Smt. Sushma Swaraj political profile

Swaraj, Smt. Sushma Constituency   : Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : sushmaswaraj[AT]hotmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name Shri Hardev Sharma Mother’s Name Smt. Laxmi Devi Date of Birth 14 Feb 1952 Place of Birth Ambala Cantt. (Haryana) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 13 Jul 1975 Spouse’s Name Shri Swaraj Kaushal No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.A., LL.B. Educated at S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. (Haryana) and Law Deptt. Punjab University, Chandigarh Profession Advocate Permanent Address C-7, Civil Lines, Prof. Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Tel : (0755) 2661006, 09424488888 (M) Present Address 8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels : (011) 23794344, 23794044 09868181930 (M) Positions Held

1977-82 and 1987-90 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly (two terms)

1977-79 Cabinet Minister, Labour and Employment, Govt. of Haryana

1987-90 Cabinet Minister, Education, Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Haryana

1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha

1992-94 Chairperson, Joint Committee on Catering

Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha

1994-96 Chairperson, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha

1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

16 May-1 Jun. 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting

1996-98 Member, Standing Committee on Defence

Chairperson, Sub-Committee on Upgradation and Modernisation of Naval Fleet

Member, Committee of Privileges

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

19 Mar.-12 Oct. 1998 Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting; and Telecommunications (Additional Charge)

13 Oct.- 3 Dec. 1998 Chief Minister, N.C.T. of Delhi

Apr. 2000 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)

30 Sep. 2000 – 29 Jan. 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting

29 Jan. 2003 – 22 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs

Aug. 2004 – 2009 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha

Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha

Sep. 2004 – 2009 Member, Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha

Oct. 2004 – 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

Apr. 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)

May 2006 – 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health

May 2008 – 2009 Member, House Committee, Rajya Sabha

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

31 Aug. 2009 – 1 Jan. 2010 Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs

23 Sep. 2009 Member, Rules Committee

7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics

19 Oct. 2009 Member, General Purpose Committee

21 Dec. 2009 Leader , BJP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)

27 May 2014 – 16 Feb. 2016 Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs

16 Feb. 2016 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Associated with many social and cultural bodies in various capacities Special Interests Economy, defence and information Favourite Pastime and Recreation Hindi poetry, classical music, drama and fine arts Countries Visited Widely travelled (18 countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Brussels, Belgium and Geneva; participated in Commonwealth Parliamentary Association`s Conference, Fiji; attended (i) SAARC Telecommunication Minister`s Conference, Dhaka; (ii) SAARC I&B Minister`s Conference, Islamabad; and (iii) SAARC Telecommunications Ministers` Conference, Colombo Other Information Chairperson, Indo-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, July 2006-2009;Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati, August 2004-2009; Best speaker (i) Haryana State consecutively for three years; and (ii) Punjab University; Best Cadet of N.C.C., S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. for three years; Best student of S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. 1969-70; awarded Gold Medal; First woman Chief Minister of Delhi; Holds the distinction of being the youngest Cabinet Minister in Haryana; Her husband holds the distinction of being the youngest Governor in India; Adjudged as the `Distinguished Couple` in the Limca Book of Records

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