Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
First Term
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Preceded by	P.V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded by	H.D. Deve Gowda
Second Term
In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999
Preceded by	I. K. Gujral
In office 13 October 1999 – 22 May 2004
Succeeded by	Manmohan Singh
Personal details
Born	(1924-12-25)25 December 1924 Gwalior State, British India
Died	16 August 2018(2018-08-16) (aged 93) New Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Occupation	Politician , Poet

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian politician who served thrice as Prime Minister of India, first from 16 May to 1 June 1996, and then from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vajpayee was the tenth Prime Minister. He headed the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the Indian Parliament, and became the first Prime Minister unaffiliated with the Indian National Congress to complete a full five-year term in office. He died at the age of 93 on Thursday 16 August 2018 at 17:05 at AIIMS, New Delhi.