Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)

1980–1986—Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1986–1991—Lal Krishna Advani First
Term
1991–1993—Murli Manohar Joshi
1993–1998—Lal Krishna Advani Second Term
1998–2000—Kushabhau Thakre
2000–2001—Bangaru Laxman
2001–2002—Jana Krishnamurthi
2002–2004—Venkaiah Naidu
2004–2006—Lal Krishna Advani Third Term
2006–2009—Rajnath Singh First Term
2009–2013—Nitin Gadkari First Term
2013 – present—Rajnath Singh Second Term