<page_title> First Vajpayee ministry </page_title> <table> <cell> Prime Minister <col_header> Portfolio </col_header> </cell> <cell> Atal Bihari Vajpayee <col_header> Minister </col_header> </cell> <cell> 16 May 1996 <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> </table>
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister for first time on 16 May 1996.