List of Finance Minister of India – PDF Download Dear Friends, Hereby we have provided List of Finance Minister of India from 1947 to till date. The name of all previous Finance Ministers and their tenure has been provided in the PDF format. R.K. Shanmukham Chetty was the first Finance Minister of Independent India. Name Political Party & Alliance Tenure R. K. Shanmukham Indian National Congress 15th August 1947 – 1949 Chetty John Mathai Indian National Congress 1949 - 1950 C. D. Deshmukh Indian National Congress 29th May 1950 - 1957 T. T. Krishnamachari Indian National Congress 1957 – 13th February 1958 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress 13th February 1958 - 13th March 1958 Morarji Desai Indian National Congress 13th March 1958 - 29th August 1963 T. T. Krishnamachari Indian National Congress 29th August 1963 - 1965 Sachindra Chaudhuri Indian National Congress 1965 - 13th March 1967 Morarji Desai Indian National Congress 13th March 1967 - 16th July 1969 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress 1970 -1971 Yashwantrao Chavan Indian National Congress 1971 – 1975 Chidambaram Indian National Congress Subramaniam 1975 – 1977 Janata Party 24th March 1977 - 24th January Hirubhai M. Patel 1979 Janata Party 24th January 1979 - 28th July Charan Singh 1979 Hemvati Nandan 28th July 1979 - 14th January Bahuguna Janata Party (Secular) 1980 14th January 1980 - 15th R. Venkataraman Indian National Congress January 1982 15th January 1982 - 31st Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress December 1984 31st December 1984 - 24th V. P. Singh Indian National Congress January 1987 24th January 1987 - 25th July Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress 1987 N. D. Tiwari Indian National Congress 25th July 1987 - 25th June 1988 25th June 1988 - 2nd December Shankarrao Chavan Indian National Congress 1989 Madhu Dandavate Janata Dal (National 2nd December 1989 - 10th For more study material, visit: https://gkbabaji.com/ Page 1 Front) November 1990 Samajwadi Janata Party 10th November 1990 - 21st June Yashwant Sinha (National Front) 1991 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress 21st June 1991 - 16th May 1996 Jaswant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 16th May 1996 - 1st June 1996 Tamil Maanila Congress P. Chidambaram (United Front) 1st June 1996 - 21st April 1997 I.K. Gujral Janata Dal (United Front) 21st April 1997 - 1st May 1997 Tamil Maanila Congress P. Chidambaram (United Front) 1st May 1997 - 19th March 1998 Bharatiya Janata Party Yashwant Sinha (NDA) 19th March 1998 - 1st July 2002 Bharatiya Janata Party Jaswant Singh (NDA) 1st July 2002 - 22nd May 2004 Indian National 22nd May 2004 - 30th November P. Chidambaram Congress(UPA) 2008 Indian National 30th November 2008 - 24th Manmohan Singh Congress(UPA) January 2009 Indian National 24th January 2009 - 26th June Pranab Mukherjee Congress(UPA) 2012 Indian National Manmohan Singh Congress(UPA) 26th June 2012 - 31st July 2012 Indian National P. Chidambaram Congress(UPA) 31st July 2012 - 26th May 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Jaitley (NDA) 26th May 2014 – 14th May 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party 14th May 2018 – 22nd August Piyush Goyal (NDA) 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party 23rd August 2018 – 23rd January Arun Jaitley (NDA) 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party 23rd January 2019 – 15th Piyush Goyal (NDA) February 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party 16th February 2019 – 30th May Arun Jaitley (NDA) 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmala Sitharaman (NDA) Incumbent from 31st May 2019 Also Read: >>> Daily Current Affairs | One Liners >>> General Knowledge PDF >>> GK & Current Affairs videos Thank You GK Babaji For more study material, visit: https://gkbabaji.com/ Page 2 .