Time Line

Chronological List of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Presidents

S.No.	Name	Year
1	Dr. S.P. Mookerjee	1951
2	Dr. S.P. Mookerjee	1952
3	Pt. Mauli Chandra Sharma	1954
4	Pt. Prem Nath Dongra	1955
5	Acharya D.P. Ghosh	1956
6	Acharya D.P. Ghosh	1956
7	Acharya D.P. Ghosh	1958
8	Acharya D.P. Ghosh	1958
9	Shri Pitamber Das	1960
10	Shri A. Rama Rao	1961
11	Acharya D.P. Ghosh	1962
12	Acharya D.P. Ghosh	1963
13	Shri Bachhraj Vyas	1965
14	Shri Balraj Madhok	1966
15	Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya	1967
16	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1969
17	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1969
18	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1971
19	Shri Lal Krishna Advani	1973

Chronological List of Bharatiya Janata Party Presidents

S.No.	Name	Year
1	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1980
2	Shri Lal Krishna Advani	1986
3	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	1990
4	Shri Lal Krishna Advani	1992
5	Late Shri Kushabhau Thakre	1998
6	Shri Bangaru Laxman	2000
7	Late Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthyk	2001
8	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	2002
9	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	2004
10	Shri Lal Krishna Advani	27th Oct. 2004 to 31st Dec.2006
11	Shri Rajnath Singh	1st Jan. 2006 to 26th Nov. 2006
12	Shri Rajnath Singh	26th Nov. 2006 to 19th Dec. 2009
13	Shri Nitin Gadkari	Elected on 19th Dec. 2009 to 23th Jan. 2013 (for the term 2010-13)
14	Shri Rajnath Singh	Elected on 23rd Jan. 2013 (for the term 2013-15)