Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Vidisha
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri Hardev Sharma
Mother's Name : Smt. Laxmi Devi
Date of birth : 14 Feb 1952
Profession : Advocate
Positions held :
1977-82 and 1987-90 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly (two terms)1977-79 Cabinet Minister, Labour and Employment, Govt. of Haryana1987-90 Cabinet Minister, Education, Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Haryana1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha1992-94 Chairperson, Joint Committee on CateringMember, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha1994-96 Chairperson, Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha16 May-1 Jun. 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting1996-98 Member, Standing Committee on DefenceChairperson, Sub-Committee on Upgradation and Modernisation of Naval FleetMember, Committee of Privileges1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)19 Mar.-12 Oct. 1998 Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting; and Telecommunications (Additional Charge)13 Oct.- 3 Dec. 1998 Chief Minister, N.C.T. of DelhiApr. 2000 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)30 Sep. 2000 - 29 Jan. 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting29 Jan. 2003 - 22 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary AffairsAug. 2004 - 2009 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Home AffairsMember, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya SabhaMember, General Purposes Committee, Rajya SabhaSep. 2004 - 2009 Member, Ethics Committee, Rajya SabhaOct. 2004 - 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of DefenceApr. 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)May 2006 - 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public HealthMay 2008 - 2009 Member, House Committee, Rajya Sabha2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)31 Aug. 2009 - 1 Jan. 2010 Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs23 Sep. 2009 Member, Rules Committee7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics19 Oct. 2009 Member, General Purpose Committee21 Dec. 2009 Leader , BJP Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaLeader of Opposition, Lok SabhaMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)27 May 2014 - 16 Feb. 2016 Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs16 Feb. 2016 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs
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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); 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
Other Information
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
