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