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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8" title="নিৰ্মলা সীতাৰমন – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="নিৰ্মলা সীতাৰমন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8" title="নির্মলা সীতারামন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="নির্মলা সীতারামন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8" title="निर्मला सीतारमन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="निर्मला सीतारमन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%A8" title="નિર્મલા સીતારામન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="નિર્મલા સીતારામન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%B0%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Նիրմալա Սիտհարաման – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նիրմալա Սիտհարաման" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D" title="निर्मला सीतारामन् – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="निर्मला सीतारामन्" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F" title="נירמלה סיטרמן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נירמלה סיטרמן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BE_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ನಿರ್ಮಲಾ ಸೀತಾರಾಮನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ನಿರ್ಮಲಾ ಸೀತಾರಾಮನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ნირმალა სითჰარამანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნირმალა სითჰარამანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8" title="निर्मला सीतारमन – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="निर्मला सीतारमन" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB" title="നിർമ്മല സീതാരാമൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നിർമ്മല സീതാരാമൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8" title="निर्मला सीतारामन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="निर्मला सीतारामन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%B3%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%A3" title="ନିର୍ମଳା ସୀତାରାମଣ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ନିର୍ମଳା ସୀତାରାମଣ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8" title="ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਸੀਤਾਰਮਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਸੀਤਾਰਮਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Nirmala Sitharaman" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Нирмала Ситхараман – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Нирмала Ситхараман" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat 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background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />30 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Union Minister of Corporate Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />30 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Union Minister of Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)"> Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anand_Sharma" title="Anand Sharma">Anand Sharma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Union Minister of State for <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shripad_Naik" title="Shripad Naik">Shripad Naik</a> (Finance)<br />Office established (Corporate Affairs)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Sinha" title="Jayant Sinha">Jayant Sinha</a> (Finance)<br /><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a> (Corporate Affairs)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._Venkaiah_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Venkaiah Naidu">M. Venkaiah Naidu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 June 2014 – 21 June 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/N._Janardhana_Reddy" title="N. Janardhana Reddy">N. Janardhana Reddy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh"> Andhra Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-08-18</span>) </span>18 August 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a>, India (present-day <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Parakala_Prabhakar" title="Parakala Prabhakar">Parakala Prabhakar</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="12th September 1986">1986</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seethalakshmi_Ramaswami_College" title="Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College">Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University" title="Jawaharlal Nehru University">Jawaharlal Nehru University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Philosophy" title="Master of Philosophy">MPhil</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nirmala Sitharaman</b> (born 18 August 1959)<sup id="cite_ref-:14_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) serving as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Minister of Corporate Affairs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> since 2019. She is a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Indian Parliament</a>, representing <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> since 2016 and previously represented <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> from 2014 to 2016. Sitharaman previously served as the 28th <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Defence Minister</a> from 2017 to 2019, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and the second female finance minister after <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, and the first full-time female minister to hold each of those portfolios. She served as junior minister in the <a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi ministry</a> between 2014 and 2017, holding successive positions, first for her dual appointment as the Minister of State in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Ministry of Finance</a> and the Minister of State in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Ministry of Corporate Affairs</a> from May to November 2014, and then as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Ministry of Commerce and Industry</a> from May 2014 to September 2017, before being elevated to senior posts within the <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Cabinet</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sitharaman featured in the <a href="/wiki/Forbes_list_of_The_World%27s_100_Most_Powerful_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women">Forbes 2022 list of World's 100 most powerful women</a> and was ranked 36.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, she was ranked 32nd in the Forbes 2023 list of World's 100 most powerful women.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune</a> named her the most powerful woman in India.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CaptainBiz_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaptainBiz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamil</a> <a href="/wiki/Iyengar" title="Iyengar">Iyengar</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai, Tamil Nadu</a>, to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. She had her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent Anglo-Indian School,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Viluppuram" title="Viluppuram">Villupuram</a> till primary level, and thereafter at Vidyodaya School in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>. She then studied at St. Philomena’s School, and at Holy Cross School in <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli" title="Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bst_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bst-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She obtained a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in Economics from <a href="/wiki/Seethalakshmi_Ramaswami_College" title="Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College">Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirapalli" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruchirapalli">Tiruchirapalli</a> in 1980, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> degree in Economics and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Philosophy" title="Master of Philosophy">M.Phil.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University,_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi">Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then enrolled for a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> program in Economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade; but later left this program and moved to <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> (when her husband secured a scholarship in <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a>) because of which she was unable to complete her degree.<sup id="cite_ref-bs-sep2017_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bs-sep2017-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2></div> <p>Nirmala Sitharaman served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Women" title="National Commission for Women">National Commission for Women</a> from 2003 to 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nirmala Sitharaman joined <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> in 2008. She was a national spokesperson of the party till 2014. In 2014, she was inducted into <a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Narendra Modi</a>'s cabinet as a <a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">junior minister</a> and was elected in June of that year as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2016, she was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> elections due on 11 June. She successfully contested her seat from <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Defence Minister of India</a> and headed the <a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">Balakot Air Strike</a> carried out by the Indian Air Force in 2019. She is currently serving as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate affairs of India</a> and has presented five annual budgets of India (as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nirmala_Sitharaman&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Union_Cabinet_Minister">Union Cabinet Minister</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_Defence_Minister">Union Defence Minister</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07%2C_2017.jpg/220px-Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07%2C_2017.jpg/330px-Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07%2C_2017.jpg/440px-Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Defence%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_07%2C_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1551" /></a><figcaption>Sitharaman as the Union Minister of Defence in New Delhi, 7 September 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_%286%29.jpg/220px-Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_%286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_%286%29.jpg/330px-Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_%286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_%286%29.jpg/440px-Defence_Minister_Nirmala_Sitharaman_presides_over_India%E2%80%99s_display_of_Naval_might_%286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="462" /></a><figcaption>Sitharaman pictured during her tenure as Union Minister of Defence, January 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>On 3 September 2017, she was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a>, being only the second woman after <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> to hold the post, but the first full-time female defence minister.<sup id="cite_ref-ns_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ns-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under her tenure, the army conducted the <a href="/wiki/2019_Balakot_airstrike" title="2019 Balakot airstrike">Balakot airstrike</a> in retaliation to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Pulwama_attack" title="2019 Pulwama attack">2019 Pulwama attack</a>. The Indian army claimed that the operation had killed at least 170 <a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammed" title="Jaish-e-Mohammed">JEM terrorists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_Finance_Minister">Union Finance Minister</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019.jpg/220px-Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019.jpg/330px-Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019.jpg/440px-Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="787" /></a><figcaption>Sitharaman as Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs in New Delhi, 31 May 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">finance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">corporate affairs minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is India's first full-time female finance minister.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020–21 on 1 February 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 pandemic in India</a> she was made in-charge of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Economic_Response_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force">COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under her tenure as the finance minister in 2022, India became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">Fifth largest Economy</a> in the world, and the GDP of the country was said to have seen massive growth positively with historical context.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2024, she presented the Union budget for the record 6th time and matched it with <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a>. She also became the first minister to present the budget in the <a href="/wiki/New_Parliament_House,_New_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="New Parliament House, New Delhi">New Parliament building</a> of India.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was given the same cabinet posts after the <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">Indian general election</a> in June 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-political_career">Non-political career</h2></div> <p>Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat, a home decor store in London's <a href="/wiki/Regent_Street" title="Regent Street">Regent Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has served as an assistant to Economist in the <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Engineers_Association" title="Agricultural Engineers Association">Agricultural Engineers Association</a> in the UK. During her stay in the UK, she has also served as a Senior Manager (<a href="/wiki/Research_and_development" title="Research and development">R&D</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_Post_India_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington_Post_India-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <a href="/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers" class="mw-redirect" title="PricewaterhouseCoopers">PWC</a> and briefly at the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has also served as a member of <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Women" title="National Commission for Women">National Commission for Women</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, she was one of the founding directors of Pranava in <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad, India">Hyderabad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-address_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-address-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div> <p>The Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forbes Magazine has ranked her 34th among the <a href="/wiki/Forbes_list_of_The_World%27s_100_Most_Powerful_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women">100 most powerful women in the world</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister wins the Business Reformer of the year award at The <a href="/wiki/Economic_Times_Awards" title="Economic Times Awards">Economic Times Awards</a> for Corporate Excellence 2021. In 2023, ranked at number 32, Sitharaman has made it to the list of Forbes Magazine's 100 most powerful women in the world for the fifth time in a row. In 2022, the minister was ranked at number 36 in the list, while she was in the 37th spot in 2021 and 41st in 2020 respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Sitharaman met her husband, economist and commentator <a href="/wiki/Parakala_Prabhakar" title="Parakala Prabhakar">Parakala Prabhakar</a>, who is from <a href="/wiki/Narsapuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Narsapuram">Narsapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, while studying at the <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University" title="Jawaharlal Nehru University">Jawaharlal Nehru University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Nirmala leaned towards the BJP, her husband is from a <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in 1986, and have a daughter who previously worked for <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mint_(newspaper)" title="Mint (newspaper)">Mint</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prabhakar served as the communications advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Government of Andhra Pradesh">Government of Andhra Pradesh</a> from 2014 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_Post_India_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington_Post_India-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_defence_ministers" title="List of female defence ministers">List of female defence ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_finance_ministers" title="List of female finance ministers">List of female finance ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Third Modi ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Pai</a><i>(Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brij_Lal_Verma" class="mw-redirect" title="Brij Lal Verma">Brij Lal Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy" title="Kasu Brahmananda Reddy">Kasu Brahmananda Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotla_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy">Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Patil" title="Veerendra Patil">Veerendra Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Vengala_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Vengala Rao">J. Vengala Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Bakht" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikandar Bakht">Sikandar Bakht</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I._I._Chundrigar" title="I. I. Chundrigar">I. I. Chundrigar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooverji_Hormusji_Bhabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha">Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshitish_Chandra_Neogy" title="Kshitish Chandra Neogy">Kshitish Chandra Neogy</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekrushna_Mahtab" class="mw-redirect" title="Harekrushna Mahtab">Harekrushna Mahtab</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_T_Krishnamachari" class="mw-redirect" title="T T Krishnamachari">T T Krishnamachari</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KC_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="KC Reddy">KC Reddy</a> <i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Shah" title="Manubhai Shah">Manubhai Shah</a> <i>(As MoS till 24 January 1966)</i>(Commerce)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bali_Ram_Bhagat" title="Bali Ram Bhagat">Bali Ram Bhagat</a><i>(Foreign Trade & Supply)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Narayan_Mishra" title="Lalit Narayan Mishra">Lalit Narayan Mishra</a><i>(MoS)</i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._P._Chattopadhyay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. P. Chattopadhyay (page does not exist)">D. P. Chattopadhyay</a><i>(Commerce)</i>(as MoS till 23 December 1976)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitendra_Desai" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitendra Desai">Hitendra Desai</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Singh_(politician,_born_1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)">Arjun Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Shiv_Shankar" class="mw-redirect" title="P Shiv Shankar">P Shiv Shankar</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Tiwari" title="N. D. Tiwari">N. D. Tiwari</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Dinesh Singh</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Chidambaram" class="mw-redirect" title="P Chidambaram">P Chidambaram</a><i>(MoS, IC)</i> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_Chidambaram" class="mw-redirect" title="P Chidambaram">P Chidambaram</a> <i>(MoS, IC)</i> <i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Prasad_Yadav" title="Devendra Prasad Yadav">Devendra Prasad Yadav</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolla_Bulli_Ramaiah" title="Bolla Bulli Ramaiah">Bolla Bulli Ramaiah</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Hegde" title="Ramakrishna Hegde">Ramakrishna Hegde</a><i>(Commerce)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Sharma" title="Anand Sharma">Anand Sharma</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nirmala Sitharaman</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)'</i>(MoS, IC)'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a><i>(Commerce & Industry)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a><i>(Commerce and Industry)</i><span style="font-size:85%;">(incumbent)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MOS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hardeep_Singh_Puri" title="Hardeep Singh Puri">Hardeep Singh Puri</a><span style="font-size:85%;">(incumbent)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bharatiya_Janata_Party" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="color:black;;background:#FF9933"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:black">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Template talk:Bharatiya Janata Party"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:black">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bharatiya Janata Party"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:black">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Bharatiya_Janata_Party" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party">Party presidents</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (1980–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (1986–91, 1993–98, 2004–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a> (1991–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushabhau_Thakre" title="Kushabhau Thakre">Kushabhau Thakre</a> (1998–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaru_Laxman" title="Bangaru Laxman">Bangaru Laxman</a> (2000–01)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jana_Krishnamurthi" title="Jana Krishnamurthi">Jana Krishnamurthi</a> (2001–02)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a> (2002–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (2006–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a> (2009–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a> (2013–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> (2014–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. Nadda</a> (2020–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current vice presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vasundhara_Raje" title="Vasundhara Raje">Vasundhara Raje</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saudan_Singh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saudan Singh (page does not exist)">Saudan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baijayant_Panda" title="Baijayant Panda">Baijayant Panda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Pandey" title="Saroj Pandey">Saroj Pandey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekha_Verma" title="Rekha Verma">Rekha Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annpurna_Devi" title="Annpurna Devi">Annpurna Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharti_Shiyal" title="Bharti Shiyal">Bharti Shiyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Aruna" title="D. K. Aruna">D. K. Aruna</a></li> <li>M. Chuba Ao</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._Abdullakutty" title="A. P. Abdullakutty">A. P. Abdullakutty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmikant_Bajpai" title="Laxmikant Bajpai">Laxmikant Bajpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Usendi" title="Lata Usendi">Lata Usendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Mansoor" title="Tariq Mansoor">Tariq Mansoor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">Prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (1996; 1998–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> (2014–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (2002–2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Other prominent leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavurao_Deshpande" title="Bhavurao Deshpande">Bhavurao Deshpande</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel">Anandiben Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Modi" title="Sushil Kumar Modi">Sushil Kumar Modi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakant_Bacchu_Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrakant Bacchu Patil">Chandrakant Bacchu Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ghosh_(politician)" title="Dilip Ghosh (politician)">Dilip Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamyang_Tsering_Namgyal" title="Jamyang Tsering Namgyal">Jamyang Tsering Namgyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahib_Singh_Verma" title="Sahib Singh Verma">Sahib Singh Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Parrikar" title="Manohar Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Kumar" title="Shanta Kumar">Shanta Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Kumar_Dhumal" title="Prem Kumar Dhumal">Prem Kumar Dhumal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Marandi" title="Babulal Marandi">Babulal Marandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Munda" title="Arjun Munda">Arjun Munda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Sadananda_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="D. V. Sadananda Gowda">D. V. Sadananda Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Gaur" title="Babulal Gaur">Babulal Gaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat">Bhairon Singh Shekhawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prakash_Gupta" title="Ram Prakash Gupta">Ram Prakash Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdambika_Pal" title="Jagdambika Pal">Jagdambika Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Swami_(politician)" title="Nityanand Swami (politician)">Nityanand Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagat_Singh_Koshyari" title="Bhagat Singh Koshyari">Bhagat Singh Koshyari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._C._Khanduri" title="B. C. Khanduri">B. C. Khanduri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pokhriyal" title="Ramesh Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trivendra_Singh_Rawat" title="Trivendra Singh Rawat">Trivendra Singh Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulab_Chand_Kataria" title="Gulab Chand Kataria">Gulab Chand Kataria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hriday_Narayan_Dikshit" title="Hriday Narayan Dikshit">Hriday Narayan Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biswabhusan_Harichandan" title="Biswabhusan Harichandan">Biswabhusan Harichandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaru_Dattatreya" title="Bandaru Dattatreya">Bandaru Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draupadi_Murmu" class="mw-redirect" title="Draupadi Murmu">Draupadi Murmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajubhai_Vala" title="Vajubhai Vala">Vajubhai Vala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalraj_Mishra" title="Kalraj Mishra">Kalraj Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwarilal_Purohit" title="Banwarilal Purohit">Banwarilal Purohit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamilisai_Soundararajan" title="Tamilisai Soundararajan">Tamilisai Soundararajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Sinha" title="Manoj Sinha">Manoj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Yediyurappa" title="B. S. Yediyurappa">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Current chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pema_Khandu" title="Pema Khandu">Pema Khandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Deo_Sai" title="Vishnu Deo Sai">Vishnu Deo Sai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Sawant" title="Pramod Sawant">Pramod Sawant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupendrabhai_Patel" title="Bhupendrabhai Patel">Bhupendrabhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayab_Singh_Saini" title="Nayab Singh Saini">Nayab Singh Saini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Yadav" title="Mohan Yadav">Mohan Yadav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Charan_Majhi" title="Mohan Charan Majhi">Mohan Charan Majhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Lal_Sharma" title="Bhajan Lal Sharma">Bhajan Lal Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Biren_Singh" title="N. Biren Singh">N. 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