| No. | Name | From | To | Party |
|---|
| 1 | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 15 August, 1947 | 27 May, 1964 | INC |
| 2 | Shri Gulzarilal Nanda | 27 May, 1964 | 9 June, 1964 | INC |
| 3 | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri | 9 June, 1964 | 11 January, 1966 | INC |
| 4 | Shri Gulzarilal Nanda | 11 January, 1966 | 24 January, 1966 | INC |
| 5 | Shrimati Indira Gandhi | 24 January, 1966 | 24 March, 1977 | INC |
| 6 | Shri Morarji Desai | 24 March, 1977 | 28 July, 1979 | JP |
| 7 | Shri Charan Singh | 28 July, 1979 | 14 January, 1980 | JP |
| 8 | Shrimati Indira Gandhi | 14 January, 1980 | 31 October, 1984 | INC |
| 9 | Shri Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October, 1984 | 2 December, 1989 | INC |
| 10 | Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 2 December, 1989 | 10 November, 1990 | JD |
| 11 | Shri Chandra Shekhar | 10 November, 1990 | 21 June, 1991 | SJP |
| 12 | Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao | 21 June, 1991 | 16 May, 1996 | INC |
| 13 | Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee | 16 May, 1996 | 1 June, 1996 | BJP |
| 14 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1 June, 1996 | 1 June, 1996 | JD |
| 15 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 21 April, 1997 | 19 March, 1998 | JD |
| 16 | Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee | 19 March, 1998 | 22 May, 2004 | BJP |
| 17 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | 22 May, 2004 | 26 May, 2014 | INC |
| 18 | Narendra Modi | 26 May, 2014 | Incumbent | BJP |