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The Finance Minister of India is a cabinet position in the Government of India. He drafts the general budget of the country, and is in charge of the national economy. P. Chidambaram is the current incumbent.
| Finance Minister |
Term |
Education |
| Liaquat Ali Khan |
1946-1947 (interim government) |
Aligarh Muslim University; University of Oxford |
| R. K. Shanmukham Chetty |
1947-1949
K.C.Neogy (1949-only for 35 days)
|
| John Mathai |
1949-1951 |
University of Oxford |
| Chintamanrao Deshmukh |
1951-1957 |
Jesus College, Cambridge |
| T. T. Krishnamachari |
1957-1958 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru |
1958-1959 |
Trinity College, Cambridge; Middle Temple |
| Morarji Desai |
1959-1964 |
Wilson College, Mumbai |
| T. T. Krishnamachari |
1964-1967 |
| Morarji Desai |
1967-1970 |
Wilson College, Mumbai |
| Indira Gandhi |
1970-1971 |
Visva-Bharati University; University of Oxford |
| Yashwantrao Chavan |
1971-1975 |
| C. Subramaniam |
1975-1977 |
University of Madras |
| Morarji Desai |
1977-1979 |
Wilson College, Mumbai |
| Choudhary Charan Singh |
1979-1980 |
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
1980-1982 |
University of Madras |
| Pranab Mukherjee |
1982-1985 |
University of Calcutta |
| V.P. Singh |
1985-1987 |
University of Allahabad; University of Pune |
| S.B. Chavan |
1987-1990 |
| Madhu Dandavate |
1990-1991 |
| Manmohan Singh |
1991-1996 |
Panjab University, Chandigarh; St John's College, Cambridge; Nuffield College, Oxford |
| P.Chidambaram |
1996-1998 |
University of Madras; Harvard Business School, Cambridge |
| Yashwant Sinha |
1998-2002 |
Patna University |
| Jaswant Singh |
2002-2004 |
| P.Chidambaram |
current incumbent |
University of Madras; Harvard Business School, Cambridge |
