Jaswant Singh - Positions Held

Positions Held

  • 1980 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • 1986 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)
  • 1986-1989 – Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha
  • Member, Committee on Privileges, Rajya Sabha
  • Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Rajya Sabha
  • 1987 Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State
  • 1989-1991 Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
  • 1990 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
  • 1991-1996 Chairman, Estimate Committee
  • 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  • 1991 Chairman, Committee on Environment and Forests
  • 1992 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions
  • 1993 – Chairman, Committee on Energy
  • 1996-97 – Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • May 1996 – Union Cabinet Minister, Finance
  • 25 March 1998 – 4 Feb. – Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
  • July 1998 – Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)
  • Dec. 1998-1 Jul. 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs
  • Feb-Oct. 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Electronics (Simultaneous charge)
  • 6 Aug.-13 Oct. 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (Simultaneous charge)
  • 15 Oct. 1999 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (4th term)
  • 18 March-15 Oct. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence (Simultaneous charges)
  • 1 Jul. 2002-9 Apr. 2 Minister of Finance & Company Affairs, Govt. of India
  • 10 April 2002-21 May Union Cabinet Minister, Finance
  • 2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (5th term)
  • 2004 Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha
  • August 2004 – August 2006 – Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
  • August 2004 – May 2009 – Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex
  • August 2005 – Member, General Purposes Committee
  • 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • 6 Aug. 2009 - 31 December – Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts
  • 10 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Budget
  • 1 Jan. 2010 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Preceded by
Manmohan Singh		 Minister of Finance of India
1996–1996		 Succeeded by
P. Chidambaram
Preceded by
Yashwant Sinha		 Minister of Finance of India
2002–2004		 Succeeded by
P. Chidambaram
Preceded by
Atal Bihari Vajpayee		 Minister for External Affairs of India
1998–2002		 Succeeded by
Yashwant Sinha
Preceded by
George Fernandes		 Minister for Defence of India
2000–2001		 Succeeded by
George Fernandes

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