Union Finance Ministers since Independence

Period	Finance Ministers (Shri / Smt)
2019-Till Date	Nirmala Sitharaman
2014-2019	Arun Jaitley
2012-2014	P. Chidambaram
2009-2012	Pranab Mukherjee
2004-2008	P. Chidambaram
2002-2004	Jaswant Singh
1998-2002	Yaswant Sinha
1996-1998	P. Chidambaram
1996	Jaswant Singh
1991-1996	Dr. Manmohan Singh
1990-1991	Yashwant Sinha
1989-1990	Madhu Dandavate
1988-1989	S.B. Chavan
1987-1988	N.D. Tiwari
1987	Rajiv Gandhi, P.M.
1984-1986	V.P. Singh
1982-1984	Pranab Mukherjee
1980-1982	R. Venkataraman
1979	H.N. Bahuguna
1979	Charan Singh, Dy. P.M.
1977-1978	H.M. Patel
1975-1977	C. Subramanian
1971-1974	Y.B. Chavan
1969-1970	Indira Gandhi, P.M.
1967-1969	Morarji R. Desai, Dy. P.M.
1966-1967	Sachin Choudhury
1964-1965	T.T. Krishnamachari
1959-1964	Morarji R. Desai
1958-1959	Jawahar Lal Nehru, P.M.
1957-1958	T.T. Krishnamachari
1951-1957	Dr. C.D. Deshmukh
1950-1951	Dr. John Mathai
1947-1949	R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
1947	Liaquat Ali Khan