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Sonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Indian politician who currently heads the Indian National Congress party. She belongs to the third generation of the Nehru-Gandhi family. She was born as Edvige Antonia Albina Maino in Italy on 9 December, 1946. Sonia Gandhi is the widow of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. She joined politics in 1997 amidst constant requests from Congress party members after the demise of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1991.

Personal life:
Sonia is the widow of Rajiv Gandhi, elder son of Indira Gandhi. Sonia has two children, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.

In August 2011, she underwent a successful surgery for an unspecified ailment in the United States. It has been widely speculated in the media that the surgery took place at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Newspapers reported that she returned to India on 9 September after her treatment. Speaking on 18 July 2012, about her son taking a larger role in the party, she said that it is for Rahul to decide.

Sonia was listed as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by the Guardian in March 2013.She follows the style quote "Simple is Stylish" and looks no further than mother-in-law Indira Gandhi's "innate sense of fashion".

According to an affidavit filed during the Indian general election, 2014, Sonia had declared assets worth ₹ 92.8 million – ₹ 28.1 million in movable and ₹ 64.7 million in immovable properties. This is an almost six-fold increase since her declaration in the last election.

Achievements of Sonia Gandhi

• Sonia Gandhi became president of the Congress within 62 days of joining the party as a primary member.
• She won the Lok Sabha elections in 1999 from Bellary, Uttar Pradesh, defeating senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj.
• She was re-elected as Lok Sabha member from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, twice (2004 and 2009).
• Sonia Gandhi was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha as Leader of Opposition in 1999 during the tenure of BJP-led NDA government under the prime-ministership of Atal Behari Vajpayee.
• In her capacity as the leader of opposition, she called a no-confidence motion against the government in 2003.
• Sonia Gandhi holds the record of being the longest-serving president of the Congress party. She has been holding this position since 1998.
• The 2004 elections saw her launching a nationwide campaign with the "Aam Aadmi" slogan to counter the BJP's “India Shining” slogan.
• She won the 2004 Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareilly constituency with a huge margin. A Congress-led fifteen-party coalition government was formed and named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
• Sonia was expected to be the next Prime Minister but faced staunch opposition from NDA because of her foreign origin. She appointed Manmohan Singh as the next Prime Minister of India.
• She declared her resignation from the Lok Sabha and as chairperson of national Advisory Council on 23 March 2006, after the office-of-profit controversy transpired and the speculation rose that the government plans to bring ordinance to exempt the Chairperson’s post of National Advisory Council from the purview of office of profit.
• Sonia got re-elected from Rae Bareilly in May 2006 with a large margin of votes.
• During her tenure as Chairperson of the UPA government and the National Advisory Committee, she was instrumental in enacting the Right to Information Act and National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
• On 2 October 2007, on the eve of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, she addressed the United Nations. The UN passed a resolution on 15 July 2007, after which, this day is observed as the International Day of Non-Violence.
• In the 2009 General Elections, the Congress-led UPA government came back to power, with Congress winning 206 seats in the Lok Sabha, the highest ever by any party after 1991.Manmohan Singh was re-appointed as the Prime Minister for a second term.

Honours and recognition

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