Nirmala Sitharaman was born on 18 August 1959 and is an Indian economist and politician serving as the 28th Minister of Finance and 33rd Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019.
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Nirmala Sitharaman is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Karnataka since 2016 and previously represented Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016.
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Nirmala Sitharaman served as junior minister in the Modi ministry between 2014 and 2017, holding successive positions, first for her dual appointment as the 10th Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the 1st Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from May to November 2014, and then as the 6th Minister of State for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from May 2014 to September 2017, before being elevated to senior posts within the Union Cabinet.
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Nirmala Sitharaman joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2006 and rose to the post of BJP's national spokesperson in 2010, which she held until her election to parliament.
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Nirmala Sitharaman featured in the Forbes 2022 list of World's 100 most powerful women and was ranked 36.
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Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a Tamil Iyengar family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman.
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Nirmala Sitharaman had her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School Villupuram till primary level and from Madras and Tiruchirappalli.
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Nirmala Sitharaman joined the BJP in 2006 and was appointed in 2010 as a spokesperson for the party.
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Nirmala Sitharaman has served as the Defence Minister of India and headed the Balakot Air Strike carried out by the Indian Air Force in 2019.
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Nirmala Sitharaman is currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Corporate affairs of India and has presented five annual budgets of India.
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On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the finance and corporate affairs minister.
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Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019.
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Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat, a home decor store in London's Regent Street.
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Nirmala Sitharaman has served as an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers Association in the UK.
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Nirmala Sitharaman has served as a member of National Commission for Women.
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Nirmala Sitharaman met her husband Parakala Prabhakar who is from Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.