Third Council of Ministers of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| Third Vajpayee ministry | |
|---|---|
| 18th ministry of the Republic of India | |
| Date formed | 13 October 1999 |
| Date dissolved | 22 May 2004 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state |
K. R. Narayanan (until 25 July 2002) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (from 25 July 2002) |
| Head of government | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Deputy head of government | L. K. Advani |
| Member party | Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition party |
Indian National Congress (Congress alliance) |
| Opposition leader |
Sonia Gandhi (in Lok Sabha) (21 March 1998 – 21 May 2004) |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1999 |
| Outgoing election | 2004 |
| Legislature term(s) | 4 years, 7 months and 9 days |
| Predecessor | Second Vajpayee ministry |
| Successor | First Manmohan Singh ministry |
Sonia Gandhi (in Lok Sabha)
(13 October 1999 – 6 February 2004)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999. He headed his Third Vajpayee Ministry. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry.
In a reshuffle on 29 September 2000 MVenkaiah Naidu and Sushma Swaraj were inducted in the ministry as cabinet ministers and Shripad Yasso Naik (Goa), Satyabrata Mukherjee (West Bengal), Kanyakumari MP P.Radhakrishnan and film star-turned-MP U V Krishnam Raju (Andhra Pradesh) as minister of state. Later that year Uma Bharti was elevated to cabinet rank.[1][[File:[2]]]
In a reshuffle in 2001 Vajpayee inducted Karia Munda, Ved Prakash Goyal, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and Tapan Sikdar as Cabinet ministers and Anna Sahib Patil, Ashok Pradhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajiv Pratap Rudy as ministers of state.[3]
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