Minister of Panchayati Raj (India)
| Minister of Panchayati Raj (India) (पंचायती राज मंत्री) | |
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| Ministry of Panchayati Raj (India) | |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
The Minister of Panchayati Raj is the head of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. Birender Singh is current Minister of Panchayati Raj.[1]
List of former ministers
The Ministry was created on May 27, 2004, with Mani Shankar Aiyar being the first minister.
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | ||
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| Mani Shankar Aiyar | .jpg) |
27 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan Singh | |
| C. P. Joshi |  |
22 May 2009 | 18 January 2011 | |||
| Vilasrao Deshmukh |  |
19 January 2011 | 12 July 2011 | |||
| Kishore Chandra Deo | 12 July 2011 | 26 May 2014 | ||||
| Gopinath Munde | 26 May 2014 | 3 June 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | ||
| Nitin Gadkari | .JPG) |
4 June 2014 | 10 November 2014 | |||
| Birender Singh | 10 November 2014 | Incumbent | ||||