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Members Bioprofile Swaraj,Smt. Sushma

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Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh ) Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) sushmaswaraj@hotmail.com

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Father's Name Mother's Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Marital Status Date of Marriage Spouse's Name No.of Daughters

Shri Hardev Sharma Smt. Laxmi Devi 14 Feb 1952 Ambala Cantt.(Haryana) Married 13 Jul 1975 Shri Swaraj Kaushal 1 Educated at S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. (Haryana) and Law Deptt. Punjab University, Chandigarh

Educational Qualifications B.A., L.L.B.

Profession

Advocate

Permanent Address

C-7, Civil Lines, Prof. Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Tels. (0755) 2661006 , 09424488888

Present Address

8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi - 110 011 Tels. (011) 23794344, 23794044 9868181930 (M)

Positions Held

1977-82 and 1987-90 1977-79 1987-90 1990 1992-94

Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly (two terms) Cabinet Minister, Labour and Employment, Govt. of Haryana Cabinet Minister, Education, Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Haryana Elected to Rajya Sabha Chairperson, Joint Committee on Catering Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha

1994-96 1996 16 May-1 Jun. 1996 1996-98

Chairperson, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha Elected to 11th Lok Sabha Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting Member, 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)

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19 Mar.-12 Oct. 1998 13 Oct.- 3 Dec. 1998 Apr. 2000 30 Sep. 2000 - 29 Jan. 2003 29 Jan. 2003 - 22 May 2004 Aug. 2004 - 2009

Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting; and Telecommunications (Additional Charge) Chief Minister, Delhi Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs Chairperson, Committee on Home Affairs, Rajya Sabha Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha

Sep. 2004 - 2009 Oct. 2004 - 2009 Apr. 2006 May 2006 - 2009 May 2008 - 2009 2009 31 Aug. 2009 - 1 Jan. 2010 23 Sep. 2009 7 Oct. 2009 19 Oct. 2009 21 Dec. 2009

Member, Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term) Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health Member, House Committee, Rajya Sabha Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term) Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs Member, Rules Committee Member, Committee on Ethics Member, General Purpose Committee Leader , BJP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

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); Memb er, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Brussels, Belgium and Geneva; participated in Common Wealth 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 Minister`s Conference, Colombo
Other Information

Chairperson, Indo-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, July 2006-2009;Memb er, 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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