Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Hazaribagh
State : Jharkhand
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Bipin Bihari Saran
Mother's Name : Late Dhana Devi
Date of birth : 06 Nov 1937
Profession : Civil Servant Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1984 Joined Janata Party1986-88 General Secretary, Janata Party1988 Member, Rajya Sabha1989 Member, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha1990 Joined Janata Dal (Samajwadi) after split in Janata Dal1990-91 Union Cabinet Minister, Finance1995-1996 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly1995-1996 Member, Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998 - 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, FinanceMember, Parliamentary Pay Committee1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Finance1 Jul. 2002 - 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs2004 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)Sep. 2004-2009 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex, Rajya SabhaOct. 2004-2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External AffairsJun. 2006 Member, Press Council of India2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Public Accounts31 Aug. 2009 - 5 May 2010 Chairman, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Public Accounts7 May 2010 Chairman, Committee on Finance
More Information :
Special Interests
Public administration, external and economic affairs
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, travelling, listening to music and watching films
Sports and Clubs
Member,(i) Delhi Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; (ii) Bankipur Club, Patna, President- All India Tennis Association
Countries Visited
Widely visited
Other Information
Lecturer, Political Science, Patna University, 1958-60; joined I.A.S. in 1960; Deputy Commissioner, Santhal Paraganas; Chairman, (i) D.T.C., Delhi and (ii) Drafting Committee of the UNCTAD Conference on Shipping in Geneva; Consul-General of India, Frankfurt, West Germany; Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Bihar; Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Shipping and Transport; and sought premature voluntary retirement from I.A.S. in 1984 to join politics
