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'{{pp-pc1}} {{short description|Finance Minister of India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}{{Use Indian English|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nirmala Sitharaman | image = File:The Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge), Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman addressing a press conference, in New Delhi on October 14, 2016.jpg | office = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] | president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]] | predecessor = [[Arun Jaitley]] | primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]] | successor = | term_start = 30 May 2019 | office1 = [[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Minister of Corporate Affairs]] | president1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]] | predecessor1 = [[Arun Jaitley]] | primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]] | successor1 = | term_start1 = 30 May 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cabinet-portfolios-pm-narendra-modis-new-cabinet-ministers-and-their-portfolios-see-full-list-here-2045883|title=Who Gets What: Cabinet Portfolios Announced. 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Venkaiah Naidu]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] | successor5 = | constituency5 = [[Karnataka]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-wins-3-rajya-sabha-seats-from-karnataka-bjp-gets-1-1418017|title=Nirmala Sitharaman Wins Rajya Sabha Seat From Karnataka, Congress Gets 3|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611214036/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-wins-3-rajya-sabha-seats-from-karnataka-bjp-gets-1-1418017#|archive-date=11 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | term_start6 = 26 June 2014 | term_end6 = 21 June 2016 | predecessor6 = [[N. Janardhana Reddy]], [[Indian National Congress]] | successor6 = [[Suresh Prabhu]] | constituency6 = [[Andhra Pradesh]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|08|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]<br>(present-day [[Tamil Nadu]]) | spouse = {{marriage|[[Parakala Prabhakar]]|12 September 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doe.gov.in/minister/meet-union-finance-minister|title=Meet the Union Finance Minister/DEPARTMENT OF Expenditure &#124; MoF &#124;GoI|website=doe.gov.in|access-date=17 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812120051/https://doe.gov.in/minister/meet-union-finance-minister|archive-date=12 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | children = 1 | residence = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]<ref name=address>{{Cite web|url=http://ap.bjp.org/organisation/national-leader-ap|title=National Leadership from Andhra Pradesh – Official BJP site of Andhra Pradesh Nirmala sitharaman's address and contact information|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020155258/http://ap.bjp.org/organisation/national-leader-ap#|archive-date=20 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjp.org/organisation/office-bearers|title=Official BJP National website|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022002728/http://www.bjp.org/organisation/office-bearers#|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | alma_mater = [[Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College]] ([[B.A.|BA]])<br>[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ([[M.A.|MA]], [[MPhil]]) | native_name = நிர்மலா சீதாராமன் | Native language = [[Tamil]] }} '''Nirmala Sitharaman''' (born 18 August 1959; Tamil:நிர்மலா சீதாராமன்) is an Indian economist and politician serving as the current [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] and [[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Corporate Affairs]] of [[India]]. She is a [[Member of Parliament (India)|member]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]], upper house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]], since 2014. Sitharaman formerly served as the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister of India]], thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after [[Indira Gandhi]], and first full-time female Finance Minister. She has served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]] and the Minister for Commerce and Industry with independent charge. Prior to that, she served as a national spokesperson for the BJP.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140604/nation-politics/article/bjp-leader-nirmala-sitharaman-gets-njr-rajya-sabha-seat|title=Deccan Chronicle: BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman gets NJR Rajya Sabha seat|date=4 June 2014|access-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904030305/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140604/nation-politics/article/bjp-leader-nirmala-sitharaman-gets-njr-rajya-sabha-seat#|archive-date=4 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Early life== Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] family<ref>{{cite news|title=A power couple whom AP looks up to|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/city/hyderabad/A-power-couple-whom-AP-looks-up-to/articleshow/38766320.cms|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. 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|url-status=live}}</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=4 September 2017|work=The Hindu|access-date=2 June 2019|issn=0971-751X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202124119/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/nirmala-sitharaman-the-pride-of-tiruchi/article19618658.ece|archive-date=2 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.myneta.info/affidavits/rajsab09aff/631/Nirmala%20Sitharaman.pdf|title=Rajya Sabha Affidavits|last=Sitharaman|first=Nirmala|date=30 May 2016|page=7}}</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 |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601011218/https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/nirmala-sitharaman-appointed-finance-minister-in-modi-govt-2-0-as-arun-jaitley-retreats/1594251/ |archive-date=1 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209220341/https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Political career== Sitharaman joined the BJP in 2006 and was appointed as a spokesperson for the party in 2010. In 2014, she was inducted into [[Narendra Modi]]'s cabinet as a [[Minister (government)|junior minister]] and in June 2014, she was elected as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nirmala-elected-to-rajya-sabha/article6152636.ece|title=Nirmala elected to Rajya Sabha|date=27 June 2014|work=The Hindu|access-date=7 January 2019|others=Special Correspondent|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Naidu, Naqvi, Goyal among 12 in BJP's RS list|url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/naidu-naqvi-goyal-among-12-in-bjps-rs-list-352440|accessdate=30 May 2016|publisher=ABP Live|date=29 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530152104/http://www.abplive.in/india-news/naidu-naqvi-goyal-among-12-in-bjps-rs-list-352440#|archive-date=30 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Union Cabinet Minister== ===Union Defence Minister=== [[File:Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman taking charge as the Union Minister for Defence, in New Delhi on September 07, 2017.jpg|thumb|Nirmala Sitharaman taking charge as the Union Minister of Defence in New Delhi on 7 September 2017]] [[File:Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presides over India’s display of Naval might (6).jpg |thumb|Nirmala Sitharaman presides over India’s display of Naval might]] On 3 September 2017, she was appointed as [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]], being only the second woman after [[Indira Gandhi]] to hold the post, but the first full-time female defence minister.<ref name="ns">{{Cite news |url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/nirmala-sitharaman-joins-cabinet-gst-and-start-up-success-pays-dividend-1508087.html |title=Nirmala Sitharaman Joins Cabinet: GST and Start-Up Success Pays Dividend |work=News18 |access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121046/http://www.news18.com/news/politics/nirmala-sitharaman-joins-cabinet-gst-and-start-up-success-pays-dividend-1508087.html# |archive-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Modi Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of new council of ministers |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/modi-cabinet-reshuffle-full-list-of-pm-modis-council-of-ministers/articleshow/60348346.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 September 2017 |access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904071843/http://m.timesofindia.com/india/modi-cabinet-reshuffle-full-list-of-pm-modis-council-of-ministers/articleshow/60348346.cms# |archive-date=4 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Union Finance Minister=== On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the [[Minister of Finance (India)|finance]] and [[corporate affairs minister]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602015648/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |archive-date=2 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She is India's first full-time female finance minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Narendra Modi Cabinet: Amit Shah gets Home and Nirmala Sitharaman is India's first full-time woman Finance Minister |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narendra-modi-cabinet-ministers-and-portfolios/article27375561.ece |work=The Hindu |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=31 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531093401/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narendra-modi-cabinet-ministers-and-portfolios/article27375561.ece |archive-date=31 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Key Highlights of Union Budget 2019–20|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1577423|accessdate=5 July 2019|work=PIB|date=5 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705133516/http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx%3FPRID%3D1577423|archive-date=5 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020–21 on 1 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197837|title=Summary of Union Budget 2020-21|website=pib.gov.in|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] she was made in-charge of the [[COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/coronavirus-impact-fm-led-economic-task-force-takes-stock-of-key-ministries/story/398804.html|title=Coronavirus in India: Economic task force yet to be formed; no decision on relief package|date=20 March 2020|website=Business Today|url-status=live|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/government-forms-covid-19-economic-response-task-force-pm-modi/articleshow/74716284.cms|title=Covid 19 Economic Task Force: Government forms Covid-19 economic response task force, says PM Modi|date=19 March 2020|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> ==Non-political career== [[File:The MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skill, U.K., Mr. Sajid Javid meeting the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge), Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi on July 08, 2016.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sajid Javid]] (Right) and Sitharaman, New Delhi, 2016.]] Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat, a home decor store in London's [[Regent Street]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html|title=The rise and rise of Nirmala Sitharaman: From spokesperson to defence minister|last=Phadnis|first=Aditi|date=4 September 2017|work=Business Standard India|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209220341/https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/rise-of-nirmala-sitharaman-from-spokesperson-to-defence-minister-117090400030_1.html|archive-date=9 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 ([[Research and development|R&D]])<ref name="Huffington Post India"/> for [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|PWC]] and briefly at the [[BBC World Service]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author=Mohua Chatterjee, TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-21/india/28136255_1_nirmala-sitharaman-bjp-spokesperson-nitin-gadkari |title=BJP gets a JNU product as its woman spokesperson |website=[[Indiatimes.com]] |date=21 March 2010 |accessdate=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055312/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-21/india/28136255_1_nirmala-sitharaman-bjp-spokesperson-nitin-gadkari |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also served as a member of [[National Commission for Women]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Who is Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Defence Minister|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-nirmala-sitharaman-indias-first-full-time-woman-defence-minister/839028/|work=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date=3 September 2017|accessdate=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920091304/http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-nirmala-sitharaman-indias-first-full-time-woman-defence-minister/839028/#|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she was one of the founding directors of Pranava in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pranavatheschool.org/about/management/ |title=Management &#124; Pranava |publisher=Pranavatheschool.org |accessdate=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719054722/http://pranavatheschool.org/about/management/# |archive-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Awards and honors == The Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sitharaman-and-jaishankar-to-get-jnus-distinguished-alumni-award/article27891307.ece|title=Nirmala Sitharaman, Jaishankar to get JNU's Distinguished Alumni Award|last=Reporter|first=Staff|date=12 June 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=13 December 2019|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Forbes Magazine has ranked her 34th among the [[Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|100 most powerful women in the world]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/nirmala-sitharaman/|title=Nirmala Sitharaman|website=Forbes|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213113350/https://www.forbes.com/profile/nirmala-sitharaman/|archive-date=13 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Personal life== Sitharaman met her husband [[Parakala Prabhakar]] who is 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 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 |url-status=live }}</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|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120092942/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ap-govt-advisor-and-nirmala-sitharaman-s-husband-parakala-prabhakar-quits-blames-jagan-83322|archive-date=20 November 2018|url-status=live}}</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=3 September 2017|work=Huffington Post India|access-date=13 September 2017|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|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=12 Unknown Facts About Nirmala Sitharaman: The Sales Girl Bit Will Surprise You |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/business/12-unknown-facts-about-nirmala-sitharaman-the-sales-girl-bit-will-surprise-you-626023 |agency=The Hans India}}</ref> ==See also== *[[List of female defence ministers]] *[[List of female finance ministers]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/nirmala-sitharaman.html Elections.in – Nirmala Sitharaman Biography] {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Anand Sharma]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Commerce and Industry]]|years=2014–2017<br>''As Minister of State (Independent Charge)''}} {{s-aft|after=[[Suresh Prabhu]]}} |- {{s-bef|rows=3|before=[[Arun Jaitley]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]|years=2017–2019}} {{s-aft|after=[[Rajnath Singh]]}} |- {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]|years=2019–present}} {{s-inc|rows=2}} |- {{s-ttl|title=[[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Minister of Corporate Affairs]]|years=2019–present}} |- {{s-end}} {{commons category|Nirmala Sitharaman}} {{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet}} {{Cabinet of Narendra Modi}} {{Finance Ministers of India}} {{Defence Ministers of India}} {{G20-Finance}} {{Bharatiya Janata Party}} {{portal bar|Biography|Hyderabad}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sitharaman, Nirmala}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from Madurai]] [[Category:Tamil politicians]] [[Category:Indian Tamil politicians]] [[Category:Women in Andhra Pradesh politics]] [[Category:PricewaterhouseCoopers people]] [[Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni]] [[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]] [[Category:Union ministers of state of India with independent charge]] [[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh]] [[Category:Narendra Modi ministry]] [[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]] [[Category:Women in Karnataka politics]] [[Category:Indian women economists]] [[Category:20th-century Indian economists]] [[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka]] [[Category:Women union ministers of state of India]] [[Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha]] [[Category:Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Female defence ministers]] [[Category:21st-century Indian economists]] [[Category:Women scientists from Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Women members of the Cabinet of India]] [[Category:Finance Ministers of India]] [[Category:Defence Ministers of India]] [[Category:Commerce and Industry Ministers of India]] [[Category:Ministers_for_Corporate_Affairs]] [[Category:Women finance ministers]]'