Budget 2025 check the number of Finance Ministers- how many Finance Ministers held the position and presented the budget in the parliament. Check the whole list
Budget 2025 check the number of Finance Ministers-Budget 2025 will be presented in the parliament on 1 February 2025. Do you know how many Finance Minister has been in India since Independent India. The Prime Minister has been the finance minister.
KC Neogi was the second Finance Minister but he could not present the budget in the parliament.
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| First Finance Minister | Liaquat Ali Khan | 1946-1947 |
| Second | R. K. Shanmukham Chetty | 1947-1948 |
| Third | John Mathai | 1948-50 |
| Fourth | C. D. Deshmukh | 1950-56 |
| Fifth | Jawaharlal Nehru | one Month 1956 |
| Sixth | T. T. Krishnamachari | 1956-58 |
| Seventh | Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 Feb to March 22 March 1958 |
| Eight | Morarji Desai | 1958 to 1958-63 |
| Nine | T. T. Krishnamachari | 1963-65 |
| Ten | Sachindra Chaudhuri | 1966-67 |
| Elevan | Morarji Desai | 1967-69 |
| Twelve | Indira Gandhi | 1969-70 |
| Thirteen | Yashwantrao B. Chavan | 1970-74 |
| Fourteen | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 1974-77 |
| Fifteen | Haribhai M. Patel | 1977-79 |
| Sixteen | Charan Singh | 24 Jan to 16 July 1979 |
| Seventeen | Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna | 28 July to 19 Oct 1979 |
| Eighteen | R. Venkataraman | 1980-82 |
| Nineteen | Pranab Mukherjee | 1982-84 |
| Twenty | VP Singh | 1984-87 |
| Twenty One | Rajiv Gandhi | 24 Jan to 25 July 1987 |
| Twenty Two | N. D. Tiwari | 1987-88 |
| Twenty Three | Shankarrao B. Chavan | 1988-89 |
| Twenty Four | Madhu Dandavate | 1989-90 |
| Twenty Five | Yashwant Sinha | 1990-91 |
| Twenty Six | Manmohan Singh | 1991-96 |
| Twnety Seven | Jaswant Singh | 16 May to 1 June 1996 |
| Twenty Eight | P. Chidambaram | 1996-97 |
| Twenty Nine | IK Gujral | 21 April to 1 May 1997 |
| Thirty | P. Chidambaram | 1997-98 |
| Thirty One | Yashwant Sinha | 1998-2002 |
| Thirty Two | Jaswant Singh | 2002-04 |
| Thirty Three | P. Chidambaram | 2004-08 |
| Thirty Four | Manmohan Singh | 2008-09 |
| Thirty Five | Pranab Mukherjee | 2009-12 |
| Thirty Six | Manmohan Singh | 26 June to 31 July 2012 |
| Thirty Seven | P Chidambaram | 2012-14 |
| Thirty Eight | Arun Jaitely | 2014-19 |
| Thirty Nine | Nrmala Sitharaman | 2019-till date |