Professional Politicians

Cabinet Ministers

Of the following 35 ministers, 30 are from the Indian National Congress including the Prime Minister. The Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar heads the Nationalist Congress Party and Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New And Renewable Energy heads the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, and the Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister M. K. Azhagiri are from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Sl. No.↓ Name↓ Ministries↓ Age↓ House↓ State/UT (Constituency)↓ Education↓
1 Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India and also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments viz:

    * Ministry of Railways
    * Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
    * Ministry of Planning
    * Ministry of Culture
    * Department of Atomic Energy
    * Department of Space

78 Rajya Sabha Assam BA Economics (Punjab University), MA (Cambridge), PhD (Oxford)
2 Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance 75 Lok Sabha West Bengal (Jangipur) MA, LLB, DLitt (Calcutta University)
3 Sharad Pawar Minister of Food Processing Industries and Minister of Agriculture 70 Lok Sabha Maharashtra (Madha) B.Com
4 A K Antony Minister of Defence 70 Rajya Sabha Kerala LLB (Kerala University)
5 P Chidambaram Minister of Home Affairs 65 Lok Sabha Tamil Nadu (Sivaganga) LLB, MBA (Harvard)
6 TBC Minister of Railways TBD TBD TBD TBD
7 S. M. Krishna Minister of External Affairs 78 Rajya Sabha Karnataka Law Graduate, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and The George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C.
8 Virbhadra Singh Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 76 Lok Sabha Himachal Pradesh (Mandi) MA
9 Vilasrao Deshmukh Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Rural Development 65 Rajya Sabha Maharashtra B.Sc., B.A, LLB
10 Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Health and Family Welfare 61 Rajya Sabha Jammu and Kashmir MSc
11 Sushilkumar Shinde Minister of Power 69...