List of Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party

This is a List of Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of two major parties in the Indian political system.

List of party presidents

No.	Year	Name		Note	Ref.
1	1980–86		Atal Bihari Vajpayee		[1]
2	1986–91		L. K. Advani	First term	[1]
3	1991–93		Murli Manohar Joshi		[1]
(2)	1993–98		L. K. Advani	Second term	[1]
4	1998–2000		Kushabhau Thakre		[1]
5	2000–01		Bangaru Laxman		[1]
6	2001–02		Jana Krishnamurthi		[1]
7	2002–04		Venkaiah Naidu		[1]
(2)	2004–06		L. K. Advani	Third term	[1]
8	2006–09		Rajnath Singh	First term	[1]
9	2009–13		Nitin Gadkari		[1]
(7)	2013–14		Rajnath Singh	Second term	[1]
10	2014–present		Amit Shah		[2]

Notes and references

References

1. India Today 2013.
2. Patrika 2014.

External links

• "BJP Presidents from 1980 to 2013". India Today. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
• "Amit Shah elected new BJP president". Patrika Group. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.