshmukh | INC | 6 years, 53 days | 6 years, 53 days | |