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Finance Minister of India

 
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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. Currently, Pranab Mukherjee holds the charge of finance ministry.

Finance Minister Term Education
Liaquat Ali Khan 1946-1947
(interim government)		 Aligarh Muslim University; University of Oxford
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty 1947-1949 University of Madras
John Mathai 1949-1951 Madras Christian College
Chintamanrao Deshmukh 1951-1957 Jesus College, Cambridge
T. T. Krishnamachari 1957-1958 University of Madras
Jawaharlal Nehru 1958-1959 Trinity College, Cambridge; Middle Temple
Morarji Desai 1959-1964 University of Bombay
T. T. Krishnamachari 1964-1965 University of Madras
Sachindra Chaudhuri 1965-1967 University of Calcutta
Morarji Desai 1967-1970 University of Bombay
Indira Gandhi 1970-1971 Visva-Bharati University; University of Oxford
Yashwantrao Chavan 1971-1975 Pune University
C. Subramaniam 1975-1977 University of Madras
H M Patel 1977-1979 University of Bombay
Choudhary Charan Singh 1979-1980 Meerut University
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 1987-1989 University of Madras; Osmania University
Madhu Dandavate 1989-1990
Yashwant Sinha 1990-1991 Patna University
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
Yashwant Sinha 1998-2002 Patna University
Jaswant Singh 2002-2004 National Defence Academy (India)
P.Chidambaram May 2004 - Nov 2008 University of Madras; Harvard Business School
Manmohan Singh Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
(Prime Minister assumed the additional charge of finance ministry)		 Punjab University, Chandigarh; St John's College, Cambridge; Nuffield College, Oxford
Pranab Mukherjee Feb 2009 - Continuing
(In UPA government's second inning he has got fultime job as a finance minister)		 University of Calcutta

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