Besides the Chairman (Vice-President of India) and the Deputy Chairman, there is also a function called Leader of the House. This is a cabinet minister - the prime minister if he is a member of the House, or another nominated minister. The Leader has a seat next to the Chairman, in the front row.
The following people have been the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:
| No | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | May 1952 | Feb. 1953 |
| 2 | Shri Charu Chandra Biswas | Feb. 1953 | Nov. 1954 |
| 3 | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri | Nov. 1954 | March 1955 |
| 4 | Shri Govind Ballabh Pant | March 1955 | Feb. 1961 |
| 5 | Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim | Feb. 1961 | Aug. 1963 |
| 6 | Shri Yashwantrao Chavan | Aug. 1963 | Dec. 1963 |
| 7 | Shri Jaisukhlal Hathi | Feb. 1964 | March 1964 |
| 8 | Shri Mahomadali Currim Chagla | March 1964 | Nov. 1967 |
| 9 | Shri Jaisukhlal Hathi | Nov. 1967 | Nov. 1969 |
| 10 | Shri Kodradas Kalidas Shah | Nov. 1969 | May 1971 |
| 11 | Shri Uma Shankar Dikshit | May 1971 | Dec. 1975 |
| 12 | Shri Kamlapati Tripathi | Dec. 1975 | March 1977 |
| 13 | Shri L. K. Advani | March 1977 | Aug. 1979 |
| 14 | Shri K.C. Pant | Aug. 1979 | Jan. 1980 |
| 15 | Shri Pranab Mukherjee | Jan. 1980 | Dec. 1984 |
| 16 | Shri V. P. Singh | Dec. 1984 | April 1987 |
| 17 | Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari | April 1987 | June 1988 |
| 18 | Shri P. Shiv Shanker | July 1988 | Dec. 1989 |
| 19 | Shri M.S. Gurupadaswamy | Dec. 1989 | Nov. 1990 |
| 20 | Shri Yashwant Sinha | Dec. 1990 | June 1991 |
| 21 | Shri Shankarrao Chavan | July 1991 | April 1996 |
| 22 | Shri Sikander Bakht | 20 May 1996 | 31 May 1996 |
| 23 | Shri I. K. Gujral | June 1996 | Nov. 1996 |
| 24 | Shri H.D. Deve Gowda | Nov. 1996 | April 1997 |
| 25 | Shri Inder Kumar Gujral | April 1997 | March 1998 |
| 26 | Shri Sikander Bakht | March 1998 | Oct. 1999 |
| 27 | Shri Jaswant Singh | Oct. 1999 | May 2004 |
| 28 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | June 2004 |
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