Yashwant Sinha (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 and again from 1998 until 2002. He was also the Minister of External Affairs from 2002 until 2004. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party before he quit the party in April 2018. From 1988 until 1994 and from 1998 until 2009, Sinha was a member of Parliament.