First Vajpayee ministry

First Vajpayee ministry

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Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party

Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Home Affairs	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Finance	Jaswant Singh	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of External Affairs Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment	Sikander Bakht	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Agriculture	Suraj Bhan	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs	Ram Jethmalani	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism	V. Dhananjaya Kumar	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Defence Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Pramod Mahajan	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Welfare	Karia Munda	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Industry	Suresh Prabhu	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Shiv Sena

Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Sartaj Singh	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Sushma Swaraj	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	BJP

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister for first time on 16 May 1996.

final_sentence: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister for first time on 16 May 1996.