Fifty-four-year-old Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee, who single-handedly breached the Left citadel in West Bengal, emerged as the youngest Minister of the Union Cabinet while 77-year-old S M Krishna is the oldest.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is just five months behind Krishna in the seniority race. The Prime Minister was born on September 26, 1932 while Krishna was born on May first the same year.

Apart from Krishna and Singh, four other ministers -- Pranab Mukherjee, Vyalar Ravi, Murli Deora and B K Handique are also above the age bracket of 70 years.

The ministers who are above the age bracket of 60 are Meira Kumar, Ambika Soni, Sushil Kumar Sindhe, Sharad Pawar, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Veerappa Moily, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jaipal Reddy and Kapil Sibal.

Age wise, the second junior most minister in the Cabinet is Anand Sharma who is 56 years old followed by C P Joshi at 59.