Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
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Leader of the House in Lok Sabha | |
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Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā | |
Member of | Lok Sabha |
Reports to | Parliament of India |
Formation | May 1952 |
First holder | Jawaharlal Nehru (1952–1964) |
Leader of the House in Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā) is the Prime Minister by default if she/he is a member of the Lok Sabha. The Leader of the House serves as the parliamentary chairperson of the majority party in the house. If the Prime Minister is not a member of the Lower House of Parliament, she/he can nominate another minister as the Leader of the House.[1]
List[edit]
No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 13 May 1952 | 4 April 1957 | |
5 April 1957 | 31 March 1962 | |||
2 April 1962 | 27 May 1964 | |||
2 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | |
3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | |
(2) | Gulzarilal Nanda | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | |
4 | Satya Narayan Sinha [1] | 14 February 1966 | 3 March 1967 | |
5 | Indira Gandhi | 14 March 1967 | 27 December 1970 | |
15 March 1971 | 18 January 1977 | |||
6 | Morarji Desai | 23 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | |
7 | Charan Singh | 28 July 1979 | 22 August 1979 | |
(5) | Indira Gandhi | 10 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | |
8 | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | |
31 December 1984 | 27 November 1989 | |||
9 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | |
10 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 | 13 March 1991 | |
11 | Arjun Singh [Note 2] | 10 July 1991 | 20 November 1991 | |
12 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 6 December 1991 | 10 May 1996 | |
13 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 01 June 1996 | |
14 | Ram Vilas Paswan [Note 3] | 11 June 1996 | 4 December 1997 | |
(13) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 March 1998 | 26 April 1999 | |
13 October 1999 | 6 February 2004 | |||
15 | Pranab Mukherjee [Note 4] | 25 May 2004 | 18 May 2009 | |
03 June 2009 | 26 June 2012 | |||
16 | Sushilkumar Shinde [Note 4] [Note 5] | 3 August 2012 | 18 May 2014 | |
17 | Narendra Modi | 26 May 2014 | Incumbent |
Footnotes[edit]
- 1) ^ During this period, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was member of Rajya Sabha.
- 2) ^ During the time gap in between Chandra Shekhar's resignation and election of P. V. Narasimha Rao, the leader of the house was Arjun Singh.
- 3) ^ During this period, Prime Ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral were members of Rajya Sabha.
- 4) ^ During this period, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was member of Rajya Sabha.
- 5) ^ After Pranab Mukherjee was elected as the President of India, Sushilkumar Shinde took over as the Leader of House.[2]
See also[edit]
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
- Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
- Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
- Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
References[edit]
- ↑ "Lok Sabha". /legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ "Sushilkumar Shinde takes over as leader of the House in Lok Sabha". The Times of India. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2019.