Rajya Sabha
Leadership of the Rajya Sabha
Leader of the Rajya Sabha
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
Indian National Congress
1980 – 1984
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1960.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 – present
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Janata Party
1980
Manmohan Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1932; d. December 26 2024.
Indian National Congress
1998 – 2004
Members of the Rajya Sabha
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Assam
Manmohan Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1932; d. December 26 2024.
Indian National Congress
1991 – 2019
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Bihar
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
Janata Dal (United)
2009 – 2010
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Gujarat
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1976 – 1977); Janata Party (1977 – 1980); Bharatiya Janata Party (1980 – 1982)
1976 – 1982
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
Indian National Congress (1981 – 1986); Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress (1986 – 1987)
1981 – 1987
Shankersinh Vaghela
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1940.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1984 – 1990
Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 21 1941.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1994 – 1998
Keshubhai Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1928; d. October 29 2020.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 – 2008
Amitbhai Anilchandra “Amit” Shah
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1964.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2017 – 2019
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1955.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 – present
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1960.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 – present
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Haryana
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1990 – 1996
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Himachal Pradesh
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1960.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 – 2024
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 – 2016
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Madhya Pradesh
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1982 – 1988
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1986 – 1991
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1988 – 1989
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2006 – 2009
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Bombay State
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1891; d. December 6 1956.
All-India Scheduled Castes Federation
1952 – 1956
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Maharashtra
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
Indian National Congress
1992 – 1998
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
Indian National Congress
2006 – 2009
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2016 – 2017
Manmohan Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1932; d. December 26 2024.
Indian National Congress
2019 – 2024
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962 – 1967
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
Indian National Congress
1964 – 1967
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1992 – 1996
Ram Nath Kovind
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1945.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1994 – 2006
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1994 – 2001
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 – 2008
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 – 2006
Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for West Bengal
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
Bangla Congress (1969 – 1972); Indian National Congress (1972 – 1981)
1969 – 1981
Lok Sabha
Leadership of the Lok Sabha
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Sumitra Mahajan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1943.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – 2019
Om Birla
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1962.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 – present
Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
Indian National Congress
2004 – 2012
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
Indian National Congress
2012 – 2014
Narendra Damodardas Modi
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1950.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – present
Deputy Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha
Gopinathrao Pandurag “Gopinath” Munde
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1949; d. June 3 2014.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – present
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1990 – 1993
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 – 2009
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 – 2014
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1970.
Indian National Congress
2024 – present
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
Gopinathrao Pandurag “Gopinath” Munde
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1949; d. June 3 2014.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 – 2014
Members of the Lok Sabha
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Medak, Andhra Pradesh
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
Indian National Congress
1980 – 1984
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Muzaffarpur, Bihar
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
Janata Party (1977 – 1979); Janata Party (Secular) (1979 – 1980); Janata Party (1980 – 1984)
1977 – 1984
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
Janata Dal (1989 – 1994); Samata Party (1994 – 1996)
1989 – 1996
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
Janata Dal (United)
2004 – 2009
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Nalanda, Bihar
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
Samata Party (1996 – 2003); Janata Dal (United) (2003 – 2004)
1996 – 2004
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for New Delhi, Delhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Janata Party (1977 – 1980); Bharatiya Janata Party (1980 – 1984)
1977 – 1984
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989 – 1996
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for South Delhi, Delhi
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 – 1999
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Ehsan Jafri
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1929; d. February 28 2002.
Indian National Congress
1977 – 1980
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Shankersinh Vaghela
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1940.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989 – 1991
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 – 2019
Amitbhai Anilchandra “Amit” Shah
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1964.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 – present
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Godhra, Gujarat
Shankersinh Vaghela
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1940.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 – 1996
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Kapadvanj, Gujarat
Shankersinh Vaghela
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1940.
Janata Party
1977 – 1980
Shankersinh Vaghela
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1940.
Indian National Congress
1999 – 2009
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Rajkot, Gujarat
Keshubhai Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1928; d. October 29 2020.
Janata Party
1977 – 1980
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Chikmagular, Karnataka
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
Indian National Congress
1978 – 1980
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Wayanad, Kerala
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1970.
Indian National Congress
2019 – 2024
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 – 1977
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Sumitra Mahajan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1943.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989 – 2019
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 – 2019
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Beed, Maharashtra
Gopinathrao Pandurag “Gopinath” Munde
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1949; d. June 3 2014.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 – 2014
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Mumbai South, Maharashtra
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
Samyutka Socialist Party
1967 – 1971
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Nagpur, Maharashtra
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1957.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – present
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Solapur, Maharashtra
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
Indian National Congress
1998 – 2003
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
Indian National Congress
2009 – 2014
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1951.
Janata Dal
1989 – 1991
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Kota, Rajasthan
Om Birla
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1962.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – present
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 – 2004
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1970.
Indian National Congress
2004 – 2019
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1957 – 1962
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 – 1971
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 – 2014
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – 2019
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 – 2009
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – present
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
Indian National Congress (1967 – 1969); Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) (1969 – 1977)
1967 – 1977
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1970.
Indian National Congress
2019 – present
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 – 2014
Narendra Damodardas Modi
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1950.
Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 – present
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Almora, Uttarakhand
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
Janata Party
1977 – 1980
Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Jangipur, West Bengal
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
Indian National Congress
2004 – 2012