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BJPSince 2014Female
Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister & Minister of Corporate Affairs
Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Born 1959 · Age 67
M.Phil Economics, JNU; M.A. Economics, JNU; B.A. Economics, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirappalli
About
Nirmala Sitharaman is India's Union Finance Minister, a position she has held since 2019 through three consecutive tenures. India's first full-time female Finance Minister and only the second woman to hold the Defence portfolio (2017–2019), she has presented seven consecutive Union Budgets. A JNU-trained economist who also studied at the London School of Economics, she joined BJP in 2008 and is one of PM Modi's most trusted cabinet picks.
Age
67
In office since
2014
Education
M.Phil Economics, JNU; M.A. Economics, JNU; B.A. Economics, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirappalli
Constituency
Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Declared Wealth
MyNeta₹3.84 Cr
Total assets
₹0.38 Cr
Liabilities
Net worth: ₹3.46 Crafter liabilities
Source: ECI affidavit — most recent election declaration
No declared cases
No criminal or civil cases declared in affidavit
State Context
StateKarnataka →
Ruling PartyINC
CMD.K. Shivakumar
AllianceINDIA
Last Election2023
Assembly seats
135 / 224 seats