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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C" title="সুষমা স্বৰাজ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="সুষমা স্বৰাজ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" title="सुषमा स्वराज – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="सुषमा स्वराज" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C" title="সুষমা স্বরাজ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সুষমা স্বরাজ" 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%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" title="सुषमा स्वराज – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="सुषमा स्वराज" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C5%A1ma_Svar%C3%A1d%C5%BEov%C3%A1" title="Sušma Svarádžová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sušma Svarádžová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" title="सुषमा स्वराज – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="सुषमा स्वराज" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC" title="سوشما سوآراج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوشما سوآراج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9C" title="સુષ્મા સ્વરાજ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="સુષ્મા સ્વરાજ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9C%EB%A7%88_%EC%8A%A4%EC%99%80%EB%9D%BC%EC%A7%80" title="수시마 스와라지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수시마 스와라지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B7%D5%B4%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BB" title="Սուշմա Սվարաջ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սուշմա Սվարաջ" 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%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" title="सुषमा स्वराज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सुषमा स्वराज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" 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/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" 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%A1%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%92%27" title="סושמה סוואראג' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סושמה סוואראג'" 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 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href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC" title="سوشما سواراج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سوشما سواراج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" title="सुषमा स्वराज – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="सुषमा स्वराज" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8" title="スシュマ・スワラージ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スシュマ・スワラージ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%B7%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%B1%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%9C" title="ସୁଷମା ସ୍ୱରାଜ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ସୁଷମା ସ୍ୱରାଜ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C" title="ਸੁਸ਼ਮਾ ਸਵਰਾਜ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸੁਸ਼ਮਾ ਸਵਰਾਜ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8F%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC" title="سُشما سوراج – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سُشما سوراج" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC" title="سوشما سوراج – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="سوشما سوراج" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" 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%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6,_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Сварадж, Сушма – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сварадж, Сушма" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" title="सुषमा स्वराज – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="सुषमा स्वराज" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%BD" title="ᱥᱩᱥᱚᱢᱟ ᱥᱣᱚᱨᱟᱡᱽ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱥᱩᱥᱚᱢᱟ ᱥᱣᱚᱨᱟᱡᱽ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sushma Swaraj" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%8D" title="சுஷ்மா சுவராஜ் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சுஷ்மா சுவராஜ்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">29th <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Union Minister of External 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 – 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/Salman_Khurshid" title="Salman Khurshid">Salman Khurshid</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/S._Jaishankar" title="S. Jaishankar">S. Jaishankar</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;">4th <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Overseas_Indian_Affairs" title="Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs">Union Minister of Overseas Indian 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 – 7 January 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">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/Vayalar_Ravi" title="Vayalar Ravi">Vayalar Ravi</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"><i>office abolished</i></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;">11th <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha" title="Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha">Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 December 2009 – 19 May 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">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Munde" title="Gopinath Munde">Gopinath Munde</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Speaker</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Meira_Kumar" title="Meira Kumar">Meira Kumar</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/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</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/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> (2024)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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;">19th <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Union Minister of Parliamentary 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 />29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004</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/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</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/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</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/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad" title="Ghulam Nabi Azad">Ghulam Nabi Azad</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;">29th <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004</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/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</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/C._P._Thakur" title="C. P. Thakur">C. P. Thakur</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/Anbumani_Ramadoss" title="Anbumani Ramadoss">Anbumani Ramadoss</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;">21st <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 September 2000 – 29 January 2003</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/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</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/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</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 />19 March 1998 – 11 October 1998</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/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</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/S._Jaipal_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Jaipal Reddy">S. Jaipal Reddy</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/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</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 />16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996</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/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</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/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</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/C._M._Ibrahim" title="C. M. Ibrahim">C. M. Ibrahim</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/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"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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_Haryana" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana">Haryana</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 />3 April 2000 – 8 November 2000</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</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 />9 November 2000 – 2 April 2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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_Uttarakhand" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</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 />3 April 2006 – 30 May 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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_Madhya_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</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;">5th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Delhi">Chief Minister of Delhi</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 October 1998 – 3 December 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vijai_Kapoor" title="Vijai Kapoor">Vijai Kapoor</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/Sahib_Singh_Verma" title="Sahib Singh Verma">Sahib Singh Verma</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/Sheila_Dikshit" title="Sheila Dikshit">Sheila Dikshit</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/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />31 May 2009 – 24 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">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rampal_Singh_(Madhya_Pradesh_politician)" title="Rampal Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)">Rampal Singh</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/Ramakant_Bhargava" title="Ramakant Bhargava">Ramakant Bhargava</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vidisha_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)">Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh</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 />7 May 1996 – 3 October 1999</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/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</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/Vijay_Kumar_Malhotra" title="Vijay Kumar Malhotra">Vijay Kumar Malhotra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)">South Delhi, Delhi</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/First_Devi_Lal_ministry" title="First Devi Lal ministry">Minister of Labour and Employment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Haryana" title="Government of Haryana">Government of Haryana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 1977 – June 1979</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Haryana" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Haryana">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</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/Second_Devi_Lal_ministry" title="Second Devi Lal ministry">Minister of Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Haryana" title="Government of Haryana">Government of Haryana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 1987 – December 1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Haryana" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Haryana">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Sushma Sharma</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1952-02-14</span>)</span>14 February 1952<sup id="cite_ref-LSMB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSMB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Ambala_Cantonment" title="Ambala Cantonment">Ambala Cantonment</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><br />(present-day <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">6 August 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-08-06)</span> (aged 67)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">Cardiac arrest</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">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Swaraj_Kaushal" title="Swaraj Kaushal">Swaraj Kaushal</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1975)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bansuri_Swaraj" title="Bansuri Swaraj">Bansuri Swaraj</a> (daughter)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Safdarjung_(Delhi)" title="Safdarjung (Delhi)">8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi</a></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/Sanatan_Dharma_College" title="Sanatan Dharma College">Sanatan Dharma College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Panjab_University" title="Panjab University">Panjab University</a> (<a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Advocate</li><li>politician</li><li>statesperson</li><li>diplomat</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> (2020)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sushma Swaraj</b> (<i><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a></i> <b>Sharma</b>; 14 February 1952 – 6 August 2019; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hindi pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[suʃmaː<span class="wrap"> </span>sʋəɾaːd͡ʒ]</a></span>) was an Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat who served as the 5th <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Delhi" title="List of chief ministers of Delhi">Chief Minister</a> of Delhi, and also the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs of India</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">first Narendra Modi government</a> from 2014 to 2019. She was the second person to complete a 5-year term as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>. A senior leader of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP), Swaraj was the second woman to hold the office of Minister of External Affairs, after <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>. She was elected seven times as a <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Member of Parliament</a> and three times as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Member of the Legislative Assembly</a>. At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of the <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Indian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>. She also served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Delhi">Chief Minister of Delhi</a> for a short duration in 1998 and became the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-indiatvnews_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatvnews-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 Indian general election</a>, Swaraj won the <a href="/wiki/Vidisha_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)">Vidisha</a> constituency in <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> for a second term, retaining her seat by a margin of over 400,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became the Minister of External Affairs in the union cabinet on 26 May 2014. Swaraj was called India's "best-loved politician" by the US daily <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She decided not to contest the <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019 Indian general election</a> as she was recovering from a kidney transplant and needed to "save herself from dust and stay safe from infection" and hence did not join the second Modi Ministry in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the doctors at <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_New_Delhi" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi">AIIMS New Delhi</a>, Swaraj succumbed to a <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a> following a heart attack on the night of 6 August 2019. She was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a>, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2020 in the field of Public Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<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><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sushma Swaraj (née Sharma)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born on 14 February 1952 at <a href="/wiki/Ambala_Cantonment" title="Ambala Cantonment">Ambala Cantonment</a>, Haryana,<sup id="cite_ref-LSMB_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSMB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into a <a href="/wiki/Punjabis" title="Punjabis">Punjabi</a> <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> family, to Hardev Sharma and Shrimati Laxmi Devi.<sup id="cite_ref-elections.in_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections.in-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-biodata_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biodata-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father was a prominent <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> member. Her parents hailed from the <a href="/wiki/Dharampura" title="Dharampura">Dharampura</a> area of <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at <a href="/wiki/Sanatan_Dharma_College" title="Sanatan Dharma College">Sanatan Dharma College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ambala_Cantonment" title="Ambala Cantonment">Ambala Cantonment</a> and earned a bachelor's degree with majors in Sanskrit and Political Science.<sup id="cite_ref-india1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She studied law at <a href="/wiki/Panjab_University,_Chandigarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Panjab University, Chandigarh">Panjab University, Chandigarh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-it_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-india1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A state-level competition held by the Language Department of Haryana saw her winning the best Hindi Speaker award for three consecutive years.<sup id="cite_ref-elections.in_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections.in-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sushma Swaraj was a strict vegetarian.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advocacy_career">Advocacy career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Advocacy career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, Swaraj started practice as an advocate in the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-it_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-india1_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She began her political career with <a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Vidyarthi_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad">Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad</a> in the 1970s. Her husband, <a href="/wiki/Swaraj_Kaushal" title="Swaraj Kaushal">Swaraj Kaushal</a>, was closely associated with the socialist leader <a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a> and Sushma Swaraj became a part of George Fernandes's legal defence team in 1975. She actively participated in <a href="/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan" title="Jayaprakash Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Total_Revolution_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Total Revolution Movement">Total Revolution Movement</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">Emergency</a>, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, she became a national leader of the BJP.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Haryana_Legislative_Assembly" title="Haryana Legislative Assembly">Haryana Legislative Assembly</a> from 1977 to 1982, winning the <a href="/wiki/Ambala_Cantonment_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambala Cantonment (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Ambala Cantonment assembly</a> seat at the age of 25; and then, again from 1987 to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1977, she was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> Government headed by then Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal" title="Devi Lal">Devi Lal</a>. She held the Labour and Employment ministries from 1977 to 1979. Later she became Minister of Education, Food and Civil supplies during 1987 to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-LSMB_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSMB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became State President of the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>) in 1979, at the age of 27. She was Education Minister of Haryana state in the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>–<a href="/wiki/Lok_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lok Dal">Lok Dal</a> coalition government from 1987 to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-india1_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1990, she was elected as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and remained there until she was elected to the <a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)">South Delhi constituency</a> in 1996. Swaraj was elected to the <a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> from the <a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)">South Delhi constituency</a> in the April 1996 elections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(1996)"><span id="Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_.281996.29"></span>Minister of Information and Broadcasting (1996)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Minister of Information and Broadcasting (1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She served as Union Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting during the 13-day government of PM <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_Minister_of_Delhi_(1998)"><span id="Chief_Minister_of_Delhi_.281998.29"></span>Chief Minister of Delhi (1998)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Chief Minister of Delhi (1998)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Sushma Swaraj ministry">Sushma Swaraj ministry</a></div> <p>After a tenure in national level politics, she resigned from the Union Cabinet in October 1998 to take over as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Delhi">Chief Minister of Delhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swaraj resigned from the position in December the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(2000–2003)"><span id="Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_.282000.E2.80.932003.29"></span>Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2000–2003)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2000–2003)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was re-elected to the <a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th Lok Sabha</a> from South Delhi Parliamentary constituency for a second term, in March 1998. Under the second PM Vajpayee Government, she was sworn in as Union Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting with an additional charge of the Ministry of Telecommunications from 19 March 1998 to 12 October 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her most notable decision during this period was to declare film production as an industry, which made the <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian film industry</a> eligible for bank finance. She also started <a href="/wiki/Community_radio" title="Community radio">community radio</a> at universities and other institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1999, Swaraj was nominated by the BJP to contest against the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> party's national President <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a> in the <a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> election, from the <a href="/wiki/Bellary" class="mw-redirect" title="Bellary">Bellary</a> constituency in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, which had always been retained by Congress politicians since <a href="/wiki/Indian_general_election,_1951%E2%80%9352" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian general election, 1951–52">the first Indian general election in 1951–52</a>. During her campaign in Bellary, she addressed public meetings in <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a>. She secured 358,000 votes in just 12 days of her election campaign. However, she lost the election by a 7% margin.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She returned to Parliament in April 2000 as a Rajya Sabha member from <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>. She was reallocated to <a href="/wiki/Uttrakhand" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttrakhand">Uttrakhand</a> when the new state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was inducted into the Union Cabinet as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, a position she held from September 2000 until January 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Health_&_Family_Welfare_(2003–2004)"><span id="Minister_of_Health_.26_Family_Welfare_.282003.E2.80.932004.29"></span>Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2003–2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2003–2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29,_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg/220px-The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg/330px-The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg/440px-The_Union_Minister_for_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj_addressing_the_Press_on_%22Birds_flu%22_in_New_Delhi_on_January_29%2C_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="589" /></a><figcaption>The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Smt. Sushma Swaraj addressing the Press on "Birds flu" in New Delhi on 29 January 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>She was <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Minister of Health, Family Welfare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a> from January 2003 until May 2004, when the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a> Government lost the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Union Health Minister, she set up six <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences">All India Institute of Medical Sciences</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">MP</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneshwar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhubaneshwar">Bhubaneshwar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>), <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur" title="Jodhpur">Jodhpur</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>), <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>), <a href="/wiki/Raipur" title="Raipur">Raipur</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Rishikesh" title="Rishikesh">Rishikesh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Uttrakhand" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttrakhand">Uttrakhand</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Swaraj was re-elected to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> for a third term in April 2006 from <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> state. She served as the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(India)" title="Leader of the Opposition (India)">Deputy leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha</a> until April 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leader_of_Opposition,_Lok_Sabha_(2009–2014)"><span id="Leader_of_Opposition.2C_Lok_Sabha_.282009.E2.80.932014.29"></span>Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha (2009–2014)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha (2009–2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She won the 2009 election for the <a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> from the Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency in <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> by the highest margin of over 400,000 votes. Sushma Swaraj became Leader of Opposition in the <a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> in place of <a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a> on 21 December 2009, and retained this position until May 2014 when, in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 Indian general election</a>, her party won a major victory.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_External_Affairs_(2014–2019)"><span id="Minister_of_External_Affairs_.282014.E2.80.932019.29"></span>Minister of External Affairs (2014–2019)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Minister of External Affairs (2014–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj%27s_tenure_as_External_Affairs_Minister" title="Sushma Swaraj's tenure as External Affairs Minister">Sushma Swaraj's tenure as External Affairs Minister</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Sushma_Swaraj_Speaking_at_United_Nations_73rd_General_Assembly_2018.jpg/330px-Sushma_Swaraj_Speaking_at_United_Nations_73rd_General_Assembly_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Sushma_Swaraj_Speaking_at_United_Nations_73rd_General_Assembly_2018.jpg/440px-Sushma_Swaraj_Speaking_at_United_Nations_73rd_General_Assembly_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption>Sushma Swaraj addressing at 73rd <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>Swaraj had served as the Indian <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> under Prime Minister Narendra Modi from May 2014 to May 2019. She was responsible for implementing the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Narendra_Modi" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign policy of Narendra Modi">foreign policy of Narendra Modi</a>. She was only the second woman to hold this position after <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Minister of External Affairs of the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">NDA</a> government, Swaraj issued an <a href="/wiki/No_Objection_Certificate" title="No Objection Certificate">NOC</a> against a specific query raised by the UK government about the Indo-UK bilateral relationship if the UK granted permission to <a href="/wiki/Lalit_Modi" title="Lalit Modi">Lalit Modi</a>, an Indian fugitive in a cricket scandal who had been staying in Britain since 2010, to attend his wife's surgery in Portugal. She conveyed to the British High Commissioner that they should examine Modi's request as per their rules and wrote "if the British government chooses to give travel documents to Lalit Modi -– that will not spoil our bilateral relations".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, some people mentioned this incident as Swaraj helping Lalit Modi in the travel visa process.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lalit_Modi_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lalit_Modi-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 August 2015, the leader of the Indian National Congress, <a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a>, moved an Adjournment Motion in the lower house seeking the resignation of Sushma Swaraj due to her alleged conduct in this regard. Initially, the motion was rejected by the Speaker, but it was accepted on Swaraj's insistence. Intervening in the motion, Swaraj clarified that Lalit Modi's right of residency was not cancelled, since the <a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a> did not file an extradition request. The Adjournment Motion was subsequently rejected with a voice vote. Sushma Swaraj was heavily criticised in 2014 when she urged Prime Minister Modi to declare the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a> as the national book of India.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As External Affairs Minister, she played a pivotal role in bringing back the then 23-year-old hearing and speech-impaired Indian girl named Gita who was stranded in Pakistan for 15 years.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian government">Norwegian government</a> took custody of an Indian origin child from his parents citing child abuse. Swaraj, then the External Affairs Minister, stepped in after the mother of the child formally requested help from Indian government.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narendra_Modi_being_received_by_the_Union_Minister_for_External_Affairs_and_Overseas_Indian_Affairs,_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj,_on_his_arrival_at_Palam_airport,_after_his_five_days_official_visit_to_Japan,_in_New_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Narendra_Modi_being_received_by_the_Union_Minister_for_External_Affairs_and_Overseas_Indian_Affairs%2C_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj%2C_on_his_arrival_at_Palam_airport%2C_after_his_five_days_official_visit_to_Japan%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Narendra_Modi_being_received_by_the_Union_Minister_for_External_Affairs_and_Overseas_Indian_Affairs%2C_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj%2C_on_his_arrival_at_Palam_airport%2C_after_his_five_days_official_visit_to_Japan%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Narendra_Modi_being_received_by_the_Union_Minister_for_External_Affairs_and_Overseas_Indian_Affairs%2C_Smt._Sushma_Swaraj%2C_on_his_arrival_at_Palam_airport%2C_after_his_five_days_official_visit_to_Japan%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1751" /></a><figcaption>Swaraj with Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distinctions_and_records">Distinctions and records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Distinctions and records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, she became the youngest ever Cabinet Minister in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Haryana" title="Government of Haryana">Government of Haryana</a> at 25 years of age.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979, she became State President of Janata Party, Haryana State at the young age of 27. Sushma Swaraj was the first female Spokesperson of a national political party in India. She has many firsts to her credit as BJP's first female Chief Minister, Union Cabinet Minister, general secretary, Spokesperson, Leader of Opposition and Minister of External Affairs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>She was the second female chief minister after <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>'s <a href="/wiki/V._N._Janaki" title="V. N. Janaki">V. N. Janaki</a> who did not the member of the legislature. She is the Indian Parliament's first and the only female MP honoured with the <a href="/wiki/Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award" title="Outstanding Parliamentarian Award">Outstanding Parliamentarian Award</a>. She has contested 11 direct elections from four states. She has served as the President of the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan in Haryana for four years.<sup id="cite_ref-elections.in_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elections.in-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, then Indian Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The conference ended with a recommendation to the government of India to recognise the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora. </p><p>On 19 February 2019 Swaraj accepted the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Civil_Merit" title="Order of Civil Merit">Grand Cross of Order of Civil Merit</a>, which was conferred by the Spanish government in recognition of India's support in evacuating its citizens from <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> during the <a href="/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake" title="April 2015 Nepal earthquake">earthquake</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-BS_Feb2019_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BS_Feb2019-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the times of <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">the Emergency</a>, on 13 July 1975, Sushma Sharma married <a href="/wiki/Swaraj_Kaushal" title="Swaraj Kaushal">Swaraj Kaushal</a>, a peer and fellow advocate at the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a>. The Emergency movement brought the couple together, who then teamed up for the defence of the socialist leader <a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swaraj Kaushal, a senior advocate of <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> and a criminal lawyer, also served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mizoram" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Mizoram">Governor of Mizoram</a> from 1990 to 1993. He was a member of parliament from 1998 to 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The couple has a daughter, <a href="/wiki/Bansuri_Swaraj" title="Bansuri Swaraj">Bansuri</a>, who is a graduate from <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> and a Barrister at Law from <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bansuri was elected to the Lok Sabha on <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">New Delhi constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sushma Swaraj's sister Vandana Sharma is an associate professor of political science in a government college for girls in Haryana.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their brother Dr. Gulshan Sharma is an <a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a> doctor based in Ambala.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 December 2015 she underwent a kidney transplant at <a href="/wiki/AIIMS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIIMS">AIIMS</a>, Delhi with the organ being harvested from a living unrelated donor. The surgery was reported to be successful.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 August 2019, Sushma Swaraj reportedly suffered a heart attack in the evening after which she was rushed to <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_New_Delhi" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi">AIIMS New Delhi</a>, where she later died of a cardiac arrest.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was cremated the next day with <a href="/wiki/State_funeral#India" title="State funeral">full state honours</a> at the Lodhi crematorium in Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Positions Held </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Position</th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs</a></td> <td>16 Feb. 2016 - 29 May 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs and</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Overseas_Indian_Affairs" title="Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs">Overseas Indian Affairs</a></td> <td>27 May 2014 - 16 Feb. 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, <a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Re-elected in May 2014 (4th term) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha" title="Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha">Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Leader, BJP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>21 Dec. 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, General Purpose Committee</td> <td>19 Oct. 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Committee on Ethics</td> <td>7 Oct. 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Rules Committee</td> <td>23 Sep. 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairperson, Standing Committee on External Affairs</td> <td>31 Aug. 2009 - 1 Jan. 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, <a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Re-elected in 2009 (3rd term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, House Committee, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td>May 2008 - 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health</td> <td>May 2006 - 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td>Re-elected in Apr. 2006 (3rd term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Consultative Committee, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Ministry of Defence</a></td> <td>Oct. 2004 - 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Ethics Committee, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td>Sep. 2004 - 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, General Purposes Committee, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Business Advisory Committee, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairperson, Standing Committee on Home Affairs</td> <td>Aug. 2004 - 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">and Parliamentary Affairs</a></td> <td>29 Jan. 2003 - 22 May 2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting</a></td> <td>30 Sep. 2000 - 29 Jan. 2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td>Re-elected in Apr. 2000 (2nd term) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Delhi" title="List of chief ministers of Delhi">Chief Minister, N.C.T. of Delhi</a></td> <td>13 Oct. - 3 Dec. 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">and Telecommunications (Additional Charge)</a></td> <td>19 Mar. - 12 Oct. 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, <a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Re-elected in 1998 (2nd term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Committee of Privileges</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairperson, Sub-Committee on Upgradation and Modernisation of Naval Fleet</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Standing Committee on Defence</td> <td>1996-98 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Union Cabinet Minister, Information and Broadcasting</a></td> <td>16 May - 1 Jun. 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, <a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a></td> <td>Elected in 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairperson, Committee on Petitions, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td>1994-96 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member, Committee on Government Assurances, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairperson, Joint Committee on Catering</td> <td>1992-94 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Member, Rajya Sabha</a></td> <td>Elected in 1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Devi_Lal_ministry" title="Second Devi Lal ministry">Cabinet Minister, Education, Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Haryana</a></td> <td>1987-90 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Devi_Lal_ministry" title="First Devi Lal ministry">Cabinet Minister, Labour and Employment, Govt. of Haryana</a></td> <td>1977-79 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Legislative_Assembly" title="Haryana Legislative Assembly">Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly</a></td> <td>1977-82 and 1987-90 (two terms) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_honours">National honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: National honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>: <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/50px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/75px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/100px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_honours">Foreign honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Foreign honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>: <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg/50px-ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg/75px-ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg/100px-ESP_Order_of_Civil_Merit_GC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Civil_Merit" title="Order of Civil Merit">Order of Civil Merit</a>, <i>Grand Cross</i> (19 February 2019)<sup id="cite_ref-BS_Feb2019_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BS_Feb2019-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Posthumous_honours">Posthumous honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Posthumous honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2020, Government of India renamed Foreign Service Institute of India after her as <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj_Institute_of_Foreign_Service" title="Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service">Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2020, Government of India renamed Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra after her as Sushma Swaraj Bhawan.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The bus station of <a href="/wiki/Ambala" title="Ambala">Ambala City</a> is named after her in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_foreign_ministers" title="List of current foreign ministers">List of current foreign ministers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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 .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Succeeded <a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu" title="Ravneet Singh Bittu">Ravneet Singh Bittu</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury" title="Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury">Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</a> as Leader of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushma_Swaraj&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> 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Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Rawat" title="Bipin Rawat">Bipin Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khusro_Faramurz_Rustamji" title="Khusro Faramurz Rustamji">Khusro Faramurz Rustamji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Sarin" title="Harish Chandra Sarin">Harish Chandra Sarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binay_Ranjan_Sen" title="Binay Ranjan Sen">Binay Ranjan Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh">Arjan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Kirpal_Singh_Ji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj">Kirpal Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lallan_Prasad_Singh" title="Lallan Prasad Singh">Lallan Prasad Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Sivaraman" title="B. Sivaraman">Balaram Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Literature and <br />education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. Arunachalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Bhagwati" title="Jagdish Bhagwati">Jagdish Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Chand_(archaeologist)" title="Tara Chand (archaeologist)">Tara Chand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Chattopadhyaya" title="D. P. Chattopadhyaya">D. P. Chattopadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabatosh_Datta" title="Bhabatosh Datta">Bhabatosh Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Dixit" title="Avinash Dixit">Avinash Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith" title="John Kenneth Galbraith">John Kenneth Galbraith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Gopal" title="Sarvepalli Gopal">Sarvepalli Gopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Shastri_Joshi" title="Lakshman Shastri Joshi">Lakshman Shastri Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kaka Kalelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve" title="Dhondo Keshav Karve">Dhondo Keshav Karve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Kaviraj" title="Gopinath Kaviraj">Gopinath Kaviraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radheshyam_Khemka" title="Radheshyam Khemka">Radheshyam Khemka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. 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Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. 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Shanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">Chandra Kisan Daphtary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. B. Gajendragadkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gilman" title="Benjamin Gilman">Benjamin Gilman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isma%C3%AFl_Omar_Guelleh" title="Ismaïl Omar Guelleh">Ismaïl Omar Guelleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Krishna_Iyer" title="V. R. Krishna Iyer">V. R. Krishna Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Nath_Jha" title="Aditya Nath Jha">Aditya Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung" title="Mehdi Nawaz Jung">Mehdi Nawaz Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Khare" title="V. N. Khare">V. N. Khare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Singh_Khehar" title="Jagdish Singh Khehar">Jagdish Singh Khehar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta" title="Jivraj Narayan Mehta">Jivraj Narayan Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirendranath_Mukherjee" title="Hirendranath Mukherjee">Hirendranath Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Mukherjee" title="Ajoy Mukherjee">Ajoy Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Naidu" title="Padmaja Naidu">Padmaja Naidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Narain" title="Govind Narain">Govind Narain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fali_Sam_Nariman" title="Fali Sam Nariman">Fali Sam Nariman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosei_Norota" title="Hosei Norota">Hosei Norota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanabhoy Palkhivala">Nanabhoy Palkhivala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar" title="Hari Vinayak Pataskar">Hari Vinayak Pataskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Pillai" title="N. R. Pillai">Naryana Raghvan Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Narayana_Reddy" title="Ravi Narayana Reddy">Ravi Narayana Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._Venugopal_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Y. Venugopal Reddy">Y. Venugopal Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mohammed_Sadiq" title="Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq">Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Sahgal" title="Lakshmi Sahgal">Lakshmi Sahgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Setalvad" title="M. C. Setalvad">M. C. Setalvad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soli_Sorabjee" title="Soli Sorabjee">Soli Sorabjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi" title="Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi">Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah" title="M. N. 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