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Third Vajpayee ministry
18th ministry of the Republic of India
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 partyBharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Status in legislatureCoalition
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
Election1999
Outgoing election2004
Legislature terms4 years, 7 months and 9 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

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister13 October 199922 May 2004 BJP
Deputy Prime Minister29 June 200222 May 2004 BJP
Minister of External Affairs13 October 19991 July 2002 BJP
1 July 200222 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Finance13 October 19991 July 2002 BJP
1 July 200222 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Home Affairs13 October 199922 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Defence13 October 199916 March 2001 SAP
16 March 200121 October 2001 BJP
21 October 200122 May 2004 JD(U)
Minister of Railways13 October 199916 March 2001 AITC
20 March 200122 May 2004 SAP
Minister of Science and Technology13 October 199921 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Labour22 November 19991 September 2001 BJP
1 September 200130 June 2002 JD(U)
Minister of Health and Family Welfare30 September 2000April 2004 BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas13 October 199922 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Textiles199925 May 2003 BJP
25 May 20032004 BJP
Minister of Rural Development13 October 199930 September 2000 BJP
30 September 200030 June 2002 BJP
Kashiram Rana
25 May 200322 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers13 October 199930 September 2000 SS
Sunder Lal Patwa
30 September 20007 November 2000 BJP
Minister of Mines
Naveen Patnaik[10]
13 October 19998 March 2000 BJD
Sunder Lal Patwa
7 November 20001 September 2001 BJP
1 September 200129 April 2002 LJP
26 August 200229 January 2003 BJP
29 January 20038 January 2004 BJP
Mamata Banerjee
9 January 2004May 2004 AITC
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution13 October 199930 June 2002 BJP
Sharad Yadav[12]
1 July 200215 May 2004 JD(U)
Minister of Commerce and Industry19992002 DMK
Minister of Environment and Forests13 October 199921 December 2003 DMK
9 January 200423 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Communications
Ram Vilas Paswan[15]
19991 September 2001 LJP
1 September 200129 January 2003 BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation
Sharad Yadav[17]
13 October 199931 August 2001 JD(U)
1 September 200123 May 2003 BJP
Minister without portfolio
Mamata Banerjee[18]
15 March 20018 January 2004 AITC
Minister of Law and Justice13 October 199923 July 2000 BJP
23 July 2000July 2002 BJP
July 2002January 2003 BJP
Arun Jaitley
29 January 200321 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs13 October 199929 January 2003 BJP
Sushma Swaraj[19]
30 September 200029 January 2003 BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs13 October 199922 May 2004 BJP
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises13 October 19999 May 2002 SS
Minister of Power13 October 199923 August 2000 BJP
Suresh Prabhu[24]
30 September 200024 August 2002 SS
26 August 200221 May 2004 SS

Ministers of state with independent charge

Ministers of state

Reshuffles

In a reshuffle on 29 September 2000 MVenkaiah 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]

References

  1. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13BI34.htm
  3. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  6. ^ parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MP38.htm
  7. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011.
  8. ^ articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-05-25/news/27545679_1_reshuffle-civil-aviation-induct
  9. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  10. ^ parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12or10.htm
  11. ^ www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_pix-india-s-5-stickiest-evergreen-ministers_1627932-2#top
  12. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  13. ^ parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13HP03.htm
  14. ^ www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_pix-india-s-5-stickiest-evergreen-ministers_1627932-4#top
  15. ^ www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_pix-india-s-5-stickiest-evergreen-ministers_1627932-2#top
  16. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  17. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  18. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  19. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011.
  20. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  21. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  22. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  23. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
  24. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
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