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Arun Jaitley: Biography and Political Journey
Arun Jaitley Biography: Today is the death anniversary of senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. At the age of 66, he passed away on 24 August, 2019. In the morning today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a tribute to a senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on hi first death anniversary. He tweeted "I miss my friend a lot" and also shared an old video, recalling him for his contributions as a political leader.
As we know that he was the Union Finance Minister through the Narendra Modi led BJP government's first term in power at the Centre. Previously, positions held by Arun Jaitley are Defence Minister, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, Law and Justice, Cabinet portfolios, etc. Let us read more about Arun Jaitley's early life, education, family, hobbies, net worth, political journey, etc.
Personnel Information on Life of Arun Jaitley
Name: Arun Jaitley
Date of Birth: 28 December, 1952
Place of Birth: New Delhi
Father's Name: Maharaj Kishen Jaitley
Mother's Name:Ratan Prabha Jaitley.
Spouse Name: Sangeeta Jaitley
Children: Son Rohan and Daughter Sonali
Education: B.Com from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi and L.L.B from Delhi University
Occupation: Lawyer and Politician
Important Positions held:
From 26 May,2014 to 14 May, 2018 - Finance Minister
From 13 March, 2017 to 3 September, 2017 - Minister of Defence
From 26 May, 2014 to 14 May, 2018 - Minister of Corporate Affairs
From 9 November, 2014 to 5 July, 2016 - Minister of Information and Broadcasting
From 3 June, 2009 to 26 May, 2014 - Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha
From 2000 to 2002 and 2003 to 2004 - Minister of Law and Justice
From 26 May, 2014 to 2 April, 2018 - Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
Since April, 2018 – Rajya Sabha member
Death: 24 August, 2019
Place of Death: AIIMS Hospital, Delhi
Arun Jaitley was not able to present the Union Budget for 2018-19 and 2019-2 Indian economist and politician (born 1959) Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Karnataka since 2016 and previously represented Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016. Sitharaman previously served as the 28th Defence Minister from 2017 to 2019, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi, and the first full-time female minister to hold each of those portfolios. Sitaraman presented the union budget 8 times, making her second only to Morarji Desai to present the most number of budgets. She served as junior minister in the Modi ministry between 2014 and 2017, holding successive positions, first for her dual appointment as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from May to November 2014, and then as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from May 2014 to September 2017, before being elevated to senior posts within the Union Cabinet. Sitharaman featured in the Forbes 2022 list of World's 100 most powerful women and was ranked 36. In 2023, she was ranked 32nd and in 2024, she was ranked 28th in the Forbes list of World's 100 most powerful women.Fortune named her the most powerful woman in India. In 2025, she created history by becoming the first person to table the union budget 8 consecutive times. Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a TamilIyengar family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to Savitri and Narayanan Sithara twitterfacebookemail Rajat Sharma is an Indian journalist born on 18 February 1957. He did his graduation in Commerce from Sriram College of Commerce in Delhi. Rajat Sharma started his career as a reporter with a print magazine, Onlooker as a trainee. Later he became the Chief of Bureau and Editor of Onlooker. After working with the Sunday Observer as the Editor, Rajat Sharma first shot into prominence with his show, Aap Ki Adalat (Your Court), where he put celebrities in the dock in a mock courtroom session. The show which went on air in Zee TV in 1993, was an instant hit, and launched Rajat Sharma as a celebrity face in Indian news television. In 1997, he quit Zee Group and formed the Independent News Service, INS– the company that owns the channel - India TV. He took the famous property, Aap Ki Adalat with him. As a youngster, Rajat Sharma was drawn to the Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) movement, against the Congress rule in Bihar and the Centre, when Mrs. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister. He spent 11 months in jail during the imposition of Emergency in India. During his college days, he became friends with Arun Jaitley, India’s current finance minister in the Narendra Modi government, and Vijay Goel of the BJP, when he became the General Secretary of Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU). Rajat Sharma was awarded the country’s third highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan in 2015. Rajat Sharma has won several awards like Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor – News/Current Affairs show, Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award in 2009 by Exchange4media, Indian Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Rajat Sharma is the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV. He is also the President of News Broadcasters Association of India (NBA), Director of Strategic Affairs of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation and President of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). He is also the Director in a number of companies with businesse Nirmala Sitharaman
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