Sushma Swaraj () (born 14 February 1952) is an Indian politician of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and
Member of Parliament. She is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the
15th Lok Sabha. She is a former
union cabinet minister of
India and a former Chief Minister of
Delhi. Also she served as the Chairperson of the BJP's 19 member campaign committee for the
2009 General Elections. She was the first female chief minister of Delhi.
Early life
She was born in
Palwal,
Haryana in a
Hindu Family. She was educated at S.D. College,
Ambala Cantonment and earned a
B.A. degree. She studied
LL.B. from the Law Department of
Punjab University,
Chandigarh. She is an advocate by profession.
She has been associated with many social and cultural bodies in various capacities. She was President of the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan,
Haryana for four years.
Political career
Sushma Swaraj began her political career as a student leader in the 1970s, organizing protests against
Indira Gandhi's government. She was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from 1977–82 and then from 1987–90. As a
Janata Party MLA in
Devi Lal's government, she was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Employment (1977–1979). She joined the BJP in 1980. Under a combined Lok Dal-BJP government led by Devi Lal, she was the Cabinet Minister of Education, Food and Civil Supplies (1987–1990). She was judged Best Speaker of...
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