Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha)

The Leader of the House is the leader and parliamentary chairperson of the majority party in the Rajya Sabha and is normally either a cabinet minister or another nominated minister. The Leader of the House is responsible for organising government meetings and business in the House.This office is not enshrined in the constitution and provided under the Rules of Rajya Sabha.

Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
Emblem of India
Incumbent
Thawar Chand Gehlot

since 11 June 2019
Member ofRajya Sabha
Reports toParliament of India
FormationMay 1952
First holderN. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(1952–1953)

List of Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha

The following individuals have held the office of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:[1]

No. Name Portrait Took office Left office
1 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar May 1952 Feb. 1953
2 Charu Chandra Biswas Feb. 1953 Nov. 1954
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri Nov. 1954 March 1955
4 Govind Ballabh Pant March 1955 Feb. 1961
5 Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim Feb. 1961 Aug. 1963
6 Yashwantrao Chavan Aug. 1963 Dec. 1963
7 Jaisukhlal Hathi Feb. 1964 March 1964
8 M. C. Chagla March 1964 Nov. 1967
(7) Jaisukhlal Hathi Nov. 1967 Nov. 1969
9 Kodardas Kalidas Shah Nov. 1969 May 1971
10 Uma Shankar Dikshit May 1971 Dec. 1975
11 Kamalapati Tripathi Dec. 1975 March 1977
12 L. K. Advani March 1977 Aug. 1979
13 K. C. Pant Aug. 1979 Jan. 1980
14 Pranab Mukherjee January 1980 July 1981
August 1981 December 1984
15 V. P. Singh Dec. 1984 April 1987
16 N. D. Tiwari April 1987 June 1988
17 P. Shiv Shankar July 1988 Dec. 1989
18 M. S. Gurupadaswamy Dec. 1989 Nov. 1990
19 Yashwant Sinha Dec. 1990 June 1991
20 Shankarrao Chavan July 1991 April 1996
21 Sikander Bakht 20 May 1996 31 May 1996
22 I. K. Gujral June 1996 Nov. 1996
23 H. D. Deve Gowda Nov. 1996 April 1997
(22) I. K. Gujral April 1997 March 1998
(21) Sikander Bakht March 1998 Oct. 1999
24 Jaswant Singh 13 October 1999 22 May 2004
25 Manmohan Singh 1 June 2004 18 May 2009
29 May 2009 26 May 2014
26 Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 11 June 2019
27 Thawar Chand Gehlot 11 June 2019 incumbent

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