Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha)
The Leader of the House is a Rajya Sabha member who is either a cabinet minister or another nominated minister. The Leader has a seat next to the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, in the front row.
| Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of India | |
| Member of | Rajya Sabha |
| Reports to | Parliament of India |
| Formation | May 1952 |
| First holder | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar (1952–1953) |
List of Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha
The following individuals have held the office of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:[1]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |  |
May 1952 | Feb. 1953 |
| 2 | Charu Chandra Biswas | Feb. 1953 | Nov. 1954 | |
| 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | .jpg) |
Nov. 1954 | March 1955 |
| 4 | Govind Ballabh Pant |  |
March 1955 | Feb. 1961 |
| 5 | Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim | Feb. 1961 | Aug. 1963 | |
| 6 | Yashwantrao Chavan | .jpg) |
Aug. 1963 | Dec. 1963 |
| 7 | Jaisukhlal Hathi | Feb. 1964 | March 1964 | |
| 8 | M. C. Chagla | March 1964 | Nov. 1967 | |
| (7) | Jaisukhlal Hathi | Nov. 1967 | Nov. 1969 | |
| 9 | Kodardas Kalidas Shah | Nov. 1969 | May 1971 | |
| 10 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | May 1971 | Dec. 1975 | |
| 11 | Kamalapati Tripathi | Dec. 1975 | March 1977 | |
| 12 | L. K. Advani |  |
March 1977 | Aug. 1979 |
| 13 | K. C. Pant | _in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg) |
Aug. 1979 | Jan. 1980 |
| 14 | Pranab Mukherjee |  |
January 1980 | July 1981 |
| August 1981 | December 1984 | |||
| 15 | V. P. Singh | .jpg) |
Dec. 1984 | April 1987 |
| 16 | N. D. Tiwari | April 1987 | June 1988 | |
| 17 | P. Shiv Shankar | July 1988 | Dec. 1989 | |
| 18 | M. S. Gurupadaswamy | Dec. 1989 | Nov. 1990 | |
| 19 | Yashwant Sinha |  |
Dec. 1990 | June 1991 |
| 20 | Shankarrao Chavan |  |
July 1991 | April 1996 |
| 21 | Sikander Bakht | 20 May 1996 | 31 May 1996 | |
| 22 | I. K. Gujral |  |
June 1996 | Nov. 1996 |
| 23 | H. D. Deve Gowda |  |
Nov. 1996 | April 1997 |
| (22) | I. K. Gujral | |
April 1997 | March 1998 |
| (21) | Sikander Bakht | March 1998 | Oct. 1999 | |
| 24 | Jaswant Singh |  |
13 October 1999 | 22 May 2004 |
| 25 | Manmohan Singh |  |
1 June 2004 | 18 May 2009 |
| 29 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | |||
| 26 | Arun Jaitley | .jpg) |
26 May 2014 | 11 June 2019 |
| 27 | Thawar Chand Gehlot |  |
11 June 2019 | incumbent |
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