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Constituency Gujarat
Name Shri.Arun Maharajkishen Jaitley
Party BJP
S/O,D/O,W/O Late Shri Maharaj Kishen Jaitely
Age 59
Address 6,Tapas Bunglow Praladnagar Sector-2 Vejalpur Ahmedabad-380051
Self Profession Senior Council Supreem Court
Spouse Profession Housewife
Criminal Cases 0
Education Graduate Professional
Total Asset Rs:1,20,06,23,153
Liablities Rs:0
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Profession before joining politics Lawyer
Spouse name Sangeeta Jaitley
Children 1 son Rohan & daughter Sonali.
Current Position Rajya Sabha member in Parliament
Portfolio

Minister of Finance
Minister of Corporate Affairs

Important positions held

Finance Minister since 26 May 2014
Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Law and Justice from 2003-2004
Minister of Law and Justice from 2000-2002
Minister of Shipping from 2000-2001

 About 

Arun Jaitley (born 28 December 1952) is an Indian politician and lawyer who is the current Finance Minister, Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Cabinet of India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government (1998–2004) and briefly served as the Minister of Defence in the Narendra Modi government. From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He is a Senior Advocate of the Delhi High Court.


Early life and career

Jaitly was born on 28 December 1952 in New Delhi to Maharaj Kishen Jaitley, a lawyer and social activist Ratan Prabha.He studied at St. Xavier's School, New Delhi from 1957–69. He graduated in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi in 1973. He passed his Law degree from the University of Delhi, in 1977.

Political career

Jaitley has been a member of the national executive of Bharatiya Janata Party since 1991.He became the spokesperson of the BJP during the period preceding the 1999 general election. In 1999, After the Vajpayee Government of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance came to power, he was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) on 13 October 1999. He was also appointed Minister of State for Disinvestment (Independent Charge), a new ministry created for the first time to give effect to the policy of disinvestments under the World Trade Organisation regime. He took over the additional charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs on 23 July 2000 following the resignation of Ram Jethmalani as the Union Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs.

Personal life

Jaitley has been married to Sangeeta Jaitley (daughter of Former J&K Finance Minister Girdhari Lal Dogra) since 24 May 1982. They have two children, Rohan whi is a graduate of Amity University and Cornell University and Sonali who is a graduate of Amity University.He has six siblings.
He is uncle of actors Riddhi Dogra and Akshay Dogra.

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