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Nirmala was born in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. Her father, Narayanan, hailed from [[Musiri]], [[Tiruchirappalli district|Tiruchirappalli]], while her mother's family had its roots in [[Thiruvenkadu]], and in the [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]] and [[Salem district|Salem]] districts of Tamil Nadu. Her father was an employee of [[Indian Railways]] and hence she spent her childhood in various parts of the state. She had her schooling from [[Madras]] and [[Tiruchirappalli]].<ref name=bst>{{cite news|last1=Phadnis|first1=Aditi|title=The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=4 September 2017|accessdate=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906121736/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html#|archive-date=6 September 2017|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in economics at the [[Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College]], Tiruchirapalli in 1980, [[Master of Arts]] degree in economics and [[Master of Philosophy|M.Phil.]] from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/nirmala-sitharaman-the-pride-of-tiruchi/article19618658.ece|title=Nirmala Sitharaman, the pride of Tiruchi|last=Krishnamoorthy|first=R.|date=2017-09-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.myneta.info/affidavits/rajsab09aff/631/Nirmala%20Sitharaman.pdf|title=Rajya Sabha Affidavits|last=Sitharaman|first=Nirmala|date=2016-05-30|website=|page=7|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nirmala Sitharaman appointed Finance Minister in Modi govt 2.0 as Arun Jaitley retreats |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/nirmala-sitharaman-appointed-finance-minister-in-modi-govt-2-0-as-arun-jaitley-retreats/1594251/ |work=The Financial Express |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> She then enrolled for a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade, but a move to London after her husband secured a scholarship in [[London School of Economics]] left her unable to complete the degree.<ref name ="bs-sep2017">{{cite news |last1=Phadnis |first1=Aditi |title=The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html |work=Business Standard |date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
Nirmala was born in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. Her father, Narayanan, hailed from [[Musiri]], [[Tiruchirappalli district|Tiruchirappalli]], while her mother's family had its roots in [[Thiruvenkadu]], and in the [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]] and [[Salem district|Salem]] districts of Tamil Nadu. Her father was an employee of [[Indian Railways]] and hence she spent her childhood in various parts of the state. She had her schooling from [[Madras]] and [[Tiruchirappalli]].<ref name=bst>{{cite news|last1=Phadnis|first1=Aditi|title=The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=4 September 2017|accessdate=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906121736/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html#|archive-date=6 September 2017|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in economics at the [[Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College]], Tiruchirapalli in 1980, [[Master of Arts]] degree in economics and [[Master of Philosophy|M.Phil.]] from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/nirmala-sitharaman-the-pride-of-tiruchi/article19618658.ece|title=Nirmala Sitharaman, the pride of Tiruchi|last=Krishnamoorthy|first=R.|date=2017-09-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.myneta.info/affidavits/rajsab09aff/631/Nirmala%20Sitharaman.pdf|title=Rajya Sabha Affidavits|last=Sitharaman|first=Nirmala|date=2016-05-30|website=|page=7|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nirmala Sitharaman appointed Finance Minister in Modi govt 2.0 as Arun Jaitley retreats |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/nirmala-sitharaman-appointed-finance-minister-in-modi-govt-2-0-as-arun-jaitley-retreats/1594251/ |work=The Financial Express |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> She then enrolled for a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade, but a move to London after her husband secured a scholarship in [[London School of Economics]] left her unable to complete the degree.<ref name ="bs-sep2017">{{cite news |last1=Phadnis |first1=Aditi |title=The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html |work=Business Standard |date=4 September 2017}}</ref>


Sitharaman met her husband [[Parakala Prabhakar]], a [[Telugu Brahmin]], from [[Narsapuram]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. While Nirmala leaned towards the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], her husband was from a pro-Congress family.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/BJP-spokesperson-finds-her-new-role-challenging/article16013690.ece |title=BJP spokesperson finds her new role challenging |publisher=The Hindu |date=3 April 2010 |accessdate=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054657/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/03/stories/2010040362060700.htm# |archive-date=21 September 2013 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They married in 1986, and have a daughter. Prabhakar served as a communications advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Chandrababu Naidu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ap-govt-advisor-and-nirmala-sitharaman-s-husband-parakala-prabhakar-quits-blames-jagan-83322|title=AP govt advisor and Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband Parakala Prabhakar quits, blames Jagan}}</ref><ref name="Huffington Post India">{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/03/in-nirmala-sitharaman-india-gets-its-second-woman-defence-minis_a_23195198/|title=In Nirmala Sitharaman, India Gets Its Second Woman Defence Minister After Indira Gandhi|date=2017-09-03|work=Huffington Post India|access-date=2017-09-13|language=en-IN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183454/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/03/in-nirmala-sitharaman-india-gets-its-second-woman-defence-minis_a_23195198/#|archive-date=13 September 2017|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She speaks Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English fluently.
Sitharaman met her husband [[Parakala Prabhakar]], a [[Telugu Brahmin]], from [[Narsapuram]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. While Nirmala leaned towards the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], her husband was from a pro-Congress family.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/BJP-spokesperson-finds-her-new-role-challenging/article16013690.ece |title=BJP spokesperson finds her new role challenging |publisher=The Hindu |date=3 April 2010 |accessdate=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054657/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/03/stories/2010040362060700.htm# |archive-date=21 September 2013 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They married in 1986, and have a daughter. Prabhakar served as a communications advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Chandrababu Naidu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ap-govt-advisor-and-nirmala-sitharaman-s-husband-parakala-prabhakar-quits-blames-jagan-83322|title=AP govt advisor and Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband Parakala Prabhakar quits, blames Jagan}}</ref><ref name="Huffington Post India">{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/03/in-nirmala-sitharaman-india-gets-its-second-woman-defence-minis_a_23195198/|title=In Nirmala Sitharaman, India Gets Its Second Woman Defence Minister After Indira Gandhi|date=2017-09-03|work=Huffington Post India|access-date=2017-09-13|language=en-IN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183454/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/03/in-nirmala-sitharaman-india-gets-its-second-woman-defence-minis_a_23195198/#|archive-date=13 September 2017|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==

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Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Finance[2]
Minister of Corporate Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 May 2019[1]
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Minister of Defence
In office
3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Succeeded byRajnath Singh
Minister of Commerce and Industry[3]
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAnand Sharma
Succeeded bySuresh Prabhu
Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
In office
2010–2014
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2016
Preceded byM. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP
ConstituencyKarnataka[4]
In office
26 June 2014 – 21 June 2016
Preceded byN. Janardhana Reddy, Indian National Congress
Succeeded bySuresh Prabhu
ConstituencyAndhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1959-08-18) 18 August 1959 (age 65)
Madurai, Madras State, India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyLotus BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
SpouseParakala Prabhakar
Children1
Residence(s)Hyderabad, Telangana, India[5][6]
Alma materSeethalakshmi Ramaswami College
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian politician who is the Finance and Corporate Affairs minister of India and member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman is India's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi. She has served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance and the Minister for Commerce and Industry with independent charge. Prior to that, she has served as a national spokesperson for the BJP.[7].

Personal life

Nirmala was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. Her father, Narayanan, hailed from Musiri, Tiruchirappalli, while her mother's family had its roots in Thiruvenkadu, and in the Thanjavur and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu. Her father was an employee of Indian Railways and hence she spent her childhood in various parts of the state. She had her schooling from Madras and Tiruchirappalli.[8] She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at the Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli in 1980, Master of Arts degree in economics and M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 1984.[9][10][11] She then enrolled for a Ph.D. in economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade, but a move to London after her husband secured a scholarship in London School of Economics left her unable to complete the degree.[12]

Sitharaman met her husband Parakala Prabhakar, a Telugu Brahmin, from Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. While Nirmala leaned towards the BJP, her husband was from a pro-Congress family.[13] They married in 1986, and have a daughter. Prabhakar served as a communications advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu.[14][15]

Political career

Nirmala Sitharaman joined the BJP in 2008 and has served as a spokesperson for the party. In 2014, she was inducted into Narendra Modi's cabinet as a junior minister and in June 2014, she was elected as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh.[16]

In May 2016, she was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due on 11 June 2016. She successfully contested her seat from Karnataka.[17] On 3 September 2017, she was appointed as Minister of Defence, being only the second woman after Indira Gandhi to hold the post.[18][19] On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the finance and corporate affairs minister.[20] She is India's first full-time female finance minister.[21]

Non-political career

Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat, a home décor store in London’s Regent Street.[22] She has served as an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers Association in the UK. During her stay in the UK, she has also served as a Senior Manager (R&D)[15] for Price Waterhouse and briefly at the BBC World Service.[23]

She has also served as a member of National Commission for Women.[24] In 2017, she was one of the founding directors of Pranava in Hyderabad.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Who Gets What: Cabinet Portfolios Announced. Full List Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Who's Who Government of India", India.gov.in, Natilnal Portal of India
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  4. ^ "Nirmala Sitharaman Wins Rajya Sabha Seat From Karnataka, Congress Gets 3". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "National Leadership from Andhra Pradesh - Official BJP site of Andhra Pradesh Nirmala sitharaman's address and contact information". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Official BJP National website". Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Deccan Chronicle: BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman gets NJR Rajya Sabha seat". 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Phadnis, Aditi (4 September 2017). "The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Krishnamoorthy, R. (4 September 2017). "Nirmala Sitharaman, the pride of Tiruchi". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  10. ^ Sitharaman, Nirmala (30 May 2016). "Rajya Sabha Affidavits" (PDF). p. 7. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ "Nirmala Sitharaman appointed Finance Minister in Modi govt 2.0 as Arun Jaitley retreats". The Financial Express. 31 May 2019.
  12. ^ Phadnis, Aditi (4 September 2017). "The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister". Business Standard.
  13. ^ "BJP spokesperson finds her new role challenging". The Hindu. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "AP govt advisor and Nirmala Sitharaman's husband Parakala Prabhakar quits, blames Jagan".
  15. ^ a b "In Nirmala Sitharaman, India Gets Its Second Woman Defence Minister After Indira Gandhi". Huffington Post India. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Nirmala elected to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 27 June 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 January 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. ^ "Naidu, Naqvi, Goyal among 12 in BJP's RS list". ABP Live. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Nirmala Sitharaman Joins Cabinet: GST and Start-Up Success Pays Dividend". News18. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Modi Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of new council of ministers", The Times of India, 3 September 2017, archived from the original on 4 September 2017, retrieved 3 September 2017 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  21. ^ "Narendra Modi Cabinet: Amit Shah gets Home and Nirmala Sitharaman is India's first full-time woman Finance Minister". The Hindu. 31 May 2019.
  22. ^ Phadnis, Aditi (4 September 2017). "The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  23. ^ Mohua Chatterjee, TNN (21 March 2010). "BJP gets a JNU product as its woman spokesperson". Indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  24. ^ "Who is Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Defence Minister". Financial Express. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Management | Pranava". Pranavatheschool.org. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Commerce and Industry
2014–2017
As Minister of State (Independent Charge) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2017 – 2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Finance
2019 - Present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Minister of Corporate Affairs
2019 - Present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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