Sushma Swaraj
| Sushma Swaraj सुषमा स्वराज |
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Sushma Swaraj in October 2014
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| Union Minister of External Affairs (Government of India) |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Salman Khurshid |
| Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 7 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Vayalar Ravi |
| Succeeded by | position disestablished; merged with MEA |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha | |
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In office 21 December 2009 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | L. K. Advani |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Pramod Mahajan |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
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In office 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | C. P. Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Anbumani Ramadoss |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
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In office 30 September 2000 – 29 January 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Chief Minister of Delhi | |
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In office 13 October 1998 – 3 December 1998 |
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| Governor | Vijai Kapoor |
| Preceded by | Sahib Singh Verma |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Dikshit |
| Member of Parliament from Vidisha |
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Assumed office 13 May 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Rampal Singh |
| Personal details | |
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14 February 1952 Ambala Cantonment, Punjab State (now Haryana), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Swaraj Kaushal |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Sushma Swaraj 
pronunciation (born 14 February 1952) is an Indian politician, former Supreme Court lawyer and the current Minister of External Affairs of India, in office since 26 May 2014. A leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, Swaraj is the second woman to be India's Minister of External Affairs, after Indira Gandhi. She has been elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of north Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a brief term in 1998.
In the 2014 Indian general election, she won the Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh for a second term, retaining her seat by a margin of over 400,000 votes. She became the External Affairs Minister in the union cabinet on 26 May 2014.
Sushma Swaraj (née Sushma Sharma) was born at Ambala Cantt, Haryana on 14 February 1952 to Hardev Sharma & Shrimati Laxmi Devi. Her father was a prominent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member. Her parents hailed from Dharampura area of Lahore, Pakistan. She was educated at Sanatan Dharma College in Ambala Cantonment and earned a bachelor's degree with majors in Sanskrit and Political Science. She studied law at Punjab University, Chandigarh. A state-level competition held by the Language Department of Haryana saw her winning the best Hindi Speaker award for three consecutive years.
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