| Time | Name |
| 29 October 1946- 14 August 1947 | Liaquat Ali Khan |
| 15 August 1947- 17 August 1948 | R. K. Shanmukham Chetty |
| 22 September 1948- 26 January 1950 + 26 January 1950- 6 May 1950 + 6 May 1950- 1 June 1950 | John Mathai |
| 1 June 1950- 13 May 1952 13 May 1952- 1 August 1956 | C. D. Deshmukh |
| 1 August 1956- 30 August 1956 | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 30 August 1956- 17 April 1957 + 17 April 1957- 14 February 1958 | T. T. Krishnamachari |
| 14 February 1958- 22 March 1958 | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 22 March 1958- 10 April 1962 10 April 1962- 31 August 1963 | Morarji Desai |
| 31 August 1963- 31 December 1965 | T. T. Krishnamachari |
| 1 January 1966- 11 January 1966 + 11 January 1966-24 January 1966 + 24 January 1966- 13 March 1967 | Sachindra Chaudhuri |
| 13 March 1967- 16 July 1969 | Morarji Desai |
| 16 July 1969- 27 June 1970 | Indira Gandhi |
| 27 June 1970- 18 March 1971 + 18 March 1971- 10 October 1974 | Yashwantrao B. Chavan |
| 10 October 1974- 24 March 1977 | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| 26 March 1977- 24 January 1979 | Haribhai M. Patel |
| 24 January 1979- 16 July 1979 | Charan Singh |
| 28 July 1979- 19 October 1979 | Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna |
| 14 January 1980- 15 January 1982 | R. Venkataraman |
| 15 January 1982- 31 October 1984 31 October 1984- 31 December 1984 | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 31 December 1984- 14 January 1985 | V. P. Singh |
| 14 January 1985- 30 March 1985 30 March 1985- 25 September 1985 25 September 1985- 24 January 1987 | |
| 24 January 1987- 25 July 1987 | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 25 July 1987- 25 June 1988 | N. D. Tiwari |
| 25 June 1988- 2 December 1989 | Shankarrao B. Chavan |
| 5 December 1989- 10 November 1990 | Madhu Dandavate |
| 21 November 1990- 21 June 1991 | Yashwant Sinha |
| 21 June 1991- 16 May 1996 | Manmohan Singh |
| 16 May 1996- 1 June 1996 | Jaswant Singh |
| 1 June 1996- 21 April 1997 | P. Chidambaram |
| 21 April 1997- 1 May 1997 | I.K. Gujral |
| 1 May 1997- 19 March 1998 | P. Chidambaram |
| 19 March 1998- 13 October 1999 13 October 1999- 1 July 2002 | Yashwant Sinha |
| 1 July 2002- 22 May 2004 | Jaswant Singh |
| 23 May 2004- 30 November 2008 | P. Chidambaram |
| 30 November 2008- 24 January 2009 | Manmohan Singh |
| 24 January 2009- 22 May 2009 23 May 2009- 26 June 2012 | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 26 June 2012- 31 July 2012 | Manmohan Singh |
| 31 July 2012- 26 May 2014 | P. Chidambaram |
| 26 May 2014- 30 May 2019 | Arun Jaitley |
| 31 May 2019- Continue… | Nirmala Sitharaman |
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