Sushma Swaraj Biodata

Birth Name : Sushma Swaraj

Date of birth : 14/02/1953

Place of birth : Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India

Sushma Swaraj is a Indian politician representing Bharatiya Janata Party. She was born on February 14, 1953 at Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India. Her parents are 'Hardev Sharma' and 'Laxmi Devi'. Sushma Swaraj married 'Swaraj Kaushal' on July 13, 1975, this pair having a daughter 'Bansuri Swaraj'. Her husband is a Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and a Criminal lawyer and served as Governor of Mizoram during 1990–1993. He was appointed Governor at 37 years of age and became the youngest ever Governor in the country. She was educated at S.D.College, Ambala Cantonment and earned a B.A degree with majors in Sanskrit and Political Science. She studied LL.B. from Department of Laws Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Awards

Best Speaker, Haryana State Assembly

Best Parliamentarian Award 2008, 2010

Position Held

1977-82, 1987-90: Became Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly

1977-1979: Served as the cabinet minister for Labour and Employment as the Janatha Dal MLA in Devi Lal's government

1980: Became a part of the Bharathiya Janatha Party

1987-1990: Served as the cabinet minister for Education and Food and Civil Supplies in the combined Lok Dal - BJP government under Devi Lal

1990: Elected to the Rajya Sabha

1996: Elected from South Delhi to the 11th Lok Sabha, served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the 13-day Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government

1998: Re-elected to the 12th Lok Sabha, became the Information and Broadcasting Minister, left the Union Cabinet to serve as the Chief Minister of Delhi

2000: Became a Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand

2000-2003: Served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting

2006: Was reelected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh

2009: Was elected from the Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh to the Lok Sabha

2009: Was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition to the Lok Sabha

Early Life

Sushma Swaraj started her practice as an Advocate before Supreme Court of India in 1973. Sushma Swaraj began her political career with 'Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad' in the 1970s. Sushma Swaraj joined the 'Janata Party' movement and actively campaigned against emergency. She was a Member of the 'Haryana Legislative Assembly' from 1977–82 and then again from 1987–90. In July 1977, she was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the Janata Party Government headed by Devi Lal.

As A Politician

In April 1990, she was elected as a 'Member of Parliament' and was in Rajya Sabha during 1990–96. In 1996, she was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from South Delhi Parliamentary Constituency. She was Union Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting during the 13-day 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee' Government in 1996. During this tenure, she started live telecast of Lok Sabha debates. She was re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha from South Delhi Parliamentary constituency for a 2nd term in 1998. Under the second Vajpayee Government, she was sworn in as Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting with additional charge of the Ministry of Telecommunications from 19 March to 12 October 1998.

Sushma Swaraj resigned from the Union Cabinet to take over the first woman Chief Minister of Delhi in October 1998. BJP lost the Assembly elections because of rising prices and inflation. She resigned her Assembly seat and returned to national politics. She was Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from January 2003 until May 2004, when the National Democratic Alliance Government lost the general election.

In the year 1977, she became the youngest ever Cabinet Minister in the country at 25 years of age. In 1979, she became State President of Janata Party, Haryana State at the young age of 27. Sushma Swaraj was the First woman Spokesperson of a national political party in India. She has many firsts to her credit as BJPs first woman Chief Minister, Union Cabinet Minister, General Secretary, Spokesperson and Leader of Opposition.