Dr. Manmohan Singh sworn in as PM, 19 cabinet ministers take oath

May 22nd, 2009 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, India News

Dr. Manmohan Singh had on Friday sworn in as the Prime Minister heading a 20-member United Progressive Alliance government by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dr Singh has become the Prime Minister for the second time and he is the first leader of the Congress outside Gandhi/Nehru family who has got this position twice.

The List of Cabinet Ministers, who took the Oath today:

Ambika Soni (Rajya Sabha – Punjab)
BK Handique (Lok Sabha – Assam)
Pranab Mukherjee (Lok Sabha – West Bengal)
Sharad Pawar (Lok Sabha – Maharashtra)
AK Antony (Rajya Sabha – Kerala)
P Chidambaram (Lok Sabha – Tamil Nadu)
Mamata Banerjee (Lok Sabha – West Bengal)
SM Krishna (Rajya Sabha – Karnataka)
Ghulam Nabi Azad (Rajya Sabha – Jammu & Kashmir)
Sushil Kumar Shinde (Lok Sabha – Maharashtra)
M Veerappa Moily (Lok Sabha – Karnataka)
S Jaipal Reddy (Lok Sabha – Andhra Pradesh)
Kamal Nath (Lok Sabha – Madhya Pradesh)
Vylar Ravi (Rajya Sabha – Karnataka)
Meira Kumar (Lok Sabha – Bihar)
Murli Deora (Rajya Sabha – Maharashtra)
Kapil Sibal (Lok Sabha – Delhi)
Anand Sharma (Rajya Sabha – Himachal Pradesh)
CP Joshi (Lok Sabha – Rajasthan).

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