# Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Prime Minister of India

URL: https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/vajpayee-first-term
Term: 16 May – 1 June 1996
Born-Died: 1924 - 2018
Dynasty or school: Dominion and Republic of India
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee

Became Prime Minister for 13 days in 1996, the first from the BJP, resigning before a confidence vote he was sure to lose. He was a poet and orator who returned in 1998 for a longer term.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [P. V. Narasimha Rao](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/p-v-narasimha-rao)
- Next in list: [H. D. Deve Gowda](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/h-d-deve-gowda)