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The Finance Minister of India is a cabinet position in the Government of India. He drafts the general budget of the country, and is in charge of the national economy. P. Chidambaram is the current incumbent.
Finance Minister |
Term |
Education |
Liaquat Ali Khan |
1946-1947 (interim government) |
Aligarh Muslim University; University of Oxford |
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty |
1947-1949
K.C.Neogy (1949-only for 35 days)
|
John Mathai |
1949-1951 |
University of Oxford |
Chintamanrao Deshmukh |
1951-1957 |
Jesus College, Cambridge |
T. T. Krishnamachari |
1957-1958 |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1958-1959 |
Trinity College, Cambridge; Middle Temple |
Morarji Desai |
1959-1964 |
Wilson College, Mumbai |
T. T. Krishnamachari |
1964-1967 |
Morarji Desai |
1967-1970 |
Wilson College, Mumbai |
Indira Gandhi |
1970-1971 |
Visva-Bharati University; University of Oxford |
Yashwantrao Chavan |
1971-1975 |
C. Subramaniam |
1975-1977 |
University of Madras |
Morarji Desai |
1977-1979 |
Wilson College, Mumbai |
Choudhary Charan Singh |
1979-1980 |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
1980-1982 |
University of Madras |
Pranab Mukherjee |
1982-1985 |
University of Calcutta |
V.P. Singh |
1985-1987 |
University of Allahabad; University of Pune |
S.B. Chavan |
1987-1990 |
Madhu Dandavate |
1990-1991 |
Manmohan Singh |
1991-1996 |
Panjab University, Chandigarh; St John's College, Cambridge; Nuffield College, Oxford |
P.Chidambaram |
1996-1998 |
University of Madras; Harvard Business School, Cambridge |
Yashwant Sinha |
1998-2002 |
Patna University |
Jaswant Singh |
2002-2004 |
P.Chidambaram |
current incumbent |
University of Madras; Harvard Business School, Cambridge |