Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru: August 1947 to May 1964.

Gulazari Lal Nanda (Acting): May 1964 to June 1964.

Lal Bahadur Shastri: June 1964 to January 1966.

Gulazari Lal Nanda (Acting): January 1966 to January 1966.

Smt. Indira Gandhi: January 1966 to March 1977.

Morarji Desai: March 1977 to July 1979.

Ch. Charan Singh: July 1979 to January 1980.

Smt. Indira Gandhi: January 1980 to October 1984.

Rajiv Gandhi: October 1984 to December 1989.

V. P. Singh: December 1989 to November 1990.

Chander Shekhar: November 1990 to June 1991.

P. V. Narsimha Rao: June 1991 to May 1996.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: May 1996 to June 1996

H.D. Deve Gowda: June 1996 to April 1997.

I. K. Gujral: April 1997 to March 1998.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: March 1998 to October 1999. (Caretaker from April to October 1999)

Atal Bihari Vaypayee: October 1999 to May 2004.

Dr. Manmohan Singh: May 2004 to Till date.