Minister of Coal (India)

Minister of Coal (India)
(कोयला मंत्री)

Incumbent
Piyush Goyal[1]

since 26 May 2014
Ministry of Coal
Style The Honourable
Nominator Prime Minister
Appointer President (on the advice of the Prime Minister)

The Minister of Coal is head of the Ministry of Coal and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. Currently no one holds the office as Cabinet Minister; Piyush Goyal holds the ministry as Minister of State for Coal (Independent Charge).[2]

Ministers of Coal

Name Portrait Term of office Party Prime Minister
Ram Vilas Paswan[3] 1 September 2001 29 April 2002 Lok Janshakti Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lal Krishna Advani[4] 1 July 2002 25 August 2002 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Kariya Munda[5] 29 January 2003 9 January 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Mamata Banerjee[6] 9 January 2004 May 2004 All India Trinamool Congress
(National Democratic Alliance)
Shibu Soren[7] May 2004 10 March 2005 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(United Progressive Alliance)
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Shibu Soren[7] 29 January 2006 28 November 2006 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(United Progressive Alliance)
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Shriprakash Jaiswal[8] 19 January 2011 26 May 2014 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Piyush Goyal[1][2] 26 May 2014 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Narendra Modi

References

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