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Union Council of Ministers headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

First Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry

17th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed16 May 1996
Date dissolved1 June 1996
People and organisations
Head of stateShankar Dayal Sharma
Head of governmentAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member partyBharatiya Janata Party
Status in legislatureMinority187 / 543 (34%)
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
Opposition leaderP. V. Narasimha Rao (lok sabha)
History
Election1996
Legislature term16 days
PredecessorRao ministry
SuccessorDeve Gowda ministry
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for first time on 16 May 1996.

BJP was well short of majority and looking for allies, but Vajpayee resigned after just 16 days since he could not muster enough support. The ministry was kept small because its fate was uncertain when swearing-in took place.

List of ministers

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
Ministry of Coal
Ministry of Commerce
Ministry of Communications
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Ministry of Food
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Mines
Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation
Ministry of Power
Ministry of Railways
Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Steel
Ministry of Surface Transport
Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Water Resources
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Electronics
Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs
Department of Ocean Development
Department of Space
And all other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister.		Atal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of External AffairsAtal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 199621 May 1996 BJP
Sikander Bakht21 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of Urban Affairs and EmploymentSikander Bakht16 May 1996Incumbent BJP
Minister of AgricultureSuraj Bhan16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company AffairsRam Jethmalani16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of Home AffairsMurli Manohar Joshi16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation and TourismV. Dhananjaya Kumar16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of Defence
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Pramod Mahajan16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of WelfareKariya Munda16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of IndustrySuresh Prabhu16 May 19961 June 1996 SS
Minister of Health and Family WelfareSartaj Singh16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of FinanceJaswant Singh16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP
Minister of Information and BroadcastingSushma Swaraj16 May 19961 June 1996 BJP

References

  1. "Allocation of portfolios to Sikander Bakht" (PDF). 1 June 1996.

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