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LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

(as on 28.04.2008)

CABINET MINISTERS

1 Dr. Manmohan Singh


Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:

(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy; and
(iv) Department of Space;
(v) Ministry of Coal. and
(vi) Ministry of Environment and Forests.

2 Shri Pranab Mukherjee-Minister of External Affairs.

3 Shri Arjun Singh-Minister of Human Resource Development.

4 Shri Sharad Pawar-Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

5 Shri Lalu Prasad-Minister of Railways.
6 Shri A.K. Antony-Minister of Defence
7 Shri Shivraj V. Patil-Minister of Home Affairs.
8 Shri A.R. Antulay-Minister of Minority Affairs.
9 Shri Sushilkumar Shinde-Minister of Power
10 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan-Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.
11 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy-Minister of Urban Development.
12 Shri Sis Ram Ola-Minister of Mines.
13 Shri P. Chidambaram-Minister of Finance.
14 Shri Mahavir Prasad-Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
15 Shri P.R. Kyndiah-Minister of Tribal Affairs.
16 Shri T.R. Baalu-Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.
17 Shri Shankersinh Vaghela-Minister of Textiles.
18 Shri Vayalar Ravi-Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
19 Shri Kamal Nath-Minister of Commerce & Industry.
20 Shri H.R. Bhardwaj-Minister of Law & Justice.
21 Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev-Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
22 Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz-Minister of Water Resources.
23 Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh-Minister of Rural Development.
24 Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi-Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
25 Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar-Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. .
26 Smt. Meira Kumar-Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.
27 Shri Murli Deora-Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
28 Smt. Ambika Soni-Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.
29 Shri A. Raja-Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
30 Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss-Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
31 Shri Kapil Sibal-Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
32 Shri Prem Chand Gupta-Minister of Corporate Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)


1 Shri Oscar Fernandes-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour & Employment.

2 Smt. Renuka Chowdhury-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

3 Shri Subodh Kant Sahay-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

4 Shri Vilas Muttemwar-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .

5 Kumari Selja-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

6 Shri Praful Patel-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

7 Shri G.K.Vasan-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.

8 Dr. M. S. Gill-Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.


MINISTERS OF STATE

1 Shri E. Ahammed-Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

2 Shri B.K. Handique-Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines..

3 Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi-Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

4 Dr. Shakeel Ahmad-Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs..

5 Shri Rao Inderjit Singh-Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

6 Shri Naranbhai Rathwa-Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

7 Shri K.H. Muniappa-Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways.

8 Shri Kantilal Bhuria-Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

9 Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal-Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

10 Shri Prithviraj Chavan-Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

11 Shri Taslimuddin-Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

12 Smt. Suryakanta Patil-Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

13 Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi-Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

14 Shri R. Velu-Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

15 Shri S.S. Palanimanickam-Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

16 Shri S. Regupathy-Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

17 Shri K. Venkatapathy-Minister of State in the Ministry of Law & Justice.

18 Smt. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan-Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

19 Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan-Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

20 Smt Kanti Singh-Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture..

21 Shri Namo Narain Meena-Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

22 Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources.

23 Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh-Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

24 Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal-Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs..

25 Shri Anand Sharma-Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

26 Shri Ajay Maken-Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development.

27 Shri Dinsha J. Patel-Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

28 Shri M.M. Pallam Raju-Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

29 Shri Ashwani Kumar-Minister of State in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

30 Shri Jairam Ramesh-Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Minister of State in the Ministry of Power.

31 Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu-Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

32 Smt. D. Purandeswari-Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

33 Shri M.H. Ambareesh -Minister of State in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

34 Smt. V. Radhika Selvi-Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

35 Shri V. Narayanasamy -Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning.

36 Shri Santosh Bagrodia-Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.

37 Shri Raghunath Jha-Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

38 Dr. Rameshwar Oraon-Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

39 Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia-Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

40 Shri Jitin Prasada-Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 28.04.2008.




CHIEFS OF ARMED FORCES

80.Supreme Commander : President Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
81.Chief of the Army Staff : General Deepak Kapoor
82.Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral Sureesh Mehta
83.Chief of the Air Staff : Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major
84.Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command : Vice-Admiral Vijay Shankar
85.Chief of Integrated Defence Staff : Vice-Admiral Raman Puri

JUDICIARY

86.Mr. K. G. Balakrishnan : Chief Justice of India
87.Mr. Milon Kumar Banerjee : AttorneyGeneral of India
88.Mr. Justice Ashok Agarwal : Chairman,Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT)
89.Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati : Solicitor-General of India
90.Mr. Vikas Singh : Additional Solicitor-General of India
91.Mr. Gopal Subramaniam : Additional Solicitor-General of India


CAPITALS, GOVERNORS AND CHIEF MINISTERS OF STATES

States Capitals Governors Chief Ministers
(1) Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Mr. N.D. Tiwari Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy
(2) Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Mr. K. Sankaranarayanan Mr. Dorjee Khandu
(3) Assam Dispur Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajai SinghMr. Tarun Gogoi
(4) Bihar Patna Mr. R.K. Gavai Mr. Nitish Kumar
(5) Chhattisgarh Raipur Mr. E.S.L. Narasimhan Dr. Raman Singh
(6) Goa Panaji Mr. S. C. Jameer Mr. Digambar V. Kamat
(7) Gujarat Gandhinagar Mr. Navalkishore Sharma Mr. Narendra Modi
(8) Haryana Chandigarh Dr. A. R. Kidwai Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
(9) Himachal Shimla Mr. Justice (Retd.) Mr. Virbhadra Singh
Pradesh V. S. Kokje
(10) Jammu Srinagar Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad
Kashmir Jammu S. K. Sinha
(11) Jharkhand Ranchi Mr. Syed Sibtey Razi Mr. Madhu Koda
(12) Karnataka Bengaluru Mr. Rameshwar Thakur President’s Rule
(13) Kerala Thiruvanan- Mr. R. L. Bhatia Mr. V. S. Achuthanandan
thapuram
(14) Madhya Bhopal Mr. Balram Jhakar Mr. Shivraj SinghChauhan
Pradesh
(15) Maharashtra Mumbai Mr. S. M. Krishna Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh
(16) Manipur Imphal Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu Mr. Okram Ibobi Singh
(17) Meghalaya Shillong Mr. B. L. Joshi Mr. D.D. Lapang
(18) Mizoram Aizawl Lt. Gen. (Retd.)M. M. Lakhera Mr. Zoramthanga
(19) Nagaland Kohima Mr. K. Sankaranarayan Mr. Neiphiu Rio
(20) Orissa Bhubaneswar Mr. M.C. Bhandare Mr. Naveen Patnaik
(21) Punjab Chandigarh Gen. (Retd.) S. F. Rodrigues Mr. Parkash Singh Badal
(22) Rajasthan Jaipur Mr. Shilendra Kumar Singh Ms. Vasundhara Raje
(23) Sikkim Gangtok Mr. Sudharshan Agarwal Mr. Pawan Chamling
(24) Tamil Nadu Chennai Mr. S. S. Barnala Mr. M. Karunanidhi
(25) Tripura Agartala Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya Mr. Manik Sarkar
(26) Uttarakhand Dehradun Mr. B.L. Joshi Maj. Gen. (Retd.)B.C. Khanduri

(27) Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Mr. T. V. Rajeshwar Rao Ms. Mayawati
(28) West Bengal Kolkata Mr. Gopal Krishna Gandhi Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee


WORLD

1. Afghanistan : President – Hamid Karzai;
Capital – Kabul.
2. Albania : President – Alfred Moisui;
Prime Minister – Fatos Nano; Capital –
Tirana.
3. Algeria : President – Abdelaziz
Bouteflika; Prime Minister – Ahmed
4. Ouyahia; Capital – Algiers.
5. Argentina : President – Nestor Carlos Kirchner; Capital – Buenos Aires.
6. Australia : Governor-General – Michael Jeffery; Prime Minister – John Winston
Howard; Capital (Federal) – Canberra.
7. Austria : President – Thomas Klestil;
Chancellor – Wolfgang Schussel;Capital – Vienna.
8. Bahrain : King – Hamad ibn al-Khalifah;
Prime Minister – Sheikh Khalifah
9. Sulman al-Khalifah; Capital – Manama.
10. Bangladesh : President - Iajuddin
Ahmed; Capital - Dhaka.
11. Belarus: President - Alexander
Lukashenko; Prime Minister - SergeiSidorsky; Capital -Minsk.
12. Belgium : King - Albert II; Prime
Minister - Guy Verhofstadt; Capital -Brussels.
13. Bolivia : President - Evo Morales;Capital - La Paz.
14. Brazil : President - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; Capital - Brasilia.
15. Bulgaria : President - Georgi Purvanov;
Prime Minister - Simeon II; Capital -sofia
16. Burkina Faso : President - BlaiseCompaore; Prime Minister –Paramanga Ernest
Yonli Capital -Ouagadougou.
17. Cambodia : King - Norodom Sihamoni;
First Prime Minister - Ung Huot;
Second Prime Minister - Hun Sen;
Capital - Phnom Penh.
18. Canada : Governor-General - Ms.
Michaelle Jean; PM - Stephen Harper;
Capital - Ottawa.
19. Chile : President - Ms. Michelle
Bachelet; Capital - Santiago.
20. China : President - Hu Jintao; Prime
Minister - Wen Jiabao; Capital -Beijing.
21. Colombia : President - Alvaro Uribe
Velez; Capital - Bogota.

22. Cuba: President - Fidel Castro Ruz;
Capital - Havana.
Czech Republic: President - Vaclav
Klaus; Prime Minister - Jiri Paroubek;
Capital - Prague.
23.Denmark : Queen - Margrethe II; Prime
Minister - Anders Fogh Rasmussen;
Capital - Copenhagen.
24. East Timor : President – Jose Ramos-
Horta; Prime Minister – Xanana
Gusmao; Capital - Dili.
25.Ecuador : President – Rafael Correa;
Capital – Quito
26. Egypt : President - Hosni Mubarak;
Prime Minister - Ahmed Najief;
Capital - Cairo.
27. El Salvador : President - Mr. Elias
Antonic Saca; Capital - San Salvador.
28. E t h i o p i a : P r e s i d e n t - G i r m a
Woldegyiorgis; Prime Minister - Meles
Zenawi; Capital - Addis Ababa.
Finland: President - Ms. Tarja Halonen;
Capital - Helsinki.
29. France : President - Nicolas Sarkozy;
Prime Minister – Francois Fillon;
Capital - Paris.
30. Gabon : President – Omar Bongo
Ondimba; Prime Minister – Jean
Eyeghe Ndong; Capital – Libreville.
31. Germany: President - Horst Koehler;
Chancellor - Ms. Angela Merkel;
Capital - Berlin.
32. Guyana : President - Bharrat Jagdeo;
Prime Minister - Samuel Hinds;
Capital - Georgetown.
33. Greece : President - Constantinos
Stephanopoulos; Prime Minister -
Costas Simitis; Capital - Athens.
34. Haiti : President – Rene Preval; Prime
Minister – Gerard Latortue; Capital –Port-au-Prince
Honduras : President – Manuel Zelaya;
Capital – Tegucigalpa.
35. Hungary : President - Ferenc Madl;
Prime Minister - Peter Medgyessy;
Capital - Budapest.
36. Indonesia : President - Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono; Capital - Jakarta.
37. Iran : President - Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad; Capital - Teheran.
38. Iraq : President - Jalal Talabani; Prime
Minister - Nuri al-Maliki; Capital -
Baghdad.
39. Ireland : President - Ms. Mary
McAleese; Prime Minister - Bertie
Ahern; Capital - Dublin.
40. Israel : President - Shimon Peres;
Prime Minister – Ehud Olmert;
Capital - Jerusalem.
41. Italy : President - Georgio Napolitano;
Prime Minister - Romano Prodi;
Capital - Rome.
42. Japan : Emperor - Akihito; Prime Minister
: Yasuo Fukuda; Capital -Tokyo.
Jordan : King - Abdullah II; Prime
Minister - Faisal al-Fayez; Capital -
Amman.
43. Kazakhstan : President - Nursultan A.
Nazarbayev; Prime Minister – Karim
Masimov; Capital - Astana.
44. Kenya : President - Mwai Kibaki;
Capital – Nairobi.
45. Korea, North : President - Marshal Kim
Jong II; Prime Minister - Hong Song
Nam; Capital - Pyongyang.
46. Korea, South : President - Roh Moohyun;
Capital - Seoul.
47. Kuwait : Emir - Sheikh Sabah al-
Ahmad al-Sabah; Capital - Kuwait.
48. Kyrgyzstan : President (Interim) -
Kurmanbek Bakiyev; Prime Minister
– Azim Isabekov Capital - Bishkek.
Laos : President - Gen. Khamtay
Siphandon; Prime Minister - Bouasone
Bouphavanh; Capital - Vientiane.
49. Liberia : President - Ellen Johnson-
Sirleaf; Capital - Monrovia.
50. Madagascar : P r e s i d e n t - Marc
Ravalomanana; Prime Minister -Jacques Sylla; Capital -Antananarivo.
51. Malawi : President - Bingu wa
Mutharika; Capital - Lilongwe.
52. Malaysia : King - Tuanku Syed
Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail;
Prime Minister -Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi; Capital - Kuala Lumpur.
53. Maldives : President - Maumoon Abdul
Gayoom; Capital - Male.
54. Mauritius: President - Karl A. Offmann;
Prime Minister - Navinchandra
Ramgoolam; Capital - Port Louis.
55. Mongolia : President – Nambaryn
Enkhbayar; Prime Minister –Miyeegombo Enkhbold; Capital – Ulan
Bator.
56. Montenegro : President – Filip
Vujanovic; Prime Minister – Milo
Dukanovic; Capital – Podgorica
57. Morocco : King - Mohammed VI; Prime
Minister - Driss Jettou; Capital - Rabat.
58. Myanmar (Burma) : Head of Govt. :
Gen. Than Shwe; Capital - Nyapidaw.
59. Namibia : President - Sam Nujoma;
Prime Minister - Theo-Ben Gurirab;
Capital - Windhoek.
60. Nepal : King - Gyanendra Bir Bikram
Shah Dev; Prime Minister - Girija
Prasad Koirala; Capital - Kathmandu.
61. Netherlands : Queen - Beatrix; Capital -
Amsterdam.
62. New Zealand : Governor-General -
Anand Satyanand; Prime Minister - Ms.
Helen Clark; Capital - Wellington.
63. Niger : President - Tandja Mamadou;
Prime Minister - Hama Amadou,
Capital - Niamey.
64. Nigeria : President - Umaru Yar’Adua;
Capital - Abuja.
65. Norway : King - Harald V; Prime
Minister - Jens Stoltenberg; Capital -
Oslo.
66. Pakistan : President – Gen. Pervez
Musharraf; Prime Minister –
Mr. Shaukat Aziz; Capital -Islamabad.
67. Panama : President – Mr. Martin
Torrijos; Capital – Panama City.
Peru: President – Alan Garcia; Prime
Minister – Luis Solari; Capital - Lima.
68. Philippines : President – Ms. Gloria
Macapagal – Arroyo; Capital - Manila.
69.Poland : President – Lech Kaczynski;
Prime Minister – Jaroslaw Kaczynski;
Capital - Warsaw.
70. Portugal : President – Jorge Sampaio;
Prime Minister – Jose Socrates;
Capital - Lisbon.
71. Romania : President – Traian Basecue;
Capital - Bucharest.
72. Russia : President – Vladimir Putin;
Prime Minister - Viktor Zubkov;
Capital - Moscow.
73. Rwanda : President – Paul Kagame;
Capital -Kigali.
74. Saudi Arabia : King – Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz al Saud; Capital - Riyadh.
75. Serbia : Prime Minister - Vojislav
Kostunica; Capital - Belgrade.
76. Sierra Leone : President - Ahmed Tejan
Kabbah; Capital - Freetown.
77. Singapore : President - S. R. Nathan;
PM - Lee Hsien Loong; Capital -
Singapore.
78. Slovakia : President - Ivan Gasparovic;
Prime Minister - Mikulas Dzurinda;
Capital -Bratislava.South Africa : President – Thabo M.
79 .Mbeki; Capital - Cape Town
(Legislative) and Tshwane (Formerly
Pretoria) (Administrative).
80. Spain : King - Juan Carlos I; Prime
Minister - Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatevo; Capital - Madrid.
81. Sri Lanka : Exe. President – Mahinda
Rajapakse; Prime Minister - Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake; Capital - Sri
Jayewardenepura Kotte (Colombo).
82. Sudan : President - Omar Hassan Ahmad
al-Bashir; Capital - Khartoum.
83. Sweden : King - Carl XVI Gustaf; PM –
Fredrik Reinfeldt; Capital -
Stockholm.
84. Switzerland : President - Moritz
Leuenberger; Capital - Berne.
85. Syria : President - Bashar Al-Assad; PM -
Muhammad Naji al-Otari; Capital -
Damascus.
86. Taiwan : President - Chen Shui-bian;
Prime Minister -Su Tseng-chang;
Capital - Taipei.
87. Tajikistan : President - Emomali
Rakhmonov; PM - Akil Akilov; Capital -
Dushanbe.
88. Tanzania : President - Benjamin
William Mkapa; Prime Minister -
Frederick Tulway Sumaye; Capital –
Dodoma.
89. Thailand : King - Bhumibol Adulyadej;
PM – Surayud Chulanont; Capital -
Bangkok.
90. Trinidad and Tobago: President -
George Maxwell Richards; Prime
Minister - Patrick Manning; Capital -
Port-of-Spain.
91. Tunisia : President - Zine El Abidine
Ben Ali; Prime Minister - Mohamed
Ghannouchi; Capital - Tunis.
92. Turkey : President - Abdullah Gul;
Prime Minister - Recep Tayyip
Erdogan; Capital - Ankara.
93. Ukraine : President - Victor
Yushchenko; Capital - Kiev.
94. United Arab Emirates : Prime
Minister -Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al-Maktoum; Capital - Abu
Dhabi.
95. United Kingdom : Queen - Elizabeth II;
Prime Minister - Gordon Brown;
Capital - London.
96.United States of America : President -
George W. Bush; Secretary of State –
Dr. Condoleezza Rice; Capital -
Washington, D.C.
97. Uzbekistan: President - Islam A.
Karimov; Prime Minister – Shavkat
Mirziyayev; Capital - Tashkent.
98. Vanuatu : President - Kalkokt
Mahashelekel; Prime Minister - Ham
Livi; Capital - Vila.
99. Venezuela : President - Hugo Chavez
Frias; Capital - Caracas.
100. Vietnam : President - Nguyen Minh
Triet; Prime Minister - Nguyen Tan
Dung; Capital - Hanoi.
101. Zambia : President - Levy Patrick
Mwanawasa; Prime Minister - General
M. N. Masheke; Capital - Lusaka.
102. Zimbabwe : Executive President -
Robert G. Mugabe; Capital - Harare.
103 Croatia: President - Stipe Mesic; Prime
Minister -Dr. Ivo Sanader; Capital -
Zagreb.