Sushma Swaraj Politician

Sushma Swaraj About this sound pronunciation (born 14 February 1952) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of External Affairs of India. She is the second woman to be India's external affairs minister, first being Indira Gandhi. She has been elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25, she became Haryana's youngest cabinet minister and in 1998, also served as Chief Minister of Delhi for a short term. In Indian general election, 2014, she won from Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh. She became the External Affairs Minister in union cabinet on 26 May 2014. She retained her Vidisha parliamentary seat by over 4 lakh votes in the 16th lok Sabha in the general election held in May 2014.

Personal facts

Sushma Swaraj
Birth dateFebruary 14, 1952
Birth place
Haryana , India , New Delhi , Ambala Cantonment
Residence
New Delhi
Spouse
Swaraj Kaushal
Profession
Supreme Court of India , Senior Counsel

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Office holder

office
Member of Parliament
Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha)
Chief Minister of Delhi
Education Minister Government of Haryana
Minister for Labour Government of Haryana
Minister of Health Government of India
for Vidisha
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Government of India
Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Telecommunications Government of India
party
Bharatiya Janata Party
prime minister
successor

Sushma Swaraj on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://mea.gov.in/eam.htm
  2. http://www.bjp.org