<P> Indira Gandhi however, institutionalized the practice of having the same person as the Congress President and the Prime Minister after the first Congress split of 1969 . Her son Rajiv Gandhi continued that practice . </P> <P> Narasimha Rao too held both the Congress President and the Prime Minister's posts . Sitaram Kesri held the post after INC was voted out . But as the INC never returned to power under his leadership, he didn't hold the two posts together . </P> <P> During 2000--09, INC did not host a conference for the first time in history . In 2004, when the INC was voted back into power, Manmohan Singh became the first Prime Minister, not to be the president of the party . Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the Congress party, having held the office for nineteen years from 1998 to 2017 . Her son Rahul Gandhi is the current Congress President . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name of President </Th> <Th> Picture </Th> <Th> Life span </Th> <Th> Year of Presidency </Th> <Th> Place of Conference </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Womesh Chandra Banerjee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 29 December 1844--1906 </Td> <Td> 1885 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dadabhai Naoroji </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 September 1825--1917 </Td> <Td> 1886 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Badruddin Tyabji </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 October 1844--1906 </Td> <Td> 1887 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Yule </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1829--1892 </Td> <Td> 1888 </Td> <Td> Allahabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> William Wedderburn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1838--1918 </Td> <Td> 1889 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Pherozeshah Mehta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 August 1845--1915 </Td> <Td> 1890 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Anandacharlu </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 1843--1908 </Td> <Td> 1891 </Td> <Td> Nagpur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 29 December 1844--1906 </Td> <Td> 1892 </Td> <Td> Allahabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Dadabhai Naoroji </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 September 1825--1917 </Td> <Td> 1893 </Td> <Td> Lahore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Alfred Webb </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1834--1908 </Td> <Td> 1894 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Surendranath Banerjee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 November 1848--1925 </Td> <Td> 1895 </Td> <Td> Poona </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Rahimtulla M. Sayani </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 April 1847--1902 </Td> <Td> 1896 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> C. Sankaran Nair </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 July 1857--1934 </Td> <Td> 1897 </Td> <Td> Amravati </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Anandamohan Bose </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 September 1847--1906 </Td> <Td> 1898 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Romesh Chunder Dutt </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 August 1848--1909 </Td> <Td> 1899 </Td> <Td> Lucknow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> N.G. Chandavarkar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 December 1855--1923 </Td> <Td> 1900 </Td> <Td> Lahore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Dinshaw Edulji Wacha </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 August 1844--1936 </Td> <Td> 1901 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Surendranath Banerjee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 November 1825--1917 </Td> <Td> 1902 </Td> <Td> Ahmedabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Lalmohan Ghosh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1848--1909 </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Henry Cotton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1845--1915 </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Gopal Krishna Gokhale </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 May 1866--1915 </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> Benares </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Dadabhai Naoroji </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 September 1825--1917 </Td> <Td> 1906 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Rashbihari Ghosh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 December 1845--1921 </Td> <Td> 1907 </Td> <Td> Surat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Rashbihari Ghosh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 December 1845--1921 </Td> <Td> 1908 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Madan Mohan Malaviya </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 December 1861--1946 </Td> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> Lahore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> William Wedderburn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1838--1918 </Td> <Td> 1910 </Td> <Td> Allahabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Bishan Narayan Dar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1864--1916 </Td> <Td> 1911 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1857--1921 </Td> <Td> 1912 </Td> <Td> Bankipore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>?--1919 </Td> <Td> 1913 </Td> <Td> Karachi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Bhupendra Nath Bose </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1859--1924 </Td> <Td> 1914 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 1863--1928 </Td> <Td> 1915 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Ambica Charan Mazumdar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1850--1922 </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> Lucknow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> Annie Besant </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 October 1847--1933 </Td> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Madan Mohan Malaviya </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 December 1861--1946 </Td> <Td> 1918 </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Syed Hasan Imam </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 August 1871--1933 </Td> <Td> 1918 </Td> <Td> Bombay (Special Session) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> Motilal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 May 1861--6 February 1931 </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> Amritsar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> Lala Lajpat Rai </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 28 January 1865--17 November 1928 </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Calcutta (Special Session) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> C. Vijayaraghavachariar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1852--19 April 1944 </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Nagpur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (President) <P> Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1863--29 December 1927 </Td> <Td> 1921 </Td> <Td> Ahmedabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 November 1870--16 June 1925 </Td> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> Gaya </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> Mohammad Ali Jouhar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 December 1878--4 January 1931 </Td> <Td> 1923 </Td> <Td> Kakinada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> Abul Kalam Azad </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1888--22 February 1958 </Td> <Td> 1923 </Td> <Td> Delhi (Special Session) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> Mohandas Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 October 1869--30 January 1948 </Td> <Td> 1924 </Td> <Td> Belgaum </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> Sarojini Naidu </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 February 1879--2 March 1949 </Td> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> Kanpur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> S. Srinivasa Iyengar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 11, 1874--19 May 1941 </Td> <Td> 1926 </Td> <Td> Gauhati </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 December 1880--10 May 1936 </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> <Td> Madras </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> Motilal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 May 1861--6 February 1931 </Td> <Td> 1928 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> Jawaharlal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 November 1889--27 May 1964 </Td> <Td> 1929 & 30 </Td> <Td> Lahore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> Vallabhbhai Patel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 October 1875--15 December 1950 </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> <Td> Karachi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> Madan Mohan Malaviya </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 December 1861--1946 </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> Nellie Sengupta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1886--1973 </Td> <Td> 1933 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> Rajendra Prasad </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 December 1884--28 February 1963 </Td> <Td> 1934 & 35 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> Jawaharlal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 November 1889--27 May 1964 </Td> <Td> 1936 </Td> <Td> Lucknow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> Jawaharlal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 November 1889--27 May 1964 </Td> <Td> 1936 </Td> <Td> Faizpur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> Subhas Chandra Bose </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 January 1897--18 August 1945 </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> Haripura </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 56 </Td> <Td> Subhas Chandra Bose (resigned) Rajendra Prasad replaced Bose after the session . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 January 1897--18 August 1945 </Td> <Td> 1939 </Td> <Td> Tripuri near Jabalpur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> Abul Kalam Azad </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1888--22 February 1958 </Td> <Td> 1940--46 </Td> <Td> Ramgarh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 58 </Td> <Td> J.B. Kripalani </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1888--19 March 1982 </Td> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> Meerut </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> Pattabhi Sitaraimayya </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 December 1880--17 December 1959 </Td> <Td> 1948 & 49 </Td> <Td> Jaipur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> Purushottam Das Tandon </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 August 1882--1 July 1961 </Td> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> Nasik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 61 </Td> <Td> Jawaharlal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 November 1889--27 May 1964 </Td> <Td> 1951 & 52 </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> Jawaharlal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 November 1889--27 May 1964 </Td> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> Hyderabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 63 </Td> <Td> Jawaharlal Nehru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 November 1889--27 May 1964 </Td> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 64 </Td> <Td> U.N. Dhebar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 September 1905--1977 </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> Avadi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 65 </Td> <Td> U.N. Dhebar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 September 1905--1977 </Td> <Td> 1956 </Td> <Td> Amritsar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 66 </Td> <Td> U.N. Dhebar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 September 1905--1977 </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Indore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 67 </Td> <Td> U.N. Dhebar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 September 1905--1977 </Td> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Gauhati </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> U.N. Dhebar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 September 1905--1977 </Td> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Nagpur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 69 </Td> <Td> Indira Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 November 1917--31 October 1984 </Td> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Delhi (Special Session) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> Neelam Sanjiva Reddy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 May 1913--1 June 1996 </Td> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Bangalore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> Neelam Sanjiva Reddy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 May 1913--1 June 1996 </Td> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Bhavnagar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 72 </Td> <Td> Neelam Sanjiva Reddy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 May 1913--1 June 1996 </Td> <Td> 1962 & 63 </Td> <Td> Patna </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 73 </Td> <Td> K. Kamaraj </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 July 1903--2 October 1975 </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Bhubaneswar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 74 </Td> <Td> K. Kamaraj </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 July 1903--2 October 1975 </Td> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Durgapur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> K. Kamaraj </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 July 1903--2 October 1975 </Td> <Td> 1966 & 67 </Td> <Td> Jaipur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 76 </Td> <Td> S. Nijalingappa </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 December 1902--9 August 2000 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Hyderabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 77 </Td> <Td> S. Nijalingappa </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 December 1902--9 August 2000 </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Faridabad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 78 </Td> <Td> Jagjivan Ram </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 April 1908--6 July 1986 </Td> <Td> 1970 & 71 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 79 </Td> <Td> Shankar Dayal Sharma </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 August 1918--26 December 1999 </Td> <Td> 1972--74 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 80 </Td> <Td> Devakanta Barua </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 February 1914--1996 </Td> <Td> 1975--77 </Td> <Td> Chandigarh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 81 </Td> <Td> Indira Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 November 1917--31 October 1984 </Td> <Td> 1978--83 </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 82 </Td> <Td> Indira Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 November 1917--31 October 1984 </Td> <Td> 1983 & 84 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 83 </Td> <Td> Rajiv Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 August 1944--21 May 1991 </Td> <Td> 1985--91 </Td> <Td> Bombay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 84 </Td> <Td> P.V. Narasimha Rao </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 28 June 1921--23 December 2004 </Td> <Td> 1992--96 </Td> <Td> Tirupati </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 85 </Td> <Td> Sitaram Kesri </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> November 1919--24 October 2000 </Td> <Td> 1996--98 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 86 </Td> <Td> Sonia Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 December 1946 </Td> <Td> 1998--2017 </Td> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 87 </Td> <Td> Rahul Gandhi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 June 1970 </Td> <Td> 2017 - Present </Td> <Td> Delhi </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who availed the longest term as president of indian national congress