Sushma Swaraj
👉Sushma Swaraj was born on 14 February, 1952 in Ambala, Haryana.
👉She graduated from Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
👉Sushma Swaraj was also awarded an honorary doctorate by the Agricultural University, Kanpur.
👉In the year 1973, she started practicing as an advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
👉Sushma Swaraj entered public life at an early age and won the election to the Haryana Legislative Assembly in 1977 at the age of 25 and became the Minister of Labor and Employment in the Haryana State Government.
👉During the period 1987 to 1990, she was again elected as a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly and became the Minister of Education, Food and Civil Supplies.
👉Sushma Swaraj became a Rajya Sabha MP in the year 1990 and in the year 1996, she was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha and became the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
👉She was re-elected as MP in the 1998 Lok Sabha elections and held the post of Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Government of India along with additional charge of the Ministry of Telecommunications.
👉Sushma Swaraj became the first woman Chief Minister of Delhi in October 1998.
👉Subsequently, in April, 2000, she was again elected to the Rajya Sabha and became the Minister of Information and Broadcasting from September, 2000 to January, 2003 and then the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from January, 2003 to May, 2004. .
👉Sushma Swaraj was the leader of the opposition from December 2009 to May 2014.
👉In 2014, she was elected to the Lok Sabha. She served as the External Affairs Minister of India from May, 2014 to May, 2019.
👉She was an able administrator and affable woman with a human touch who left an indelible mark by helping distressed Indians abroad. For these qualities, she was declared "India's most loved politician" by the American daily 'Wall Street Journal' in 2017.
👉Sushma Swaraj died on August 06, 2019.
👉Sushma Swaraj was awarded India's second highest civilian honor 'Padma Vibhushan' (posthumously).
👉Sushma Swaraj will always be remembered for her extraordinary oratorical skills and compassionate approach.
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