The Prime Minister of India, is the head of the government of India. The Prime minister is the chair of the union cabinet, known as the Council of Ministers, and is the leader of the executive branch of the union government. The President of India is the head of state of India, however this office holds only nominal power where the Prime minister is the chief executive of the nation and exercises the President's executive powers. The Prime minister is the senior most minister in the union cabinet in his capacity as head of government and is normally always the leader and parliamentary chairperson of the majority government party in the Parliament of India. The current prime minister is Narendra Modi, who previously served as the chief minister of Gujarat, the head of government of the Indian state of Gujarat. He was sworn in on the 26th of May 2014.