Foreign Ministers Of India since Independence

Jawaharlal Nehru— 2 September 1946 to 27 May 1964

Gulzarilal Nanda— 27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964

Lal Bahadur Shastri —9 June 1964 to 17 July 1964

Sardar Swaran Singh— 18 July 1964 to 14 November 1966

M. C. Chagla—14 November 1966 to 5 September 1967

Indira Gandhi—6 September 1967 to 13 February 1969

Dinesh Singh—14 February 1969 to 27 June 1970

Sardar Swaran Singh—27 June 1970 to 10 October 1974

Yashwantrao Chavan—10 October 1974 to 24 March 1977

Atal Bihari Vajpayee—26 March 1977 to 28 July 1979

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra—28 July 1979 to 13 January 1980

P. V. Narasimha Rao—14 January 1980 to 19 July 1984

Indira Gandhi—19 July 1984 to 31 October 1984

Rajiv Gandhi—31 October 1984 to 24 September 1985

Bali Ram Bhagat—25 September 1985 to 12 May 1986

P. Shiv Shankar—12 May 1986 to 22 October 1986

N. D. Tiwari—22 October 1986 to 25 July 1987

Rajiv Gandhi —25 July 1987 to 25 June 1988

P. V. Narasimha Rao—25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989

V. P. Singh—2 December 1989 to 5 December 1989

I. K. Gujral—5 December 1989 to 10 November 1990

Vidya Charan Shukla—21 November 1990 to 20 February 1991

Madhavsinh Solanki—21 June 1991 to 31 March 1992

P. V. Narasimha Rao—31 March 1992 to 18 January 1993

Dinesh Singh—18 January 1993 to 10 February 1995

Pranab Mukherjee—10 February 1995 to 16 May 1996

Sikander Bakht—21 May 1996 to 1 June 1996

I. K. Gujral—1 June 1996 to 18 March 1998

Atal Bihari Vajpayee—19 March 1998 to 5 December 1998

Jaswant Singh—5 December 1998 to 23 June 2002

Yashwant Sinha—1 July 2002 to 22 May 2004

K. Natwar Singh—22 May 2004 to 6 November 2005

Manmohan Singh—6 November 2005 to 24 October 2006

Pranab Mukherjee—24 October 2006 to 22 May 2009

S. M. Krishna—22 May 2009 to 26 October 2012

Salman Khurshid—28 October 2012 Incumbent