L. K.

Advani

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Lal Krishna Advani

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7th Deputy Prime Minister of India

In office

5 February 2002 – 22 May 2004

President K. R. Narayanan

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Preceded by Devi Lal

Succeeded by vacant

Minister of Home Affairs

In office

19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Preceded by Indrajit Gupta

Succeeded by Shivraj Patil

President of the Bharatiya Janata Party

In office

1986–1991

Preceded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Succeeded by Murli Manohar Joshi

In office
1993–1998

Preceded by Murli Manohar Joshi

Succeeded by Kushabhau Thakre

In office

2004–2005

Preceded by Venkaiah Naidu

Succeeded by Rajnath Singh

Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha)

In office

May 2004 – December 2009

Preceded by Sonia Gandhi

Succeeded by Sushma Swaraj

In office

1990 – 1993 (resigned)

Preceded by Rajiv Gandhi

Succeeded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

15th Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

In office

29 January 2003 – 21 May 2004

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Succeeded by Manmohan Singh

Minister of Coal and Mines

In office

1 July 2002 – 25 August 2002

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Leader of the Opposition (Rajya Sabha)

In office

January 1980 – April 1980

Minister of Information and Broadcasting

In office

24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

Prime Minister Morarji Desai

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

In office

1998–2019

Preceded by Vijay Patel

Succeeded by Amit Shah

Constituency Gandhinagar

In office

1991–1996

Preceded by Shankersinh Vaghela

Succeeded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Constituency Gandhinagar

In office

1989–1992

Preceded by Krishna Chandra Pant

Succeeded by Rajesh Khanna

Constituency New Delhi

Chairman, Delhi Metropolitan Council

In office
28 March 1967 – 19 April 1970

Preceded by Jag Parvesh Chandra

Succeeded by Shyam Charan Gupta

Personal details

Born Lal Krishna Advani

8 November 1927 (age 92)

Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India

(present-day Sindh, Pakistan)

Political party Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–present)

Other political

affiliations Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Before 1977)

Janata Party (1977–80)

Spouse(s) Kamla Advani

(m. 1965; died 2016)

Children Pratibha Advani (Daughter)

Jayant Advani (Son)

Alma mater University of Mumbai (LLB)

Awards Padma Vibhushan

Website Official website

Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime
Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He is one of the co-founders and a senior
leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Advani also served as Minister of Home Affairs in the BJP-led
National Democratic Alliance government from 1998 to 2004. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the
10th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha.[1] He was the National Democratic Alliance prime ministerial
candidate in the 2009 general elections.
Advani began his political career as a volunteer of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu
nationalist organisation. In 2015 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian
honour