First Manmohan Singh ministry

First Manmohan Singh ministry
22nd ministry of Republic of India
Manmohan Singh, 2004
Date formed	22 May 2004
Date dissolved	22 May 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam[1] (until 25 July 2007) Pratibha Patil[2] (from 25 July 2007)
Head of government	Manmohan Singh
Member parties	Indian National Congress   Nationalist Congress Party   Lok Janshakti Party   Dravida Munnetra Kazagham   Rashtriya Janata Dal   Pattali Makkal Katchi   Indian Union Muslim League
Status in legislature	Coalition 335 / 545 (61%)
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Opposition leader	L. K. Advani (in Lok Sabha) Jaswant Singh (in Rajya Sabha)
History
Election	2004
Outgoing election	2009
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Third Vajpayee ministry
Successor	Second Manmohan Singh ministry

This article is part of a series about Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India (2004–2014) Early life and education Public image Awards and recognition Premiership General elections 2004 2009 Campaign Union Council of Ministers First Second Rajya Sabha Membership Vote of confidence International visits Budgets Union budgets 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (Interim) National policy Legislations MGNREGA RTE RTI Land Acquisition Act (2013) Food Security Act (2013) Treaties and accords Indo-US nuclear deal IBSA Dialogue Forum Missions and agencies National Health Mission National Investigation Agency Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline Aadhaar Controversies 2G spectrum case Indian coal allocation scam 2010 Commonwealth Games controversies 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement Gallery: Picture, Sound, Video
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The First Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Union Council of Ministers of India under the Prime Ministership of Manmohan Singh. It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April - 10 May 2004, to elect the 14th Lok Sabha, and it functioned from 2004 to May 2009.^[3] After the election Singh took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004, and continued to hold the post till full term, the next Council of Ministers of the Republic of India was sworn in on 22 May 2009, when Singh started his second term in office as PM.^[4]

With three female Cabinet ministers, the Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Indian government to appoint more than one female Cabinet minister.^[5]