Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha)
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Member of | Rajya Sabha |
Formation | May 1952 |
First holder | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
The Leader of the House is a Rajya Sabha member who is either a cabinet minister or another nominated minister. The Leader has a seat next to the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, in the front row.
The following individuals have held the office of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:[1]
No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
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1 | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | 100px | May 1952 | Feb. 1953 |
2 | Charu Chandra Biswas | Feb. 1953 | Nov. 1954 | |
3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ![]() |
Nov. 1954 | March 1955 |
4 | Govind Ballabh Pant | March 1955 | Feb. 1961 | |
5 | Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim | Feb. 1961 | Aug. 1963 | |
6 | Yashwantrao Chavan | 100px | Aug. 1963 | Dec. 1963 |
7 | Jaisukhlal Hathi | Feb. 1964 | March 1964 | |
8 | Mahomadali Currim Chagla | March 1964 | Nov. 1967 | |
9 | Jaisukhlal Hathi | Nov. 1967 | Nov. 1969 | |
10 | Kodradas Kalidas Shah | Nov. 1969 | May 1971 | |
11 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | May 1971 | Dec. 1975 | |
12 | Kamlapati Tripathi | Dec. 1975 | March 1977 | |
13 | L. K. Advani | ![]() |
March 1977 | Aug. 1979 |
14 | K.C. Pant | Aug. 1979 | Jan. 1980 | |
15 | Pranab Mukherjee | ![]() |
January 1980 | July 1981 |
August 1981 | December 1984 | |||
16 | V. P. Singh | ![]() |
Dec. 1984 | April 1987 |
17 | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | April 1987 | June 1988 | |
18 | P. Shiv Shankar | July 1988 | Dec. 1989 | |
19 | M. S. Gurupadaswamy | 100px | Dec. 1989 | Nov. 1990 |
20 | Yashwant Sinha | ![]() |
Dec. 1990 | June 1991 |
21 | Shankarrao Chavan | 100px | July 1991 | April 1996 |
22 | Sikander Bakht | 20 May 1996 | 31 May 1996 | |
23 | Inder Kumar Gujral | ![]() |
June 1996 | Nov. 1996 |
24 | H.D. Deve Gowda | ![]() |
Nov. 1996 | April 1997 |
25 | Inder Kumar Gujral | ![]() |
April 1997 | March 1998 |
26 | Sikander Bakht | March 1998 | Oct. 1999 | |
27 | Jaswant Singh | ![]() |
13 October 1999 | 22 May 2004 |
28 | Manmohan Singh | ![]() |
1 June 2004 | 18 May 2009 |
29 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | |||
29 | Arun Jaitley | ![]() |
26 May 2014 | incumbent |
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