Minister of Civil Aviation (India)

Minister of Civil Aviation
नागर विमानन मंत्री

Incumbent
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
since 26 May 2014
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Appointer President on the advice of the Prime Minister

The Minister of Civil Aviation is head of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and one of the cabinet ministers of Government of India.

Ministers of Civil Aviation

Name Portrait Term of office Political party
(Alliance)		 Prime Minister
Raj Bahadur[1] August 1963 January 1966 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Karan Singh[2] 1967 1973 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
Purushottam Kaushik[3] 24 March 1977 28 July 1979 Janata Party Morarji Desai
Khurshed Alam Khan[4][5] February 1983 December 1984 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
Jagdish Tytler[6][7] October 1986 February 1988 Indian National Congress Rajiv Gandhi
Motilal Vora[8] 14 February 1988[9] 25 June 1988
Shivraj Patil[10] 25 June 1988 1989
Arif Mohammed Khan[11] 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal V. P. Singh
Harmohan Dhawan[12][5] 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
Madhavrao Scindia[13] 1991 1993 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ghulam Nabi Azad January 1993 16 May 1996
V. Dhananjaya Kumar[14] 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. M. Ibrahim[15] 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Ananth Kumar[16] 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance		 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sharad Yadav[17] 13 October 1999 31 August 2001 Janata Dal
National Democratic Alliance
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain[18] 1 September 2001 23 May 2003 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance
Rajiv Pratap Rudy[19][5] 24 May 2003 23 May 2004
Praful Patel 23 May 2004 18 January 2011 Nationalist Congress Party
United Progressive Alliance		 Manmohan Singh
Vayalar Ravi 19 January 2011 18 December 2011 Indian National Congress
United Progressive Alliance
Ajit Singh 18 December 2011 26 May 2014 Rashtriya Lok Dal
United Progressive Alliance
Ashok Gajapathi Raju 26 May 2014 Incumbent Telugu Desam Party
National Democratic Alliance		 Narendra Modi

References

  1. ↑ Fifth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : RAJ BAHADUR, SHRI
  2. ↑  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: S)
  3. ↑ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM
  4. ↑ 8th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KHAN, SHRI KHURSHED ALAM
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Minister of State (Independent Charge)
  6. ↑ Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Tytler,Shri Jagdish
  7. ↑ Tytler was Minister of State (Independent Charge) till July 1987
  8. ↑  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: V)
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Patil,Shri Shivraj V.
  11. ↑ Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha : KHAN, SHRI ARIF MOHAMMED
  12. ↑ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioproile : DHAWAN, SHRI HARMOHAN
  13. ↑ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Scindia,Shri Madhavrao
  14. ↑ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Dhananjaya Kumar,Shri Venur
  15. ↑  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: I)
  16. ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Ananth Kumar,Shri
  17. ↑ Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Yadav, Shri Sharad
  18. ↑ Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Hussain,Shri Syed Shahnawaz
  19. ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Rudy,Shri Rajiv Pratap

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