Name of Member: Shri Yashwant Sinha
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency & State: Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)
Lok Sabha Experience: 12,13,15
Fifteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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| Constituency : |
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) |
| Party Name : |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Email Address : |
(i) ysinha[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in
(ii) ysinha2005[AT]hotmail[DOT]com |
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| Father’s Name |
Late Bipin Bihari Saran |
| Mother’s Name |
Late Dhana Devi |
| Date of Birth |
06 Nov 1937 |
| Place of Birth |
Patna (Bihar) |
| Marital Status |
Married |
| Date of Marriage |
17 Feb 1961 |
| Spouse’s Name |
Smt. Nilima Sinha |
| No. of Sons |
2 |
| No.of Daughters |
1 |
Educational
Qualifications |
M.A.
Educated at Patna University,Bihar |
| Profession |
Civil Servant
Political and Social Worker |
| Permanent Address |
Rishabh Vatika via College More,
Vill. Rajgoda, P.O. Morangi, |
Thana – Mufassil, Demotand,
Distt. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand |
| Tel. (06546) 233418 |
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| Present Address |
| 6, Kushak Road, |
| New Delhi – 110 011 |
Tels. (011) 23794197, 9868181937, 9013180414 (M)
Fax. (011) 23794181 |
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| Positions Held |
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| 1986-88 |
General Secretary, Janata Party |
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| 1989 |
Member, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha |
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| 1990 |
Joined Janata Dal (Samajwadi) after split in Janata Dal |
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| 1990-91 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
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| 1995-1996 |
Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly |
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| 1995-1996 |
Member, Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly |
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| 1998 |
Elected to 12th Lok Sabha |
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| 1998 – 1999 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
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Member, Parliamentary Pay Committee |
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| 1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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| 1999-2002 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
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| 1 Jul. 2002 – 2004 |
Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs |
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| 2004 |
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) |
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| Sep. 2004-2009 |
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex, Rajya Sabha |
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| Oct. 2004-2009 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs |
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| Jun. 2006 |
Member, Press Council of India |
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| 2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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| 6 Aug. 2009 |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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| 31 Aug. 2009 – 5 May 2010 |
Chairman, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs |
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| 1 May 2010 |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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| 7 May 2010 |
Chairman, Committee on Finance |
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| Special Interests |
| Public administration, external and economic affairs |
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| Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
| Reading, travelling, listening to music and watching films |
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| Sports and Clubs |
| Member,(i) Delhi Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; (ii) Bankipur Club, Patna, President- All India Tennis Association |
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| Countries Visited |
| Widely visited |
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| Other Information |
| Lecturer, Political Science, Patna University, 1958-60; joined I.A.S. in 1960; Deputy Commissioner, Santhal Paraganas; Chairman, (i) D.T.C., Delhi and (ii) Drafting Committee of the UNCTAD Conference on Shipping in Geneva; Consul-General of India, Frankfurt, West Germany; Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Bihar; Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Shipping and Transport; and sought premature voluntary retirement from I.A.S. in 1984 to join politics |
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