List of Presidents of BJP

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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee created the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Bharatiya Jan Sangh in 1951. In 1977, during the Emergency, Jan Sangh and several other parties formed the Janata Party. Janata Party defeated Congress Party in the 1977 general elections. In 1980, the Janata Party government collapsed and the members of the Jan Sangh and the Janata Party formed the BJP. The president is the head of his party. The term of the Bharatiya Janata Party President is three years long.

Sr.no	Name	Tenure
1.	Atal bihari bajpayee	1980 - 1986
2.	L. K. Advani	1986 - 1991
3.	Murli Manohar Joshi	1991-1993
	L. K. Advani (second term)	1993 -1998
4.	Kushabhau Thakre	1998-2000
5.	Bangaru Laxman	2000-2001
6.	Jana Krishnamurthi	2001-2002
7.	Venkaiah naidu	2002-2004
	L.K Advani third term	2004-2005
8.	Rajnath Singh	2005-2009
9.	Nitin Gadkari	2009-2013
	Rajnath Singh (second term)	2013-2014
10.	Amit shah	2014-2020
11.	Jagat Prakash Nadda	2020-incumbent

⦿Did you know?

1. Lal krishna Advani has been the President of BJP most times.

2. Nitin Gadkari became the youngest President of the BJP in 2009.

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