Minister of Finance (India)

The Minister of Finance, also known as the Finance Minister of India is a cabinet position in the Government of India and heads the Ministry of Finance. He drafts the general budget of the country, and is in charge of the national economy. Currently, Pranab Mukherjee holds the charge of finance ministry.

Finance Minister Term Education
Liaquat Ali Khan 1946-1947 Aligarh Muslim University; Oxford University; Middle Temple
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty 1947-1949 University of Madras
John Mathai 1949-1951 Madras Christian College
Chintamanrao Deshmukh 1951-1957 Jesus College, Cambridge
T. T. Krishnamachari 1957-1958 University of Madras
Jawaharlal Nehru 1958-1959 Trinity College, Cambridge; Middle Temple
Morarji Desai 1959-1964 University of Bombay
T. T. Krishnamachari 1964-1965 University of Madras
Sachindra Chaudhuri 1965-1967 University of Calcutta
Morarji Desai 1967-1970 University of Bombay
Indira Gandhi 1970-1971 Visva-Bharati University; University of Oxford
Yashwantrao Chavan 1971-1975 Pune University
C. Subramaniam 1975-1977 University of Madras
H M Patel 1977-1979 University of Bombay
Choudhary Charan Singh 1979-1980 Meerut University
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 1987-1989 University of Madras; Osmania University
Madhu Dandavate 1989-1990 Royal Institute of Science, University of Bombay
Yashwant Sinha 1990-1991 University of Patna
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
Yashwant Sinha 1998-2002 University of Patna
Jaswant Singh 2002-2004 National Defence Academy (India)
P.Chidambaram May 2004 - Nov 2008 University of Madras; Harvard Business School
Manmohan Singh Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 Panjab University, Chandigarh; St John's College, Cambridge; Nuffield College, Oxford
Pranab Mukherjee Feb 2009 - present University of Calcutta

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