Third Vajpayee ministry
Cabinet ministers
Jagmohan

Third Vajpayee ministry

Section Title: Cabinet ministers
Table Section Text: Jagmohan

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party

Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	13 October 1999	19 May 2004	BJP

Deputy Prime Minister	L. K. Advani	29 June 2002	22 May 2004	BJP

Minister of External Affairs	Jaswant Singh	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	BJP

Yashwant Sinha	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Finance	Yashwant Sinha	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	BJP

Jaswant Singh	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Home Affairs	L. K. Advani	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Defence	George Fernandes	13 October 1999	16 March 2001	JD(U)

Jaswant Singh	16 March 2001	21 October 2001	BJP

George Fernandes	21 October 2001	22 May 2004	JD(U)

Minister of Railways	Mamata Banerjee	13 October 1999	16 March 2001	Trinamool Congress

Nitish Kumar	20 March 2001	22 May 2004	JD(U)

Minister of Science and Technology	Murali Manohar Joshi	13 October 1999	21 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Labour	Satyanarain Jatia	22 November 1999	1 September 2001	BJP

Sharad Yadav	1 September 2001	30 June 2002	JD(U)

Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Sushma Swaraj	30 September 2000	April 2004	BJP

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Ram Naik	1999	2004	BJP

Minister of Textiles	Kashiram Rana	1999	25 May 2003	BJP

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	25 May 2003	2004	BJP

Minister of Rural Development	Sunder Lal Patwa	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	BJP

Venkaiah Naidu	30 September 2000	30 June 2002	BJP

Kashiram Rana	25 May 2003	22 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Suresh Prabhu	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	Shiv Sena

Sunder Lal Patwa	30 September 2000	7 November 2000	BJP

Minister of Mines	Naveen Patnaik	13 October 1999	8 March 2000	BJD

Sunder Lal Patwa	7 November 2000	1 September 2001	BJP

Ram Vilas Paswan	2001	2002	LJP

Mamata Banerjee	9 January 2004	May 2004	Trinamool Congress

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Shanta Kumar	13 October 1999	30 June 2002	BJP

Sharad Yadav	1 July 2002	15 May 2004	JD(U)

Minister of Commerce and Industry	Murasoli Maran	1999	2002	DMK

Minister of Environment and Forests	T. R. Baalu	1999	2003	DMK

Minister of Communications	Ram Vilas Paswan	1999	1 September 2001	LJP

Pramod Mahajan	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	BJP

Minister of Civil Aviation	Sharad Yadav	13 October 1999	31 August 2001	JD(U)

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	1 September 2001	23 May 2003	BJP

Minister without portfolio	Mamata Banerjee	15 March 2001	8 January 2004	Trinamool Congress

Minister of Law and Justice	Ram Jethmalani	13 October 1999	23 July 2000	BJP

Arun Jaitley	23 July 2000	July 2002	BJP

Jana Krishnamurthy	July 2002	January 2003	BJP

Arun Jaitley	29 January 2003	21 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Pramod Mahajan	13 October 1999	29 January 2003	BJP

Sushma Swaraj	30 September 2000	29 January 2003	BJP

Minister of Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	BJP

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Manohar Joshi	13 October 1999	9 May 2002	Shiv Sena

Minister of Power	P R Kumaramangalam	13 October 1999	23 August 2000	BJP

Suresh Prabhu	30 September 2000	24 August 2002	Shiv Sena

Anant Geete	26 August 2002	21 May 2004	Shiv Sena

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