Inder Kumar Gujral

Inder Kumar Gujral
Gujral in 2005
12th Prime Minister of India
In office 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan
Vice President	K. R. Narayanan Krishan Kant
Preceded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Finance
In office 21 April 1997 – 1 May 1997
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	P. Chidambaram
Succeeded by	P. Chidambaram
Minister of External Affairs
In office 1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda Himself
Preceded by	Sikander Bakht
Succeeded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
In office 5 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh
Preceded by	V. P. Singh
Succeeded by	Chandra Shekhar
22th Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
In office June 1996 – November 1996
Preceded by	Sikander Bakht
Succeeded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
In office April 1997 – March 1998
Preceded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded by	Sikander Bakht
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1998 (1998)–1999 (1999)
Preceded by	Darbara Singh
Succeeded by	Balbir Singh
Constituency	Jalandhar
In office 1989 (1989)–1991 (1991)
Preceded by	Rajinder Singh Sparrow
Succeeded by	Yash
Constituency	Jalandhar
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 8 July 1992 (8 July 1992) – 2 March 1998 (2 March 1998)
Constituency	Bihar
In office 3 April 1964 (3 April 1964) – 2 April 1976 (2 April 1976)
Constituency	Punjab
Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union
In office 1976–1980
Preceded by	Durga Prasad Dhar
Succeeded by	V. K. Ahuja
Personal details
Born	(1919-12-04)4 December 1919[1] Pari Darveza, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	30 November 2012(2012-11-30) (aged 92) Gurugram, Haryana, India
Monuments	Smriti Sthal
Political party	Indian National Congress (1964–1988) Janata Dal (1988–1998)
Spouse	Sheila Gujral ​ ​ (m. 1945; died 2011)​
Children	2, including Naresh Gujral
Parent	Avtar Narain Gujral (father)
Relatives	Satish Gujral (brother), Raseel Gujral Ansal (Niece)
Alma mater	D.A.V. College, Hailey College of Commerce Forman Christian College University Panjab University

Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who served as the 12th prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.^[2]

Born in Punjab, he was influenced by nationalistic ideas as a student, and joined the All India Students Federation and the Communist Party of India. He was imprisoned for taking part in the Quit India movement. After independence, he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1964, and became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.

He was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting during the emergency. In 1976, he was appointed the Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union. In 1996, he became the Minister of External Affairs in the Deve Gowda ministry, and developed the Gujral doctrine during this period. He was appointed the 12th Prime Minister of India in 1997. His tenure lasted for less than a year.

He retired from all political positions in 1998. He died in 2012 at the age of 92, following hospitalization due to a lung infection.