New Delhi: Born on 18 August 1959, Nirmala Sitharaman is the Finance Minister of India. She was the Defense Minister from September 2017 to May 2019 and before that, she has been the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) and Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She is from BJP and has also been the national spokesperson of the party. Let us tell you that Nirmala Sitharaman is the first full-time woman Finance Minister of India; Although Indira Gandhi took over the Finance Ministry as an additional charge while the PM.
Let us tell that from 2003 to 2005, Nirmala Sitharaman has also been a member of the National Commission for Women. She has been the BJP spokesperson as well as the country's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) and Finance and Corporate Affairs till 03 September 2017 and on 03 September 2017, she was given the Defense Ministry in Modi's government. She has been the second woman leader of independent India after Indira Gandhi to hold the reins of India's Defense Ministry and the first full-time woman defence minister independently.
Nirmala Sitharaman is married to Dr Parakal Prabhakar, a former student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the London School of Economics. Prabhakar is a politician, political commentator, popular TV anchor and intellectual. Presently Dr Parakala Prabhakar is MD at Rightfolio.
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