List of Foreign Ministers of India Since Independence

Foreign Minister is the head of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most offices in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Foreign Minister is to represent India and its government in the international community. The Foreign Minister also plays an important role in determining Indian foreign policy. Occasionally, the Foreign Minister is assisted by a Minister of State for External Affairs or the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of External Affairs.

List of Foreign Ministers of India

Here is a list of all the foreign ministers of India since 1947 when India became an independent country.

1. Jawaharlal Nehru - 2 September 1946 to 27 May 1964
2. Gulzarilal Nanda - 27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri - 9 June 1964 to 17 July 1964
4. Sardar Swaran Singh - 18 July 1964 to 14 November 1966
5. M. C. Chagla - 14 November 1966 to 5 September 1967
6. Indira Gandhi - 6 September 1967 to 13 February 1969
7. Dinesh Singh - 14 February 1969 to 27 June 1970
8. Sardar Swaran Singh - 27 June 1970 to 10 October 1974
9. Yashwantrao Chavan - 10 October 1974 to 24 March 1977
10. Atal Bihari Vajpayee - 26 March 1977 to 28 July 1979
11. Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra - 28 July 1979 to 13 January 1980
12. P. V. Narasimha Rao - 14 January 1980 to 19 July 1984
13. Indira Gandhi - 19 July 1984 to 31 October 1984
14. Rajiv Gandhi - 31 October 1984 to 24 September 1985
15. Bali Ram Bhagat - 25 September 1985 to 12 May 1986
16. P. Shiv Shankar - 12 May 1986 to 22 October 1986
17. Narayan Dutt Tiwari - 22 October 1986 to 25 July 1987
18. Rajiv Gandhi - 25 July 1987 to 25 June 1988
19. P. V. Narasimha Rao - 25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989
20. V. P. Singh - 2 December 1989 to 5 December 1989
21. Inder Kumar Gujral - 5 December 1989 to 10 November 1990
22. Vidya Charan Shukla - 21 November 1990 to 20 February 1991
23. Madhavsinh Solanki - 21 June 1991 to 31 March 1992
24. P. V. Narasimha Rao - 31 March 1992 to 18 January 1993
25. Dinesh Singh - 18 January 1993 to 10 February 1995
26. Pranab Mukherjee - 10 February 1995 to 16 May 1996
27. Sikander Bakht - 21 May 1996 to 1 June 1996
28. Inder Kumar Gujral - 1 June 1996 to 18 March 1998
29. Atal Bihari Vajpayee - 19 March 1998 to 5 December 1998
30. Jaswant Singh - 5 December 1998 to 23 June 2002
31. Yashwant Sinha - 1 July 2002 to 22 May 2004
32. K. Natwar Singh - 22 May 2004 to 6 November 2005
33. Manmohan Singh - 6 November 2005 to 24 October 2006
34. Pranab Mukherjee - 24 October 2006 to 22 May 2009
35. S. M. Krishna - 22 May 2009 to 26 October 2012
36. Salman Khurshid - 28 October 2012 to 26 May 2014
37. Sushma Swaraj - 26 May 2015 to 30 May 2019
38. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - 30 May 2019 to Incumbent