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Father's Name
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Shri Hardev Sharma
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Laxmi Devi
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Date of Birth
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14 Feb 1952
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Place of Birth
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Ambala Cantt. (Haryana)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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13 Jul 1975
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Spouse's Name
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Shri Swaraj Kaushal
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational
Qualifications
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B.A., LL.B.
Educated at S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. (Haryana)
and Law Deptt. Punjab University, Chandigarh
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Profession
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Advocate
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Permanent Address
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C-7, Civil Lines,
Prof. Colony,
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Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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Tel : (0755) 2661006, 09424488888 (M)
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Present Address
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8, Safdarjung Lane,
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New Delhi - 110 011
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Tels : (011) 23794344, 23794044
09868181930 (M)
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Positions Held
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1977-82 and 1987-90
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Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly (two terms)
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1977-79
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Cabinet Minister, Labour and Employment, Govt. of Haryana
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1987-90
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Cabinet Minister, Education, Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Haryana
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1990
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
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1992-94
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Chairperson, Joint Committee on Catering
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha
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1994-96
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Chairperson, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha
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1996
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
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16 May-1 Jun. 1996
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Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting
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1996-98
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Member, Standing Committee on Defence
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Chairperson, Sub-Committee on Upgradation and Modernisation of Naval Fleet
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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19 Mar.-12 Oct. 1998
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Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting; and Telecommunications (Additional Charge)
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13 Oct.- 3 Dec. 1998
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Chief Minister, N.C.T. of Delhi
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Apr. 2000
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Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)
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30 Sep. 2000 - 29 Jan. 2003
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Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting
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29 Jan. 2003 - 22 May 2004
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Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs
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Aug. 2004 - 2009
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha
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Sep. 2004 - 2009
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Member, Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha
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Oct. 2004 - 2009
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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Apr. 2006
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Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)
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May 2006 - 2009
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health
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May 2008 - 2009
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Member, House Committee, Rajya Sabha
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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31 Aug. 2009 - 1 Jan. 2010
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs
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23 Sep. 2009
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Member, Rules Committee
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7 Oct. 2009
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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19 Oct. 2009
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Member, General Purpose Committee
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21 Dec. 2009
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Leader , BJP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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27 May 2014 - 16 Feb. 2016
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Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs
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16 Feb. 2016 onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Associated with many social and cultural bodies in various
capacities
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Special Interests
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Economy, defence and information
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Hindi poetry, classical music, drama and fine arts
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Countries Visited
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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
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Other Information
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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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