COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

VAJPAYEE   19.3.1998 - 13.10.1999

BJP+IADMK+SAP+SAD+LS+TRC

CHANGES 8.4.1998,20.4.1998,.5.12.1998,5.4.1999 and 8.6.1999

Prime Minister

Atal Behari Vajpayee

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Agriculture

Atal Behari Vajpayee

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of External Affairs

Atal Behari Vajpayee

bjp

19.3.1998

5.12.1998

  Minister of External Affairs

Jaswant Singh

bjp

5.12.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Home Affairs

Lal Krishna Advani

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Industry

Sikander Bahkt

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Chemical & Fertilisers

S.S.Barnala

sad

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Law,Justice & Company Affairs

M.Thambi Durai

iadmk

19.3.1998

5.4.1999

  Minister of Law,Justice & Company Affairs

P.R.Kumaramangalam

bjp

5.4.1999

8.6.1999

   Minister of Law,Justice & Company Affairs

Ram Jethmalawi

bjp

8.6.1999

13.10.1999

Minister of Defence

George Fernandes

sap

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Commerce

Ram Krishna Hegde

ls

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Labour

Satyanarayan Jatiya

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Urban Development

Ram Jethmalani

ind

19.3.1998

8.6.1999

  Minister of Urban Development

Jamoghan

bjp

8.6.1999

13.10.1999

Minister of Human Resource Development

Murli Manohar Joshi

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

Madan Lal Khurana

bjp

19.3.1998

31.1.1999

Minister of Power

P.R.Kumaramangalam

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Railways

Nitish Kumar

sap

19.3.1998

3.8.1999

Minister of Civil Aviation

Ananth Kumar

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Steel & Mines

Naveen Patnaik

bjd

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Environment & Forests

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu

ss

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Vazhapady K.Ramamurthy

trc

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Textiles

Kashi Ram Rana

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Communications

Buta Singh

ind

19.3.1998

20.4.1998

  Minister of Communications

Jamoghan

bjp

5.12.1998

8.6.1999

   Minister of Communications

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

bjp

8.6.1999

13.10.1999

Minister of Finance

Yashwant Sinha

bjp

19.3.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Information & Broadcasting

Sushma Swaraj

bjp

19.3.1998

5.12.1998

  Minister of Information & Broadcasting

Pramod Mahajan

bjp

5.12.1998

13.10.1999

Minister of Surface Transport

R.Muthiah

iadmk

19.3.1998

8.4.1998

  Minister of Surface Transport

M.Thambi Durai

iadmk

8.4.1998

5.4.1999

   Minister of Surface Transport

Nitish Kumar

sap

5.4.1999

8.6.1999

    Minister of Surface Transport

Jaswant Singh

bjp

8.6.1999

13.10.1999