Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
Minister of External Affairs
In office
28 July 1979 – 13 January 1980
Prime MinisterCharan Singh
Preceded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byP. V. Narasimha Rao
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1962–1971
ConstituencyBihar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1971–1980
Preceded byYogendra Sharma
Succeeded byKrishna Sahi
ConstituencyBegusarai
In office
1952–1962
Preceded byNone (parliament established)
ConstituencyMadhubani
Personal details
Born(1920-10-20)20 October 1920
Patna, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (now in Bihar, India)
Died25 October 2004(2004-10-25) (aged 84)
Patna, Bihar, India

Shyam Nandan Mishra (20 October 1920 – 25 October 2004) was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was Member of Parliament for many years in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Initially a member of the Indian National Congress, he was later Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha as a Congress (O) leader, and then a Janata Party MP and Minister for External Affairs in Charan Singh's government. He was imprisoned both during the Quit India Movement and the Emergency.