Indian Politics
Prime ministers, chief ministers, party leaders and the founders of the Indian republic.
50 profiles
Politics & Leadership
Amit Shah
Union Home Minister of India since 2019
Born 1964
Politics & Leadership
Akhilesh Yadav
President of the Samajwadi Party and MP for Kannauj; former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Born 1973
Politics & Leadership
Uddhav Thackeray
President of Shiv Sena (UBT); Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2019–2022)
Born 1960
Politics & Leadership
Sonia Gandhi
Longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress
Born 1946
Politics & Leadership
Rajendra Prasad
First President of India (1950–1962)
1884 – 1963
Politics & Leadership
Morarji Desai
Fourth Prime Minister of India and the first from outside the Congress
1896 – 1995
Politics & Leadership
Mallikarjun Kharge
President of the Indian National Congress since 2022
Born 1942
Politics & Leadership
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Founder of the Rashtriya Janata Dal; former Chief Minister of Bihar and Railway Minister
Born 1948
Politics & Leadership
L. K. Advani
Former Deputy Prime Minister of India and co-founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Born 1927
Politics & Leadership
Jyoti Basu
Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977–2000)
1914 – 2010
Politics & Leadership
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister of Assam since 2021
Born 1969
Politics & Leadership
Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 2024
Born 1970
Politics & Leadership
B. R. Ambedkar
Principal architect of the Constitution of India and India’s first Law Minister
1891 – 1956
Politics & Leadership
Asaduddin Owaisi
President of AIMIM and Member of Parliament for Hyderabad
Born 1969
Politics & Leadership
Arun Jaitley
Former Finance Minister of India (2014–2019) and senior advocate
1952 – 2019
Politics & Leadership
Sushma Swaraj
Former External Affairs Minister of India (2014–2019)
1952 – 2019
Politics & Leadership
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Union Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; longest-serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Born 1959
Politics & Leadership
Rahul Gandhi
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha since 2024
Born 1970
Politics & Leadership
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Member of Parliament for Wayanad and Congress general secretary
Born 1972
Politics & Leadership
Pinarayi Vijayan
Chief Minister of Kerala (2016–2026) and CPI(M) Politburo member
Born 1945
Politics & Leadership
Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2014
Born 1957
Politics & Leadership
Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister of India since 2019
Born 1959
Politics & Leadership
Droupadi Murmu
15th President of India and the first from a tribal community
Born 1958
Politics & Leadership
Rajnath Singh
Union Defence Minister of India since 2019
Born 1951