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.

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:
No.NamePortraitTook officeLeft office
1N. Gopalaswami AyyangarMay 1952Feb. 1953
2Charu Chandra BiswasFeb. 1953Nov. 1954
3Lal Bahadur ShastriNov. 1954March 1955
4Govind Ballabh PantMarch 1955Feb. 1961
5Hafiz Mohammad IbrahimFeb. 1961Aug. 1963
6Yashwantrao ChavanAug. 1963Dec. 1963
7Jaisukhlal HathiFeb. 1964March 1964
8M. C. ChaglaMarch 1964Nov. 1967
Jaisukhlal HathiNov. 1967Nov. 1969
9Kodardas Kalidas ShahNov. 1969May 1971
10Uma Shankar DikshitMay 1971Dec. 1975
11Kamalapati TripathiDec. 1975March 1977
12L. K. AdvaniMarch 1977Aug. 1979
13K. C. PantAug. 1979Jan. 1980
14Pranab MukherjeeJanuary 1980July 1981
14Pranab MukherjeeAugust 1981December 1984
15V. P. SinghDec. 1984April 1987
16N. D. TiwariApril 1987June 1988
17P. Shiv ShankarJuly 1988Dec. 1989
18M. S. GurupadaswamyDec. 1989Nov. 1990
19Yashwant SinhaDec. 1990June 1991
20Shankarrao ChavanJuly 1991April 1996
21Sikander Bakht20 May 199631 May 1996
22I. K. GujralJune 1996Nov. 1996
23H. D. Deve GowdaNov. 1996April 1997
I. K. GujralApril 1997March 1998
Sikander BakhtMarch 1998Oct. 1999
24Jaswant Singh13 October 199922 May 2004
25Manmohan Singh1 June 200418 May 2009
25Manmohan Singh29 May 200926 May 2014
26Arun Jaitley26 May 201411 June 2019
27Thawar Chand Gehlot11 June 2019incumbent