Finance Ministers List in India: The Ministry of Finance is a crucial part of the Government of India, headed by the Finance Minister. It oversees taxation, financial legislation, financial institutions, capital markets, and both central and state finances, including the Union Budget.
The Finance Minister is responsible for managing taxation, financial legislation, capital markets, and financial institutions, as well as the finances of both the central and state governments and the Union Budget. R.K. Shanmukham Chetty was the first Finance Minister of independent India and presented the very first budget. Below is the complete list of Finance Ministers in India from 1946 up to 2025.
Finance Ministers List in India 1946 to 2025
The list of Finance Ministers of India is presented below.
| Name of Minister | Term of Office |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | 29 October 1946 to 14 August 1947 |
| R.K. Shanmukham Chetty | 15 August 1947 to 17 August 1948 |
| John Mathai | 22 September 1948 to 1 June 1950 |
| C. D. Deshmukh | 1 June to 1 August 1956 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 1 August 1956 to 30 August 1956 |
| T. T. Krishnamachari | 30 August 1956 to 14 February 1958 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 February to 22 March |
| Morarji Desai | 22 March to 31 August 1963 |
| T. T. Krishnamachari | 31 August to 31 December 1965 |
| Sachindra Chaudhuri | 1 January 1966 to 13 March 1967 |
| Morarji Desai | 13 March 1967 to 16 July 1969 |
| Indira Gandhi | 16 July 1969 to 27 June 1970 |
| Yashwantrao B. Chavan | 27 June 1970 to 10 October 1974 |
| Chidambaram Subramaniam | 10 October 1974 to 24 March 1977 |
| Haribhai M. Patel | 26 March 1977 to 24 January 1979 |
| Charan Singh | 24 January 1979 to 16 July 1979 |
| Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna | 28 July 1979 to 19 October 1979 |
| R. Venkataraman | 14 January 1980 to 15 January 1982 |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 15 January 1982 to 31 December 1984 |
| V. P. Singh | 31 December 1984 to 24 January 1987 |
| Rajiv Gandhi | 24 January 1987 to 25 July 1987 |
| N. D. Tiwari | 25 July 1987 to 25 June 1988 |
| Shankarro B. Chavan | 25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989 |
| Madhu Dandavate | 5 December 1989 to 10 November 1990 |
| Yashwant Sinha | 21 November 1990 to 21 June 1991 |
| Manmohan Singh | 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 |
| Jaswant Singh | 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996 |
| P. Chidambaram | 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 |
| I.K Gujral | 21 April 1997 to 1 May 1997 |
| P. Chidambaram | 1 May 1997 to 19 March 1998 |
| Yashwant Sinha | 19 March 1998 to 1 July 2002 |
| Jaswant Sinha | 1 July 2002 to 22 May 2004 |
| P. Chidambaram | 23 May 2004 to 30 November 2008 |
| Manmohan Singh | 30 November 2008 to 24 January 2009 |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 24 January 2009 to 26 June 2012 |
| Manmohan Singh | 26 June 2012 to 31 July 2012 |
| P. Chidambaram | 31 July 2012 to 26 May 2014 |
| Arun Jaitley | 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2019 |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | 31 May 2019 to Present |
