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Third Vajpayee ministry
18th ministry of the Republic of India
The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivering his speech at the 12th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan on January 4, 2004 (1) (cropped).jpg
Date formed13 October 1999
Date dissolved22 May 2004
People and organisations
Head of stateK. R. Narayanan (until 25 July 2002)
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(from 25 July 2002)
Head of governmentAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Deputy head of governmentL. K. Advani
Member parties
Status in legislatureCoalition
299 / 545 (55%)
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
(Congress alliance)
Opposition leaderSonia Gandhi (in Lok Sabha)
(13 October 1999 – 6 February 2004)
Manmohan Singh (in Rajya Sabha)
(21 March 1998 – 21 May 2004)
History
Election(s)1999
Outgoing election2004
Legislature term(s)4 years, 222 days
PredecessorSecond Vajpayee ministry
SuccessorFirst Manmohan Singh ministry

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999. He headed his Third Vajpayee Ministry. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry.

Cabinet ministers[edit]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani[1]29 June 200222 May 2004BJP
Minister of Home Affairs L. K. Advani13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Minister of External Affairs Jaswant Singh13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 Yashwant Sinha1 July 200222 May 2004BJP
Minister of Finance Yashwant Sinha13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 Jaswant Singh1 July 200222 May 2004BJP
Minister of Defence George Fernandes[2]13 October 199916 March 2001Samta Party
 Jaswant Singh18 March 200115 October 2001BJP
 George Fernandes15 October 200122 May 2004Samta Party
Minister of Agriculture Nitish Kumar22 November 19993 March 2000Samta Party
 Sunder Lal Patwa6 March 200027 May 2000BJP
 Nitish Kumar27 May 200022 July 2001Samta Party
 Ajit Singh22 July 200124 May 2003RLD
 Rajnath Singh24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shanta Kumar[4]13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 Sharad Yadav[3]1 July 200222 May 2004JD(U)
Minister of Labour Satyanarain Jatia[5]22 November 19991 September 2001BJP
 Sharad Yadav[6]1 September 20011 July 2002JD(U)
 Sahib Singh Verma1 July 200222 May 2004BJP
Minister of Commerce and Industry Murasoli Maran13 October 19999 November 2002DMK
 Arun Shourie9 November 200229 January 2003BJP
 Arun Jaitley29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Smll Scale Industries, Agro and Rural Industries Vasundhara Raje
(Independent Charge)
13 October 19991 September 2001BJP
Minister of Small Scale Industries Vasundhara Raje
(Independent Charge)
1 September 200129 January 2003BJP
 C. P. Thakur29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Agro & Rural Industries Kariya Munda1 September 200129 January 2003BJP
 Sangh Priya Gautam
(Independent Charge)
29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Textiles Kashiram Rana13 October 199924 May 2003BJP
 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain[7]24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Manohar Joshi[8]13 October 19999 May 2002SHS
 Suresh Prabhu9 May 20021 July 2002SHS
 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil1 July 200224 May 2003SHS
 Subodh Mohite24 May 200322 May 2004SHS
Minister of Law and Justice Ram Jethmalani13 October 199923 July 2000BJP
 Arun Jaitley
(Independent Charge)
24 July 20001 July 2002BJP
 Jana Krishnamurthy1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Arun Jaitley29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Information & Broadcasting Arun Jaitley
(Independent Charge)
13 October 199930 September 2000BJP
 Sushma Swaraj30 September 200029 January 2003BJP
 Ravi Shankar Prasad
(Independent Charge)
29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pramod Mahajan[10]13 October 199929 January 2003BJP
 Sushma Swaraj[9]29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Education
Minister of Science & Technology
 Murli Manohar Joshi13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare N. T. Shanmugam13 October 199927 May 2000PMK
 C. P. Thakur27 May 20001 July 2002BJP
 Shatrughan Sinha1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Sushma Swaraj[11]29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitish Kumar13 October 199922 November 1999Samta Party
 Rajnath Singh22 November 199925 October 2000BJP
 B. C. Khanduri
(Independent Charge till 24 May 2003)
7 November 200022 May 2004BJP
Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee[12]13 October 199916 March 2001AITC
 Nitish Kumar20 March 200122 May 2004Samta Party
Minister of Civil Aviation Sharad Yadav[13]13 October 19991 September 2001JD(U)
 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain[14]1 September 200124 May 2003BJP
 Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(Independent Charge)
24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Shipping Arun Jaitley7 November 20001 September 2001BJP
 Ved Prakash Goyal1 September 200129 January 2003BJP
 Shatrughan Sinha29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Rural Development Sunder Lal Patwa13 October 199930 September 2000BJP
 Venkaiah Naidu30 September 20001 July 2002BJP
 Shanta Kumar1 July 20026 April 2003BJP
 Ananth Kumar6 April 200324 May 2003BJP
 Kashiram Rana24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Urban Development Jagmohan13 October 19991 September 2001BJP
 Ananth Kumar1 September 200112 July 2003BJP
 B. C. Khanduri12 July 20038 September 2003BJP
 Bandaru Dattatreya
(Independent Charge)
8 September 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Communications Ram Vilas Paswan13 October 19991 September 2001JD(U)
 Pramod Mahajan1 September 200129 January 2003BJP
 Arun Shourie29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Water Resources Pramod Mahajan13 October 199922 November 1999BJP
 C. P. Thakur22 November 199927 May 2000BJP
 Arjun Charan Sethi27 May 200022 May 2004BJD
Minister of Coal N. T. Shanmugam
(Independent Charge)
27 May 20007 February 2001PMK
 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(Independent Charge)
8 February 20011 September 2001BJP
 Ram Vilas Paswan1 September 200029 April 2004JD(U)
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee29 April 20021 July 2002BJP
 L. K. Advani1 July 200226 August 2002BJP
 Uma Bharti26 August 200229 January 2003BJP
 Kariya Munda29 January 20039 January 2004BJP
 Mamta Banerjee9 January 200422 May 2004AITC
Minister of Mines Naveen Patnaik[15]13 October 19994 March 2000BJD
 P R Kumaramangalam6 March 200027 May 2000BJP
 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa27 May 20007 November 2000SAD
 Sunder Lal Patwa7 November 20001 September 2001BJP
 Ram Vilas Paswan[16]1 September 200129 April 2002JD(U)
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee29 April 20021 July 2002BJP
 L. K. Advani1 July 200226 August 2002BJP
 Uma Bharti26 August 200229 January 2003BJP
 Ramesh Bais29 January 20038 January 2004BJP
 Mamata Banerjee9 January 2004May 2004AITC
Minister of Environment and Forests T. R. Baalu[17]13 October 199921 December 2003DMK
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee21 December 20039 January 2004BJP
 Ramesh Bais9 January 200423 May 2004BJP
Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources M. Kannappan13 October 199930 December 2003DMK
 Kariya Munda9 January 200422 May 2004BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ram Naik13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Minister of Power P R Kumaramangalam[18]13 October 199923 August 2000BJP
 Suresh Prabhu[19]30 September 200024 August 2002SHS
 Anant Geete24 August 200222 May 2004SHS
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Suresh Prabhu[20]13 October 199930 September 2000SHS
 Sunder Lal Patwa30 September 20007 November 2000BJP
 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa7 November 200022 May 2004SAD
Minister of Steel Dilip Ray
(Independent Charge)
13 October 199927 May 2000BJD
 Braja Kishore Tripathy
(Independent Charge)
27 May 200022 May 2004BJD
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Arun Shourie1 September 200129 January 2003BJP
 C P Thakur29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Maneka Gandhi
(Independent Charge)
13 October 19991 September 2001Independent
 Satyanarayan Jatiya1 September 200122 May 2004BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram[21]13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Minister of Tourism Uma Bharti
(Independent Charge)
13 October 19992 February 2000BJP
 Ananth Kumar2 February 20001 September 2001BJP
 Jagmohan1 September 200122 May 2004BJP
Minister of Culture Ananth Kumar13 October 19991 September 2001BJP
 Maneka Gandhi
(Independent Charge)
1 September 200118 November 2001Independent
 Jagmohan18 November 200122 May 2004BJP
Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Ananth Kumar13 October 19992 February 2000BJP
 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa2 February 20007 November 2000SAD
 Uma Bharti7 November 200026 August 2002BJP
 Vikram Verma26 August 200222 May 2004BJP

Ministers of state[edit]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Minister of state in the Ministry of Home Affairs I. D. Swami13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
 C. Vidyasagar Rao13 October 199929 January 2003BJP
 Harin Pathak29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
 Swami Chinmayanand24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Finance V. Dhananjay Kumar13 October 199930 September 2000BJP
 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil13 October 19991 July 2002SHS
 Gingee N. Ramachandran30 September 200024 May 2003MDMK
 Anant Geete1 July 200226 August 2002SHS
 Anandrao Vithoba Adsul26 August 200222 May 2004SHS
 Shripad Naik8 September 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Defence Bachi Singh Rawat13 October 199922 November 1999BJP
 Harin Pathak13 October 199914 November 2000BJP
 Krishnam Raju22 July 20011 July 2002BJP
 Harin Pathak15 October 200129 January 2003BJP
 Chaman Lal Gupta1 July 200222 May 2004BJP
 O. Rajagopal29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of External Affairs Ajit Kumar Panja13 October 199916 March 2001AITC
 Krishnam Raju30 September 200022 July 2001BJP
 Omar Abdullah22 July 200123 December 2002Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
 Digvijay Singh1 July 200222 May 2004JD(U)
 Vinod Khanna29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Agriculture Syed Shahnawaz Hussain13 October 199927 May 2000BJP
 S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao13 October 19992 September 2000BJP
 Hukmdev Narayan Yadav13 October 199927 May 2000BJP
 Thounaojam Chaoba Singh27 May 20001 September 2001Manipur State Congress Party
 Debendra Pradhan27 May 200029 January 2003BJP
 Shripad Naik30 September 20002 November 2001BJP
 Hukmdev Narayan Yadav2 November 200122 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Srinivasa Prasad13 October 19996 March 2004JD(U)
 Sriram Chauhan22 November 19991 September 2001BJP
 Ashok Kumar Pradhan1 September 20011 July 2002BJP
 Krishnam Raju1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Subhash Maharia29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Labour and Employment Muni Lall13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 Ashok Kumar Pradhan1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Vijay Goel29 January 200324 May 2003BJP
 Santosh Gangwar24 May 20038 September 2003BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Raman Singh13 October 199929 January 2003BJP
 Omar Abdullah13 October 199922 July 2001Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
 Digvijay Singh22 July 20011 September 2001JD(U)
 Rajiv Pratap Rudy1 September 200224 May 2003BJP
 C. Vidyasagar Rao29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
 Satyabrata Mookherjee5 June 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Textiles Gingee N. Ramachandran13 October 199930 September 2000MDMK
 V. Dhananjay Kumar30 September 20001 July 2002BJP
 Basangouda Patil Yatnal1 July 20028 September 2003BJP
 Gingee N. Ramachandran8 September 200330 December 2003MDMK
Minister of state in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vallabhbhai Kathiria13 October 199929 January 2003BJP
 Santosh Gangwar8 September 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Law and Justice O. Rajagopal13 October 199924 July 2000BJP
 Ravi Shankar Prasad1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 P. C. Thomas24 May 200322 May 2004Kerala Congress (M)
Minister of state in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ramesh Bais30 September 200029 January 2003BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Sriram Chauhan13 October 199922 November 1999BJP
 Faggan Singh Kulaste13 October 199922 November 1999BJP
 O. Rajagopal22 November 199922 May 2004BJP
 Bhavna Chikhalia29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
 Vijay Goel29 January 200324 May 2003BJP
 Santosh Gangwar24 May 20038 September 2003BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Education Sumitra Mahajan13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil13 October 199927 May 2000BJP
 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain30 September 20008 February 2001BJP
 Rita Verma1 September 200129 January 2003BJP
 Jaskaur Meena29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
 Ashok Kumar Pradhan29 January 200324 May 2003BJP
 Vallabhbhai Kathiria30 January 20039 January 2004BJP
 Sanjay Paswan24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Rita Verma27 May 200030 September 2000BJP
 A. Raja30 September 200021 December 2003DMK
 Vallabhbhai Kathiria9 January 200422 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Debendra Pradhan13 October 199927 May 2000BJP
 Hukumdev Narayan Yadav27 May 20002 November 2001BJP
 Shripad Naik24 May 20038 September 2003BJP
 Pon Radhakrishnan8 September 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Minister of Railways Digvijay Singh13 October 19991 July 2002JD(U)
 Bangaru Laxman22 November 199931 August 2000BJP
 O. Rajagopal31 August 20001 July 2002BJP
 Bandaru Dattatreya1 July 20028 September 2003BJP
 A. K. Moorthy1 July 200215 January 2004PMK
 Basangouda Patil Yatnal8 September 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Chaman Lal Gupta13 October 19991 September 2001BJP
 Shripad Naik1 July 200224 May 2003BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Shipping Hukumdev Narayan Yadav7 November 20002 November 2001BJP
 Shripad Naik2 November 200114 May 2002BJP
 Su. Thirunavukkarasar1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Dilipkumar Gandhi29 January 200315 March 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Rural Development Subhash Maharia13 October 199929 January 2003BJP
 A. Raja13 October 199930 September 2000DMK
 Rita Verma30 September 20001 September 2001BJP
 Krishnam Raju29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Urban Development Bandaru Dattatreya13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 O. Rajagopal1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Pon Radhakrishnan29 January 20038 September 2003BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Communications and Technology Tapan Sikdar13 October 19991 July 2002BJP
 Sanjay Paswan1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Sumitra Mahajan1 July 200224 May 2003BJP
 Su. Thirunavukkarasar29 January 200322 May 2004BJP
 Ashok Kumar Pradhan24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Water Resources Bijoya Chakravarty13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Coal Ravi Shankar Prasad1 September 20011 July 2002BJP
 Prahlad Singh Patel24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Mines Rita Verma13 October 199927 May 2000BJP
 Jaysinghrao Gaikwad Patil27 May 20001 September 2001BJP
 Ravi Shankar Prasad1 September 20011 July 2002BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Environment and Forest Babulal Marandi13 October 19997 November 2000BJP
 Dilip Singh Judeo29 January 200317 November 2003BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas E. Ponnuswamy13 October 19997 February 2001PMK
 Santosh Gangwar22 November 199924 May 2003BJP
 Sumitra Mahajan24 May 200322 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Power Jayawantiben Mehta13 October 199922 May 2004BJP
Minister of state in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ramesh Bais13 October 199930 September 2000BJP
 Satyabrata Mookherjee30 September 20001 July 2002BJP
 Tapan Sikdar1 July 200229 January 2003BJP
 Chhatrapal Singh Lodha29 January 200316 March 2004BJP

Demographics of the Council of Ministers[edit]

Party Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State(Independent Charge) Ministers of State Total
Bharatiya Janata Party 30 4 21 55
Shiv Sena 4 0 0 4
Samta Party 2 0 0 2
Lok Janshakti Party 1 0 0 1
All India Trinamool Congress 1 0 1 2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 0 2 4
Biju Janata Dal 1 2 0 3
Janata Dal (United) 1 0 0 1

Reshuffles[edit]

In a reshuffle on 29 September 2000, Venkaiah Naidu and Sushma Swaraj were inducted in the ministry as cabinet ministers and Shripad Yasso Naik (Goa), Satyabrata Mukherjee (West Bengal), Kanyakumari MP P.Radhakrishnan and film star-turned-MP U V Krishnam Raju (Andhra Pradesh) as minister of state. Later that year Uma Bharti was elevated to cabinet rank.[1][[File:[2]]]

In a reshuffle in 2001 Vajpayee inducted Karia Munda, Ved Prakash Goyal, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and Tapan Sikdar as Cabinet ministers and Anna Sahib Patil, Ashok Pradhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajiv Pratap Rudy as ministers of state.[3]

In a reshuffle in 2002 he dropped four ministers and inducted four new cabinet ministers and nine new ministers of state. New cabinet ministers were: Shatrughan Sinha, Sahib Singh Verma, Jana Krishnamurthy, Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. The new ministers of state were: Basangouda Patil, Sanjay Paswan, Shripad Yasso Naik, Vinod Khanna, Nikhil Chaudhary, S.Thirunavukarasar, Anant Geete and A. K. Moorthy .[4]

In a reshuffle in 2003 Vajpayee inducted three new cabinet rank ministers and five ministers of state . The new cabinet ministers were :Rajnath Singh, B.C. Khanduri and Subodh Mohite. The new ministers of state were : Chinmayanand Swami (BJP), Kailash Meghwal (BJP), Nagmani (Rashtriya Janata Dal-Democratic), Prahlad Singh Patel (BJP) and P.C. Thomas (Indian Federal Democratic Party).[5]

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