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Here is a list of the Indias 15th Prime Minister Narendra Modis Cabinet Ministers.
This Election: The Rajya Sabha MP was among the only BJP titans to lose, defeated in Amritsar
by over 1 lakh votes.
Journey To Cabinet: A senior Supreme Court lawyer, Jaitley was additional solicitor general,
Government of India, in 1989-90.
He has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2000. The 2014 Lok Sabha polls was the first time he
contested a direct election.
Previous Ministerial Record: Held several portfolios in the Vajpayee government of 1999,
including MoS (I-C) of I&B and Dept of Disinvestment, and minister for law, company affairs.
Previous Ministerial Record: Became Maharashtra PWD minister in 1995, in the Shiv SenaBJP government. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway and 55 flyovers in Mumbai came up under
him.
Journey To Cabinet: Was the BJPs chief ministerial candidate in the recent assembly elections.
The surgeon is in the Lok Sabha for the first time.
Previous Ministerial Record: Has been Delhis health and law minister with additional charge
of education in 1993-1998; credited with starting pulse polio programme.
Previous Ministerial Record: MoS, HRD (1998-99), MoS (independent charge), Tourism
(1999-2000), Minister, Youth Affairs and Sports (2000-02), Minister, Coal and Mines (2002-03).
Journey To Cabinet: Elected six times from Pilibhit and once from Aonla. An animal rights
activist.
Previous Ministerial Record: MoS (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests (198991); MoS (Independent Charge for Programme Implementation (January 1990-April 1990); MoS
(Independent Charge) for Social Justice and Empowerment (1998-99); MoS for Social Justice
and Empowerment (October 1999-September 2001); MoS for Culture and others.
the first time in 1996, and for the fourth time in 2004. In 2013, was nominated to the Rajya
Sabha. A soft-spoken leader, he is known to avoid controversies and is a BJP general secretary.
Previous Ministerial Record: Was MoS in the MP govt.
Journey to cabinet: A PhD in cardiac anatomy from University of Denver, Heptullah is the
grand-niece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The Muslim face of Modis cabinet, she is also a BJP
vice-president. Originally from the Congress, she was RS Deputy Chairperson in the 1980s.
Previous ministerial record: None.