Died: 6th August 2019 (aged 67-years) at AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
- Swaraj will be cremated with full state honours at Lodhi Crematorium, Delhi on 7th August 2019.
Sushma Swaraj’ Personal details:
- Sushma Swaraj was born on 14th February 1952 Ambala Cantonment, Punjab.
- She has served as the External Affairs Minister in the first term of the Narendra Modi led Government.
- Sushma Swaraj has been elected Member of Parliament (LS& RS) 7 times and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for 3 times.
Education: BA & LLB (Punjab University, Chandigarh).
Spouse: Swaraj Kaushal (67-years)
- Sushma Swaraj married to Mr Swaraj Kaushal (A criminal lawyer in Supreme Court of India) on 13th July 1975.
- He has the distinction of being India's youngest ever Advocate General at age 34 and Governor of a state at 37 years of age.
- He served as the Governor of Mizoram from the year 1990 to the year 1993.
- Swaraj Kaushal was the Member of Parliament from 1998-2004.
Children: Bansuri Swaraj (34-years)
- Sushma Swaraj (mother)and Swaraj Kaushal (father)have a daughter Bansuri Swaraj.
- She is a graduate from Oxford University & Barrister at law.
- She is also a Criminal lawyer practising before the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India
Political Career:
- Sushma Swaraj began her political career with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the 1970s.
- Swaraj became a part of socialist leader George Fernandes's legal defence team in 1975.
- She was appointed as the member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from the year 1977 - 82 and 1987 - 90.
- She was the Cabinet Minister in the Department of Labour and Employment Haryana (from 1977 to 79), & Department of Education, Food & Civil Supplies (from 1987 to 90) at Haryana.
- Sushma Swaraj was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the first time in 1990 and remained there until she was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from South Delhi constituency in 1996.
- Sushma Swaraj was the Union Cabinet Minister of Information & Broadcasting (I&B)in the year 1996. She was the second woman to hold this office, after Indira Gandhi.
- She had supplementary charge of Ministry of Telecommunications from 19th March to 2nd October 1998.
- In the 2014 Indian general election, she won the Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh for a second term.
- Sushma was the Minister of External Affairs from 26th May 2014 to 30th May 2019.
- She was also the 1st woman Chief Minister of Delhi (5th) from 13th October to 3rd December 1998.
- Sushma Swaraj was awarded the Best Parliamentarian award in 2004.
- Swaraj was called India's "best-loved politician" by the US daily Wall Street Journal.
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