Leader of the House in Lok Sabha

The Leader of the House in Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā) is the parliamentary chairperson of the party that holds a majority in the Lok Sabha and is responsible for government business in the house. The office holder is usually the prime minister if they are a member of the chamber. However, if the prime minister is not a member of the Lok Sabha, they can appoint the Leader of the House.[1]

Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā
State Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Narendra Modi
since 26 May 2014
StyleHis Excellency
TypeParliamentary Leader
StatusParliamentary chairman
Member ofLok Sabha
Reports toParliament of India
SeatLok Sabha
NominatorLok Sabha/Prime minister
AppointerLok Sabha/Prime minister
FormationMay 1952
First holderJawaharlal Nehru
(1952–1964)
Unofficial namesPrime Minister (if the office holder is the head of government)
DeputyDeputy Leader of the House
Salary₹330,000 (US$4,100)
(excl. allowances) per month

List
No Portrait Name Took office Left office
1 Jawaharlal Nehru 13 May 1952 4 April 1957
5 April 1957 31 March 1962
2 April 1962 27 May 1964
2 Gulzarilal Nanda 27 May 1964 9 June 1964
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 9 June 1964 11 January 1966
(2) Gulzarilal Nanda 11 January 1966 24 January 1966
4 Satya Narayan Sinha [lower-alpha 1] 14 February 1966 3 March 1967
5 Indira Gandhi 14 March 1967 27 December 1970
15 March 1971 18 January 1977
6 Morarji Desai 23 March 1977 28 July 1979
7 Charan Singh 28 July 1979 22 August 1979
(5) Indira Gandhi 10 January 1980 31 October 1984
8 Rajiv Gandhi 31 October 1984 31 December 1984
31 December 1984 27 November 1989
9 Vishwanath Pratap Singh 2 December 1989 10 November 1990
10 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 13 March 1991
11 Arjun Singh [lower-alpha 2] 10 July 1991 20 November 1991
12 P. V. Narasimha Rao 6 December 1991 10 May 1996
13 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 01 June 1996
14 Ram Vilas Paswan [lower-alpha 3] 11 June 1996 4 December 1997
(13) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 March 1998 26 April 1999
13 October 1999 6 February 2004
15 Pranab Mukherjee [lower-alpha 4] 25 May 2004 18 May 2009
03 June 2009 26 June 2012
16 Sushilkumar Shinde [lower-alpha 5] 3 August 2012[2] 18 May 2014
17 Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 Incumbent

Deputy leader of House

See also

Notes
  1. During this period, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was member of Rajya Sabha.
  2. During the time gap in between Chandra Shekhar's resignation and election of P. V. Narasimha Rao, the leader of the house was Arjun Singh.
  3. During this period, Prime Ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral were members of Rajya Sabha.
  4. During this period, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was member of Rajya Sabha.
  5. After Pranab Mukherjee was elected as the President of India, Sushilkumar Shinde took over as the Leader of House.

References
  1. "Lok Sabha". /legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. "Sushil Kumar Shinde is new Lok Sabha Leader of the House". 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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